Recent content by MR GUS

I'm being dumb here but would you care to elaborate as to slipping the patch inside or out etc? ..also what sort of felt, just general as it's only a patch job? or like for like. thanks again

there's a gas filled acrylic glowing varient on one of the gadget sites, last a few years apparantly..

could you talk us through what you did? eg materials, cost strenghtening et al? cheers

..see post entitled travertine tiles too heavy for these walls! It pretty much covers it, Myself I wouldn't replace plasterboard with plasterboard especially in a potentially wet / damp / water-sloshing environment, especially bearing in mind the weight of your tiles! ..have recently done the...

Wondering what qty (if any it'll have above the plasterboard? My guess is none as the ceiling gets very cold, it's about 10-12ft long & 5 ft deep surrounded by you've been pvc'd double-glazing. Q. is it worth ripping down the plasterboard & maxing it out insulation wise? OR will the fact...

thanks for replies to date! ..there's no slate damage, had an outside inspection, & worked out that it is the rare (but frequent of late) winds blowing in a strange direction & driving rain under the slate through this nail hole, will try some outdoor flat roofing leak treatment (with scrim)...

No instant result, simply keep cutting them back and they'll eventually (over several years) give up. failing that you've got to dig their roots out (advisable as they tend to creep & spread regardless, EVEN dropped cuttings root SO easily if left! ULTIMATELY. if you've got brambles, deep...

Presumably if you know where it is (ish) you have a whole other area to rotavate without trepidation, so marking the suspected area shouldn'y be a problem, also test the suspected area with a fork for depth of pipe to verify. If it's a regular little ryobi type rotavator then you'll be fine...

karcher do a water butt adapter if that helps any. failing that go to greenfingers.com

definitely agree with jason, ripping out a bit of plasterboard (preferably all of it in your bathroom & replacing it with hardybacker or similar cement waterproof equiv is the sensible thing to do when doing a drastic (read large & complete) overhaul of a bathroom, ..it's cheap enough to factor...

Have had a look outside of the extension (20+ yrs old) & can see dodgy looking gulley thats siliconed but lower down (so not the problem) located the leak from inside (crawlspace is like the great escape tunnel) ..to improve matters I'm insulating the loftfloor & covering with loft board to...

..god bless auction houses! got one by chance new recently (stolen ..& recovered by police) not a mark on it, never used one before so any tips!? got to do a whole load of oak skirting, before I mess it up what sort of starter jobs ought i try out in order to get a feel for it? cheers

Thanks for that info (any additional appreciated) ..my own "workshop" as stated on our plans has single brick walls & insulated flat roof & current reg electrics, when I asked my own local authority as to knocking a door through to provide better access (rather than going outside all the time)...

could you recall what the loo roll holder is called? ..think its fab!

plenty of wind power in the fens, we have 15 x 2 megawatt GERMAN electric company turbines in in immediate view of our village, & another 12 within sight of the 1st lot (around the hill) ..plenty of electric can be provided by wind power! ours are going a good 300 days a year (I estimate) & no...