Recent content by olivermarshall

Thanks. It's this stuff here. It's tongue and groove. Looks very normal rather than a bespoke fitting type as you see on some engineered flooring...

It's proper Parquet, well, bamboo, but it's herringbone parquet that clicks together in to a pattern of your choosing. I've seen videos with both underlay and no underlay. But you're saying that you would use no underlay? Olly

Hi all I'm planning to lay some parquet flooring this weekend (though looking back on this I have no idea why I decided that, seems madness). My plan is to use 5mm underlay tiles and then to stick the parquet to the underlay using adhesive. My question is, should I stick the underlay to the...

Thanks. Will give it a go. I'd be happy if it looks even half normal. One day this loft will be finished and I won't know what to do with myself.

Thanks all The pipe itself was open at one end and the other was cemented in to a new wall we had built so it's definitely not used. It used to head towards the old water tank. Recon it was the water input pipe once.

Watching like a hawk.

Nope. Partition wall goes right through. In the end I followed my wife's idea and layed several dust blankets down under and around it. Sparks a plenty, and at least two small fires in the dust blanket, but easily put out. And am now pipe free.

Hi all I have a thick metal pipe to cut. It's like a scaffolding pole but more narrow. I think it's an old gas or water pipe. It's in the loft. I have an angle grinder but I'm worried about the sheer amount of sparks coming off. While the loft is full of yellow insulation stuff, it's also full...

HI all I'm doing up the loft myself (not to regs, just as a dads/mums-room to escape the beasts). We have a velux that the builders put in just to give the loft some light and I've now reached this bit of the room and need to plaster board. I won't be plastering, just boarding. I figure...

Hi all I'm looking at buying a couple of used Velux windows from eBay. I've watched a view videos on how to install them and I'm fairly confident that I can do it. Has anyone done this before and have any advice before I start? Olly

Hi all I'm currently insulating my loft to make it in a den for me to escape whenever anyone calls my name. I'm using foil coated insulation board of 50mm depth. To save my sanity, could I instead use insulated plasterboard, and just screw it on top of the rafters? Or perhaps both? :(

Hi all I'm finally lining my loft. I was looking at 25mm or 50mm celotex to go underneath the plaster board but I'm also keen to not have to sell a kidney to do so. Before I commit, can anyone recommend a more affordable alternative for insulation to go between the roof tiles and the plaster...

Hi My previous post was deleted. Not sure why. Is there a way to work out what thickness of wood is needed for a given length of rafter? I'm building a 4m+ veranda and want to make sure the wood wont warp. Olly

Hi all I have a loft space that I use a lot. I want to line the roof space with some insulation to keep the heat in, but also so that I can put some adhoc plasterboard up just to make it less dark and brown and a bit lighter. Currently the roof tiles aren't lined at all, they are just...

Hi all I want to replace a load of panelling on my old shed. I've found some shiplap to match what's there but it's softwood and untreated. What's the best stuff to use to give it a good 10 years of life outside in the wet? Can I use creosote? Or is there something more suitable? Olly