Recent content by olivermarshall

I've got 50mm except for the edge of the parapet (where the photo shows) where the building plans have the cladding sitting on the top of the tyvek. At the bottom there's insect mesh. There's vertical and horizontal buttons with angled edges across the wall.

Thanks so much. I'll order a sample and crack on. Thanks everyone

My guess is that I need something like this https://www.aluminiumrainflow.co.uk/aluminium-coping/level-skyline-aluminium-coping

Heh, yeah, the gutters are desperate for a cleans. It's on my list. And your suggestion above, that would go under the rubber? What about something to edge on top of the rubber? Is that not needed?

There's a 50mm gap between the cladding and the back of the wall. That's not showing well on the photo. The gap on the lip is to allow for 2mm of movement. Not always perfect. Any idea about the requirement in my post above? On what I can use to edge the parapet?

Hi all. We've clad our house in vertical latch. I now need to find a way to finish the top and cover it. We have a sheet rubber coating on the roof which hangs over the edge of the cladding. I've seen many solutions but I'm lost as to which type of one we should choose. Whether we go for a...

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...