Recent content by owentaylor

Good morning, I have recently moved to Sweden and I have built a timber outbuilding that is to be used as an office. If possible I would like some advice on the power supply. Here in Sweden all properties receive a three phase supply (400/690v) and this is run as single phase 230v for the...

Why is this? Are you saying that in a property this old that damp is unavoidable?

Careful with magnetics...they need to be taken off and cleaned pretty much every day to keep them in good condition and to prevent them dulling the paintwork or permanently attaching themselves to your van. Seem like a great idea to begin with but are really a bit of a pain. Ok for putting on...

A word of warning when going for the free vistaprint cards...they say vistaprint on the back and are very thin and feel cheap. I have had a load of these come through the door from various local tradesmen who have taken up vistaprint on their generous offer. In my opinion a cheap feeling card...

Laying the flagstones was a bit of a pain as they were all different thicknesses ranging from 2" to 6". They came out of the middle room in the house and I wanted to make use of them. I went over the whole area with a wacker, then spread about 1" of MOT then wacked it again. The flags were...

Why not build your new door out of tanalised feather edge boards? If you use t-hinges they will bridge over the uneven surface of the boards. Feather edge will be cheaper then T+G too and afterall it's just a shed door.

Thanks yeah I'm really pleased with the outcome, especially as it is my first project of this kind and it only took me a day (plus an hour the evening before spraying the metpost brackets black). Just have to point the old section of wall, render the wall on the inside, finish off the stone...

Yeah sure :-) In all seriousness I don't think I will have a problem. As you can see I'm surrounded by houses so I'm in a sheltered location. The metposts are bolted through the coping and into the first coarse of stone. The wall is very substantial (100mm solids on inside, cavity filled with...

Thanks for the positive advice :-) I installed the fence as described. I bolted the metposts down with 80x10mm multi-monti fixings (basically drill a 10mm pilot hole then bolt the fixings straight into the stonework). Due to the thickness of the outer stone wall, the majority of fixings went...

Thanks for the reply. There are a few reasons I didn't want to go down the route of running posts down the wall. 1. The outside is facing the street and posts bolted to the outside is a no-no. They wouldn't be in keeping and it would certainly raise complaints from the neighbours. The...

Hi all, At the weekend I will be installing a 3ft high closeboard fence on top of my yard wall. The wall is 2' high on the inside and and around 3'6" on the outside and is in a fairly sheltered location. It is double skinned and made from pitched stone on the outside and 4" solids on the...

Brilliant, thanks for the very informative replies. Only one of the two doorways has a casing (between the font and middle rooms) so I could fit a profile there if I have any problems. I should be ok to leave at least a 10mm exp. gap as the skirts will be fitted afterwards and are thick (1")...

Evening all, this is my first post so please go easy on me! My house is a typical victorian terraced. On the ground floor there are two reception rooms (approx 4m x 4m) with a kitchen extension to the rear (2.5m x 4m). The kitchen and middle rooms are concrete and the front room is boarded...