Recent content by RichD1

I'm planning on building a single brick wide wall between us and the neighbour between our driveways. The wall will be roughly 10 metres long and about 9 courses high with a soldier course on the top. There will be a 2 x brick square pillars at each end about 20 courses high. How many support...

So no one has used Ezarc blades then?

Yes, I always use my Dewalt on the lowest speed setting. Think I might try some Saxton blades. Has anyone used their circular saws and jigsaw blades?

Not usually, but I did try the SMART japanese tooth blade which did cut quicker initially but again went blunt but lasted slightly longer than branded blades. I'm careful not to force the cut but let the machine do the work too.

I’m always very careful not to touch any wall. I also use the old blunt blades to break the joint between the top of the skirting and wall so as not to pull the plaster down when pulling it off.

As it says. I've found multitool blades are virtually useless. Was removing 7" skirting and only managed about 4 cuts. Even when using brand blades.

I'm installing a new L-shaped kitchen and want to include LED strip lighting under cabinets, over the top and hopefully at kick board level if I can make a way that they are not vulnerable to damage. The lengths are; top of cabinets approx 7 metres, under cabinets is approx. 5 metres and the...

No engineering drawings for this detail. Just very loose statements of two layers of plasterboard around exposed steel for fire purposes. I started with PIR padding but it provided difficult. The steels had lots of tek bolts in the webs to secure wall ties in the side and back faces and holding...

This is what the gable end of the steel frame looks like. I've now padded out all of the steel webs with rockwool and the drawings states two layers of plasterboard over any exposed steel. The underside of the cross beam between the top and bottom gable window will have 50mm insulated...

I’ll take some photos tomorrow.

Just getting things ready for the plasterers to come in and plaster the room around the steel A frame forming the gable end. The drawings state a double layer of plasterboard but is that enough to prevent cold faces all around the gable end window? I've already glued in wood noggins in the...

We’ve changed our minds, going to fit vinyl click flooring instead. It says it is 100% waterproof but I’d still like to seal the chipboard first. Is SBR the best product for this or should I look at a solvent based solution?

The red brick wall to the left sits astride the boundary and is definitely the party wall. The next wall butts up against their side of this wall. The third block wall sits further in again. This wall was built further away from the boundary so as not to interfere with our boundary wall which...

The original wall to the left is built astride the boundary and is a party wall. You can't see it in the photo but the top of the wall which slopes up to the back wall of the house has a 9" lead tray covering it. Now when we moved into the house the brick and block wall you see in the photos...

This is a photo of the party wall. The section to the left is the original loggia which is a solid 9” wall across the boundary to each property. Then you can see a new wall which has been built out from the neighbouring properties side of the party wall.