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looking to hang a couples of side hung doors on a sectional garage. whats the best way to fix the Hinges to the concrete sections. if I build a wooden frame how do I fix it securely. door are jeld-wen wooden at 40kg for the pair. 2134x1981 oepening for doors any suggestions on frame and Hinges

So what are cavity trays and how do I install them? At bottom between the wall and the flat roof?

Photos - Leak is occurring in the room below roughly at the corner. Felt roof has all been checked Only happens when rain is blowing toward this window if blowing from the direction of arrow no leak.

We have an old badly built cottage , the previous owner cut so many corners, the Loft conversion was done in the 70's which has left us with flat roofs Anyway we have a rendered wall above a flat roof. The render has cracks and which have been filled by our roofer with mastic, but we are...

The Tent loft will not only store our unit equipment, but will also house District equipment as well. The reason we don;t want to go down the wood shed line is that we have had our bins light up a few times and a wooden shed may be targeted (arson). 20K would be top line for the budget we...

We are looking to build a tent locker and store at our scout hall, we are currently looking for ideas on how to construct this. So far we have identified that it has not to be of wood construction One of our leaders proposed a metal garage /Shed from ebay any body have a better...

Any good ideas for draught proofing a cat flap as it blows open on windy days

we have outside steps - ( paving slabs onto a brick frame) and below is a stick shed/BASEMENT. using the steps as a roof, then extending under house.. What is best way to seal the steps to stop water poring into "shed/basement" any PRODUCT I can paint on to seal and how do i seal the...

Same old story - old felt roof - rain = leak. Dormer roof abouve t windows maybe 2.5mtr sqr at most Do I get a contractor to install epdm or grp? Also could I get the contractor to put King span or similar under the boards that support the epdm to improve isualation ? What cost...

15 Years ago when I first put in an electric shower it was warm in Winter it is this new EEC directive that says we must be european and have a shower no hotter than 37 Degc. FINE if you live in SPAIN and want to cool off..... :evil:

roflol

Anyone advise of these. Basically living in the northeast of Scotland in the winter we both find that a 10-12kw just can't provide the FLOW and TEMPERATURE we desire. The NEW showers have that stupid "Anti-scald" valve system we find that we both need the shower at MAX to get really hot...

I have just installed a New Ceramic Shower tray and grouted round it with Waterproof grout. Yet I am finding it is still leaking, Water seems to be seaping throught the grout when we shower. Appear about half way down the grout on the shower tray base between the tiel wall and cubicle...

But the heater is wired to the THTC outlet not a Socket on the wall

THe reason for the prepayment meter is so he doesn;t get a scary bill at the end of the month because he is poor at budgeting