Recent content by Steve111111

The copings are limestone

I wonder if I really need to prime the copings. If I back buttered them with some adhesive and had a layer of adhesive on the wall would that be sufficient?

I was hoping to have a tight finish like in the attached photo where's there only about 1-2mm between the copings. The copings are a lot thicker than tiles so wondering the best way to completely fill the space between them, or is this even necessary. I suppose I could use a scraper to feed the...

I bought some coping stones to lay over a low 'wall' in the garden. Looking for advice on how to fit them. In the store I bought them in they sold me a big bag of adhesive (only comes in one size) and some grout. They convinced me the adhesive was a lot easier to use than mixing up mortar. I...

I'm putting up a fence which will have 3 galvanised steel H posts. Posts are 1850mm long. Supplier site says to install posts 600mm deep. Post dimensions are 125mm x 105mm. I'm wondering how many bags of postcrete I'll need. Would it be 1 bag per post? Bags are 20kg. Instructions only say to...

I kind of tried this already, but without the screw. When I tried sanding it the piecejust pushed up. The filler wasn't strong enough to hold it in place. I did use a strong filler (ready made one) though hoping that it would hold it in place better but unfortunately it was harder to sand, so...

Electrician moved a light switch for me. He had to cut out the slabs in a few places to fish the cable around to the new location. The cutouts on the wall are fine but there's one on the ceiling that I'm struggling to fill in. There's empty space above it so when I apply the filler it pushes...

I'm putting a fence either side of a shed. One side already is concreted (first pic). There will be a gate going over the concrete path on the left and a fence across the lighter concrete. Hence the need for post shoes. The other side of the shed (second pic) will have a gate going across some...

I had an electrician move a light switch for me. That meant cutting out holes in the plasterboard to fish the cable around to the new location. I had expected him to fill the holes with something like Polyfilla. Whatever he used had a whiter finish than Polyfilla (which is more light grey). So...

Forgot to add that the holes on the shoes are 13mm diameter

Any thoughts on me using anchor bolts instead of concrete bolts for the post shoes? I had planned to use concrete bolts but was chatting to someone down the pub Saturday night who said anchor bolts would be better. Looking for a second opinion. BTW the posts (and fence panels) are steel so not...

While I'm here, and I know it's a slightly different topic, but if I go with using post shoes (I honestly think I'd be incapable of accurately installing the posts directly and getting everything lined up correctly including a gate) what size bolts should I use? And should I use concrete bolts...

Thanks for clarification

Just so I'm not misinterpreting short side and long side with regards to screeding, when saying to screed using the short side do you mean to run the screed board along the longer forms i.e. in the photo I would start at the top by the wall (where the yellow line is) and work my way down to the...

I was thinking it would be easier to screed on the long side as there is a fall from right to left. If it was flat then yeah I would definitely screed on the short side.