Recent content by Tigger90

It’s really safe here in Guernsey, very little theft here apart from pushbikes left out in a Saturday night! The last shed door didn’t even have a lock :)

I have refitted the frame today and the doors have been put back on. The middle section of the door panels are still out by 4 or 6 mm. One door is out more than the other. I will try the toe and heel. Yes I have closed up the drainage and added new ones, that was the easiest job!

That makes sense without the glass as they are flipping heavy! I put the frame in and my son hanged the doors on. I have been out to look at them again and the door panels are wider in the centre section by a few mm compared to the top and base. They were stored on their side at the previous...

I picked up a set of French doors from marketplace to fit in my home build shed. I had to reduce the height so I cut down and removed the top fixed window section. I fitted the doors last weekend and they need some adjustment as they will only close if both doors are closed together. If I close...

Yes, can see the ends of the tenons at the top middle and bottom. From above it looks like a rebate? 4th photo The moulding has been nailed in. As the new door is to hold 2 glass top panels the moulding is loose, so was going to remove them before I take the door to be cut down. I have been...

Yes it is solid. Yep would drive me scatty if I knocked 3 inches off each side! I wonder if once cut down I would be able to reuse the mortise if I carefully drill/chisel out the old tenon?

I have LPD pitch pine doors in my house and I need an extra one for a new room. They are discontinued but I managed to find one on eBay. The only issue it’s 30 inch wide and I need 24inch. I am thinking of taking it to a local timber/carpenter to have them cut through the rails so I can then...

Thanks. The cottage is not fancy enough for stone and granite is the local rock here. Maybe wooden? Would the lead just be called a gutter apron? When a new fascia and gutter is fitted and then the lead is lapped back into the gutter? I am looking to do the replacement myself. Just like to have...

Lol, sorry! Not sure if these are better, one from the ground and one holding the phone away and hoping for the best..

I had an extension in 2008/9 so the front roof was replaced when it was not originally going to be done or in the price for the works. The talk of gutters was not discussed at the time but the project was going over budget!

Yes, that looks like mine!

I guess this is how they did things in the 1890’s! No it would have not be a stone gutter it’s a simple cottage. The neighbour who is a mirror image of mine had his gutters changed about 13 years ago. The other side is a different cottage with new gutters. Here are another couple of photos

I have a K2 and brought the patio head cheap off eBay, I just had to change a nozzle thing in it to make it compatible. It’s great, just like vacuuming!!

I have guttering at the front of my terraced cottage that I believe is lead and needs replacing. It has this strange lead piece that comes from under the slate and hangs into the gutter. Is this called a gutter apron? I would like to do some reading up on what is required to replace the fascia...

For context I am stood in the doorway and to the right is the window wall and the chimney wall opposite the doorway.