Recent content by trowelandhawk

Top man.. I’ll give it a go tomorrow/weekend. Thanks

Yes it’s defiantly the bottom shoot bolt. I assume these can be bought separately to the rest of the mechanism. The gearing works fine and obviously the eurocylinder is good too. Just the bottom shootbolt is the prob.

Hi. My upvc porch door stuck the other day at the bottom. I pulled it and it all unlocked apert from the bottom bolt that goes into the frame at the fill keeper. When I pull handle up it will come out no problem but when turning as to open door it sticks slightly and does not retract fully. I...

Thankyou. The manthorpe felt lap vents look a great idea. Simple always works and simple ideas also make people millionaires!!. I was going to get foil backed insulated plasterboard in answer to you yes.

Sorry... the red is meant to signify the vapour barrier on top of batten but before plasterboard

I have seen a sort of ‘fag packet’ diagram.. if I understood you correctly then I will install as follows.. 1. Foil blanket tacked to rafters and Aluminium tape over joins. 2. Batten on top of rafters 3.THEN ADD A VAPOUR BARRIER(plastic sheet roll ?).tape up joins. 4. Install plasterboard...

Hi everyone. I am using this time I have to sort out the loft and then start boarding out, beaux etc etc. Looking at the roof underlay it is not breatheable by the look of it. Which leads me to next question. Aldi are doing insulation quilt blanket at the moment at reasonable price hence me...

Morning... It’s a south facing garden so I’ll start scratch coating the front. I gotta do a big clear up today and set beads so I won’t be laying on I doubt. The gable end will get sun most of the day and the back from midday. Typical ... when you want the sun it is nowhere to be seen and now I...

Steve: So scratch coat would be 4 to 1 with waterproofer, and top coat would be 5/1/1 lime and no waterproofer ?. Tomorrow looking like about 17 degrees and sunny.. would you put on ?. Thankyou in advance

Hello all. Some advice please. This is my first big render job, a semi detached property and I’m on my own on this one. Spent the last two days solid hacking off the old render and bagging up... it has been relentless It’s gonna be a sand cement and hydrated lime mix on the walls. 1) The...

we’ll, that’s a third of the patio covered with MOt. I’ll crack on again in the morning !.

Thankyou mate. Much appreciated. Just spent the last few evenings lugging up 170 450x450 slabs. Only 100 more to go now !.

Thankyou people..:).. once again a helpful result. I will post the results(standby for a happy or painful post !.) Now gotta suss out how I’m gonna ge the recessed walkover lights in the edge slabs. The swa has been run so I have to do it now (n)

By the sound of it, do a dry run am I right ?.

My patio is nearly ready to start laying slabs on. I have to finish scraping back a few high spots and then whacker plate it down and then put some mot down then whack it again. The front wall is parallel to the house but rear wall and sides are parallel to the fences, creating the angles. The...