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OK let me explain myself more and clarify a few things. Firstly in my post I do tell the OP to master the basics, get out of auto mode and learn about exposure I'd go one step further and suggest that a cheao secondhand light meter might encourage the learning curve even more. I pciked up a...

The authors ..... Dr Eric Rirsch - Safeguard Europe Ltd, Redkiln Close, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5QL, UK "Safeguard Europe Ltd. is a UK-based company specialising in providing damp-proofing and waterproofing solutions for the construction industry Dr Zhongyi Zhang2 - Advanced Polymer and...

Following some of the recommendations I have been given here I have decided to: 1) Seal the step on the outside (although rain doesn't really correlate with the 'condensation' inside - it seems to just be any cold weather - Nov to March basically). In an effort to reduce direct contact...

Hightowermark: If you want to show off the natural beauty of the wood, then you have to use a clear coat to do that, and Tung Oil or a marine varnish made from Tung Oil are probably the best choices you can make when it comes to picking a clear coat for wood outdoors. But, the...

Hi. I don't have any building experience at all :eek: but I am going to have a go at making my own tool storage shed out of blocks (roughly 3m by 1.5m and just high enough to walk in). I'd appreciate any comments and suggestions on my "plan". As I progress I'll think more about each step before...

Composite door glazing is held in place by a "glazing cassette", like these... https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/browse/window-and-joinery-hardware/glazing-cassettes ...and they can be replaced. They're in two pieces (an exterior and interior 'frame') which screw together to sandwich the...

The product is terrible, and won't help achieve anywhere near a 30% saving on heat loss, however wind will speed up evaporation, and evaporation will lower the temperature of a wet, heated object, like an uninsulated wall

Thanks so much for the detailed info, really appreciate it. That is actually what I’m trying to achieve. I have found some 3mm x 32mm self-drilling screws which would probably do the job to reduce the gap. The hole in my 3D design clip is also countersunk so the screw fits flush. As for the...

We are looking for advice. We have a 20 x 12 wooden shed (storing lawn mower, tools etc) which has some rotten wood on the gable and front where the rain hits and so leaks in the winter. (Some rotten bits were replaced a few years back and painted but the same has happened) it gets the brunt of...

Having done this myself recently, I found a good easy way to get the ratios right: got an old paint container, and determined that a bag of aggregate was (say) 5 containers, and therefore for my 5:1 mix I wanted one bag of aggregate to one container of cement. (The numbers are from memory, but...

Hi everyone, been trying to get a definitive answer on this. First off I am not a DIY'er but a first time buyer of a Victorian mid terrace (2 up 2 down) with a north facing living room (brick wall, no cavity). I'm anxious about the combination of a cold north facing living room and hideous fuel...

Lorraine it's always worth doing sums in plumbing to see what's really going on, but there are sometimes a lot more parameters than may appear at first. You can look up the thermal conductivity of the steel, (once you've found its composition!), and the paint (many times more resistive) for...

Excellent advice above. Never replace historic detail such as the columns. Its bad enough that someone down the line replaced the Box double hung wood frames with PVC, probably removed a Victorian tiled path, and concreted over a strip of garden. They will have also, to save a few measly...

NE is the coldest corner of a building in the UK. No sun, and the raw Arctic and Scandinavian winds. What is the composition of the render and the textured finish? Cob walls should have a breathable render that is basically lime, and should not have a latex paint coat. If the render cannot...

Definitely do NOT use Dulux Weathershield Primer + BP on any hard woods and it probably isn’t that good on any resinous woods such as pines. I have just applied this treatment to a new solid oak door and am now in the process of sanding it off. The result after application was uneven streaky...

Have a friend who just built a small 70' x 40' shed cladded with corrugated tin. BC is now demanding that he removes an entire gable, clad with another material that is the same as the corrugated tin (ie - doesn't catch fire) and paint all the steel work...

Hi All, I have a single Skin Brick Garage at the bottom of my garden with a flat roof, there is no damp course the the base appears to be a massive slab of concrete. The Flat roof is a 200mm Cavity and then plaster board ceiling. Id love some critique on the below. > Take down existing ceiling...

To sort that out I think you need to re-route the pipework along the walls at skirting or ceiling level and concealed behind boxed skirtings, boxing or coving. You don't really want to cut into to that floor without finding out its' composition. For example I once worked on a 1930s library...

This might help lifted from BG website HARDWALL: "Thistle Hardwall is a gypsum undercoat plaster for use on most masonry. With a final coat of Thistle Multi-Finish or Thistle Plaster Finish it provides a smooth, inert, high quality surface to internal walls. The combination has superior...

(Picture attached is not the problem fitting as I've taped this up to stop dust and drafts coming into the bedroom from the hole - this was just to help show the type of hole I'm trying to fill, the actual hole is probably a couple of inches in diameter). We were having some problems with a...