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Not even trying. Any half decent openreach guy would have squirted the rest of the cartridge in there!

Hi Jay, I'm not a professional, but I believe there should be a waterproofing layer between the soil and wall and also weepholes/drainage, if in place this should presumably keep moisture from the soil away from the wall and any render. I have both painted and clad block walls with timber at...

Hi Woody, Thank you for confirming. It's 0.035 W/mK, I'll look into some calculators online. I have a few cm spare before I reach my height limit from pp so could add something to it and still be alright. Cheers Larry

Hi Folks, Hope you are enjoying the heat! I have a numpty question If anyone could enlighten me please? I'm up to the roof on my garden office and whilst I'd initially opted for a cold roof, it turns out I have space for a warm roof which I'd like to go with. I already bought rockwool 100mm...

Some openreach engineers have the finesse and dexterity of a ham-fisted child. Exploded bricks and silicone bodge jobs are a speciality. I suspect the OP desires better for their house.

Hi Pigeon, Thank you for putting a name to it, I will get some spray for it and see how I go on. I will try and get rid of any leaves as soon as they have fallen as well Cheers Larry

Hi Stephen, thank you for the suggestions, I will look into the fertiliser a bit more. A green fingered friend suggested it would increase its strength. It was a bit of a sickly tree a couple of years ago with some orange type of fungus but that cleared. The whole branch looks like toast so I...

Hi guys, I have a Beth pear tree that is five years old. It's never fruited but does flower. According to an app on my phone it has brown spot. Can anyone give some advice please if I should take the whole branch off or something else? I use a liquid fertiliser and water it weekly. It has...

Thank you for the vid J&K it was very interesting and useful tips in there. If I can find a striaghtish 1200 left over that'll save some time. Also interesting to hear the benefitsof staggering the joints preventing a crack the whole length of the wall

Hi guys thank you so much for your help. I will have a ride out to Screwfix for a replacement then. Cheers Larry

Hi guys, My cold tap on the bath decided to seize fully open! Its not even a year old. I removed it and it does not look gunked up. I also tried squirting some 3in1 but no joy. Its still in warranty so I can take it back to Screwfix but thought I would post here in case you kind folks can...

Thank you J&K, great pearls of wisdom. I think if I do a DIY project this size again I'll certainly not buy all the wood at once, I couldn't store it all inside so some was stored covered outside. I was panicing a bit over price rises and supply issues. Even as a diyer I laugh at the state of...

Haha yes i too would like to know where to buy straight timber. There's a few lengths of 4.8m that are so banana'd or twisted I don't know what to do with them. Well some for noggins I guess. Thank you J&K for the suggestion about boarding sideways, that's useful to know and not something I...

Thank you very much for your insights chaps. I will be sure to orient them correctly. Cheers

Hi all, I wasn't quite sure how to word the title, so here goes is anyone can help me please. In a garden room stud wall, would it matter if the noggins are fitted on their side so to speak? Its 4x2 studs so if I fitted them so they are 2 deep and 4 high leaving 2 inches behind it for a...

Not used them personally but did look at them when considering foundation options for my garden room. I saw some cabins setup on these when out and about, they seemed sturdy enough but I don't know how much they were bedded on. If memory serves you have to put them on a certain thickness of...

Hi Rama, For anything outside you would want to use pressure treated wood. Any wood that is only treated with a brush applied preserver won't last nearly as long. You can get coloured preservers e.g. from cuprinolnor barretine etc. if you preserve then stain make sure you either use the same...

I feel your pain. Meaningless recorded messages that staff are working from home and/or they are experiencing high volumes of calls. Nah you don't say... It's only been over 2 years that excuse is worn out. Recorded messages trying to mug you off on the website. If I could answer my query from...

I'm in the process of building one myself, I was put off flat pack ones due to two neighbours having really poor quality ones. I have helped do repairs on both and what I would say is chuck away the felt you get with it and get decent felt or even better an EPDM roof. Have a look at SIPS kits...

No skimping on the digging when i get to the services trench...