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Ahhh, and the head? I could bring the whole frame forward an inch, the sill would protrude 4" but never mind. I can attach it to the frame with stainless brackets and screws. Then, thinking about it, I could put Compriband between the frame sides and the battens. And between the frame side and...

Outhousd, clad in 7" feather edge. Built 25 years ago. The windows were set back flush with the 1" batten, then the feather edge lapped onto the window side and nailed to the batten, the open ends sealed onto the window frame with a non-setting paintable mastic. Which is still sticky in places...

Took some 7" feather edge off an outhouse. Been there 25 years. The windows had rotted at the cladding/frame junction. The feather edge I took off has split so I can't reuse it, but it was lovely and flat. My local Challenge Fencing yard had some 5", old, flat, however I need 7" to match...

Thankyou. Yes, Blue label. I did think to interleave them with a membrane, probably Proctor Roofshield, that would brings any water to the surface but doesn't create a behind air space like the Cedar Breather. I'll give Marley a call. Didn't realise they supplied, I got mine through SIG. I see...

I'm laying a roof of cedar shingles on OSP. This American underlay http://www.benjaminobdyke.com/products/cedar-breather-ventilated-underlayment called Cedar Breather, creates an airspace under the shingles so they can dry both sides, and avoid cupping. Cedar shingles are big business in the...

30mA RCD tripped out twice now, about ten days apart. One RCD runs everything. So I can start chasing it, I believe I need an RCD tester, and an earth leakage clamp meter. Any recommendations please? Don't want to buy some cheapos that are too inaccurate to do any good. They also need to come...

Ahhh, Thorn. I see they offer a 45W that gives 4500 lm vs 3500 lm from my Eterna 50W, http://www.thornlighting.co.uk/en-gb/products/outdoor-lighting/area-floodlighting/LED_Fit/led-fit/96628332 and it's just above a climbing rose so that seems appropriate. I'll see if it will fit the space...

Thankyou. It's in a metal casing. Controlled by two separate PIRs. Good question about battery radios. No, they are all mains FM. Don't have a battery radio. I plugged it in in the garage to check the light output, it caused interference. So I tried it in two rooms in the house where there...

50W LED flood from LED Hut https://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-garden-outdoor-lights/flood-lights/50-watt-slimline-led-flood-light-180-watt-replacement.html Usually their stuff is very good, but this produces awful RFI on three different FM radios. Has to be an LED unit as it's under the gable of a...

I got a HETAS certificate from the bodger who installed my stove. Huh. More to the point, does it work? Ivor

Sorry :oops: This was supposed to be a reply, here: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3120854#3120854 But thankyou for your answer. However, I think only Amazon US. Not surprising, perhaps, as the Americans have been enthusiastic stove users much longer than us, but I'm amazed...

Oops... went and posted this as a new topic... Reading more of this excellent exposition, I come to page 12 - Barometric Damper. This is exactly what I need for the stove in one of our rooms, which has waaay too much draft when it's windy. Where can I get one? I only see them listed...

Reading more of this excellent exposition, I come to page 12 - Barometric Damper. This is exactly what I need for the stove in one of our rooms, which has waaay too much draft when it's windy. Where can I get one? I only see them listed in the US ?? OK, I can get it from the US, but...

Jolly good. Page 8 ... Yet More Thermal Influences... this is the problem we had, except that it was caused not because of different heights, but simply because one flue was less efficient that the three others pulling against it. Sometime the fire would light, sometimes it puffed smoke into...

That was kind of you. Perhaps an insulated liner, with an insulator (not vermiculite as it soaks up water) poured in after lining? Lots of bodgers in the building trade, alas. It seems to me that only a mug employs a tradesman to do a job without having already learned how it should be...

Hmmm. Are there other open chimneys in the house? Ivor

That's good. One of the chimneys in our previous house had draw problems when cold. This was exacerbated by the fact that there were three other open chimneys in the house, all of which drew better, so in effect they were pulling air down the weak chimney, even though there were open air...

Just went and looked, and nothing wrong with your eyes. The architect didn't specify any particular grade. I ordered 'treated structural' or some such phrase, and that's what arrived. Some of the unfixed timber has indeed twisted so it's only good for noggins. Well, C24, that's something...

Thanks. The pointing in the third pic is messy because I wanted that part to look 'old'. The overall effect is supposed to be Old Barn. We notched the sole plate to get a better fixing for the uprights than just skew nailing. The walls are 9" with a block inner skin and wall ties, we used...

Ahhh, you could be right. Ivor