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Is the garage single skin between the house? When you converted, was it just thermal insulation?

Isn’t it hanging upside down?

Could there be a solenoid valve hidden somewhere? A type that detects water pressure and switches off when pressure drops as it thinks there is a flood? Trouble is, finding it.

When you put the second layer of plasterboard on, ensure that the joins are staggered. It helps if you think about the seams when putting up the first layer. Use some of the mastic on the seams

Yes, he’s a fashion designer and was a tv presenter. I saw a clip of him recently and he sounded like a right nutter

You might find hiring a circular saw a better bet. Or even buying a Lidl/aldi one. However, if you have no option but to use a hand saw, use a new one. They are so cheap If you have a spare decking board long enough, use it as a guide. If not, buy a sacrificial board from the shop. Not a...

Lagging makes the pipe larger, so the boxing ends up bigger. You could lag pipes in an area that you want to keep heat from? Maybe a hall floor or landings. Obviously anything in an attic or waste area. As you say, pipes are going everywhere, and plastic tends to go into inaccessible ares so...

Easiest way would be https://www.diy.com/departments/forest-garden-traditional-overlap-dip-treated-4ft-wooden-fence-panel-w-1-83m-h-1-21m/5013053204511_BQ.prd 797 could go higher/lower. you don’t really need an extra post midway. Worst case, you could add a horizontal rail if the dog head...

That looks more like ventilated soffits?

There are online calculators. I bought sand for paving based on one and it was accurate to within a barrowload.

I have a gatemate and it’s been good for knocking on ten years. I do have a flap of waterproof material covering the mechanism (as seen on the backs of trucks) Don’t know if it helped but doesn’t do any harm

no- not my business. VacForm is used in Theatre/ film and TV to create sets. (Instant cobbled streets) But an ex was a scenic artist and I have worked with a few. Making good looking stuff with junk is what they do. Thinking about it, look at foam board , it’s cardboard sandwiching a...

What are your skills like? I’d suggest metal is a poor choice due to weight. You could carve something out of clay or air dry clay, in negative, and cast it in Jesmonite with an internal reinforcement? Or cast sections of jesmonite to assemble your design. If you have the means, you could cut...

So is the pipe coming FROM the floor to a stop valve and onwards? Or coming from ABOVE down towards the valve? you could fit an inline stop valve/ check valve in there, compression fitting. No soldering

Maybe bases for something?

I’d mask, move them away, plus take care.

My Bosch doesn’t.

If we’re talking motorbikes, 1956 Triumph Tiger Cub. Still got it. (Plus another one, several other bikes…)

Can you buy doors (new) the size that you need? Yes, you can cut the existing one, but it’s way easier to build a carcass for existing doors. I had the hell of an issue when I changed my Bosch slimline’s position due to existing pipe work. There are dishwashers that use drawers, not doors.

I’d be worried about screwing into an unknown concrete floor. You could hit a pipe, possibly breach the DPM. You could use building adhesive to secure the batten down? Is there room to fit a wider batten to the floor? If you can hide a batten inside the base of the wardrobe you’ll have a...