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@robinbanks Fair comment. But when making things we usually look for boards, and if you find one 173 wide you can make this, as you say, as long as it is 200mm long. The other clue is in post #1 - he wants to use a mitre saw. 4 cuts out of a board 173 wide using a board side as a datum is a darn...

@endecotp and @tlan have it right. The board needs to be 173.2mm wide. The height of an equilateral triangle with sides of 100mm is 86.6mm so the board needs to be the height of two triangles point to point.

That really is not a good idea. If your damp clothes have 0.5 litres of water in them, where do you think that water goes to once the clothes are dry? - the only place it can go is in to the fabric of your house, or conceivably out the window, if there's a good draft, but that isn't very...

This! - my immediate thought - draw a circle with 100 radius, divide the circumference with the compasses set at 100mm the same as radius, join the dots, cut along the lines. job jobbied.

Neat job, and once painted will look fine. A prime case of "if it looks right it is right" - possibly I would have split the sliver into two pieces, but TBH I'm sure that no-one would ever notice, except me!

Would it? It's a garage where people store and do all sorts of things. If you divided off the back and put a workbench in and a couple of woodwork tools would you need building control? Or perhaps you want a little art space for pottery or sculpturing, or perhaps you are a photographer and want...

It's an interesting one. NT has many bothies and bunk houses https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/bothies-and-bunkhouses and I'm sure they don't comply with BR for normal habitable accommodation, but then neither would a tent. These are described as "camping with walls". I suspect that PLI...

With the gun I linked, I just scrape off anything around the nozzle, and sometimes give it a quick rub across the end with sandpaper or rub it on a brick. I just leave the can on. Max length of time is easily 4-5 months.

They are, but this year you have to turn over > £50K. Next year £30K and then £20K after that. Get an accountant and some software (I use freeagent which is free with RBS/Natwest business accounts) and it's no big deal

It does - the brass thumbwheel behind the trigger, and that's what I do too

I've had really good experience with this. https://www.cwberry.com/concept-foam-gun Pricey, but strips down easily if it does get clogged. I use it infrequently and leave a can on for 2-3 months at a time. I do sandpaper the end of the brass nozzle occasionally to get a good clean squirt, and it...

Personally I would avoid black uPVC altogether. The thermal expansion of uPVC is huge (0.07-0.08mm/m/degree), and black windows just get hotter which exacerbates the problem. e.g. a 1m tall window, with a 50 degree range (say -10 in a very cold winter, to a surface temp of 40 degrees with the...

Whatever you do, you don't need to lose them. They will be really hard encaustic tiles. Photograph them, lift them, clean them up (which can be a fair bit of work - we did ours with a rotating wire brush to get mortar remnants off) and then relay them. They are definitely worth keeping. Likely...

Originally cavity walls were designed to isolate the joist ends from the wetter outside wall so they didn't rot off - i.e. nothing to do with insulation. Then, in the era of lime mortar and plaster, and breathable materials, cavity walls were designed with airbricks in to the cavity so that any...

Definitely! :ROFLMAO:

You can't change physics. The radiator creates airflow through convection. Obviously the air drawn over the back of the radiator is humid enough, and the wall is cold enough for the wall to be below the dew point so you're getting liquid condensation and mould. You can only increase the wall...

It's 2009, so whatever happened it's way past enforcement. Use your own eyes, and also get a decent survey done. If it all looks good and you like it, go ahead with an indemnity if your BS insist. If you are concerned, walk away - lots of other properties out there. Whether you get a sign-off...

Sounds like a result, although obviously hassle. Good on the company for at least taking ownership.

Frankly, that is cobblers up until someone shows me the wording from an actual insurance policy that states this exclusion for 20 year old works. It certainly isn't in mine. And if an extension is looking good with no cracking after 20 years, I think it's fair to say it's OK. We bought a very...

Those internal micro cracks by the latch show a lack of attention to detail, but TBH are unlikely to be detrimental to performance - I doubt the latches will fall off! Even so, I expect you paid a lot of money and have every right to expect a perfect product. Some screws are self-drilling but...