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I am building a small playhouse/fort at the end of our garden and want to lay down some 600mm square slabs to make up a path. My plan is to lay the slabs onto stable hard soil using a bed of mortar. The soil is damp from the weather but not puddled or soggy and not being a big fan of laying dry...

We have a solid mahogany door that has presumably been on our house for quite a while, at least before we moved in . It is in very good condition but at the moment it is varnished with blisters here and there. I would like to strip it down completely and use an oil finish on it. Has anyone got...

That was an option but don't really fancy shifting over 10 tons of earth ! Thanks for you reply though

We have a wall around our car park area that is about 5 foot high. It is retaining a small bank and although it has drainage holes in it it gets very damp in the wet season(through to the face of it) and subsequently the masonary paint has started to peel etc. This paint was applied using the...

I want to glue some pine floorboards down onto concrete that was originally covered by parquet . When the parquet was lifted up a very thin level coating of bitumen was left. This seems stable and well bonded to the concrete. Can I use normal floor adhesive that is meant for wood to concrete or...

We live in an old cottage and the beam in the ceiling of our snug room seems to have evidence of woodworm. I have heard of a sort of paint that can be brushed onto beams or woodwork in this situation that kills the beatles as they bore out. Has anyone heard of it before. We don't want to use the...

To be honest, not sure. We had builders do the work.

I want to gravel our small car parking area at the back of our house. The ground at the moment is fairly recently layed scalps (spelling?) which tends to get a bit muddy in wet weather and where the car stops there are a few indents in the ground. Is it better fill in the holes/indents and then...

I am going to be laying down a wood floor directly to screed using special glue for the job. The screed is unsealed at the moment and has a rough slightly gritty feeling to it. What is the best thing to seal it with before applying the adhesive. Any advice welcome. Thanks in advance.

I am wanting to put another two or three layers of roofing felt on my shed roof and wanted some advice. The roof already has a layer of felt on it that looks fresh and in very good nick. It has been fixed down to the board underneath using some sort of bituminy adhesive. Do I have to do each...

The shed has a plastic floor and is sealed apart from two small openings at one end, but I have found out since buying it that plastic and metal sheds often have problem with condensation especially on the ceiling. The vent was recommended by two separate shed manufacturers. What I really need...

I have a problem with condensation in my plastic shed that apparently is common and want to use a vent to do away with this by circulating the air. I have seen solar powered vents for sale that obviously rely on sunlight. The shed is at the back of my workshop and therefore unlikely to be hit...

I want to board the loft in my workshop. It is an old telephone exchange ,solidly built and the joist etc are in great condition. I was planning on using 18mm tongue and groove chipboard screwed at intervals. On an area about 32 x 12 is this going to be, in itself, a lot of weight or does it...

Thanks for your advice. Jim

Hello, I want to level of some uneven paving stones that make up my workshop floor and plan to use latex screed . The area is about 3m x 3m and the paving stones are very solid but slightly out of level with each other. Would latex screed be an ideal covering if I need to go to about...

Hello, We have just had an extension built and had the work carried out by a fully certified company and are happy with the result although quite expensive. I have a workshop alongside the house (an old telephone exchange) that I want to connect up on a separate supply. There is a mains...

Hello, I want to use felt tiles to cover the roof of a lean to shed I have built. I have already covered it with green "gritted" felt and wondered how to fix tiles to this.If I use this bituminy adhesive to fix the felt to the gritted surface I am worried the brushing action will dislodge the...

Although frame fixings would be ideal for the job I have in mind. I was wondering if it is possible to buy rawplug in lengths that I can cut into desired length. Thanks

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to buy frame fixings that have rawplugs longer than 160mm.(That is the longest I have found) Ideally I want them to be 200mm long. Thanks

Thanks for your advice. James