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i do like to worry!!

hi, hope you are well. ive got a new possible location for a 500l breaktank, its external (im going to insulate the s**t out of it). worried that the plinth wont hold the weight. ive lifted one of the flagstones and can now see how it is constructed. see video below for further info - is...

thats a stud wall though (the one perpendicular to the outside wall)

hello everyone, hope you are well. I want to get a break tank, 500litres - probably going for a https://pumpexpress.co.uk/shop/powertank-utility-variable-speed-water-pressure-booster/ I want to put it indoors , in the utility room. i'm a bit concerned about the point loading of it, its gonna...

cant, there are joists in the way. am i right that i just cut one of the cables and add like a spur for batten, so get wago's, common up live, neutral and earth for all 3 cables?

Hi I hope you are well. I have 6 existing 240v gu10 downlights in a room, all from a single switch I want to add a 60 watt 240v led light batten to the circuit. the lights are aurora en-dlm981x and they have a fast fix connection (see picture), the light i have exposed has 1 twin and...

thanks for this - i'll go with oil, and leave it till spring to do it!

Hi hope you are well, thanks in advance for your help. I have built a deck out of the below, it says it is class 4 Tanalith E treated. I like the colour of the wood as it is. https://www.trade-point.co.uk/departments/goodhome-lehmi-pine-deck-board-l-2-4m-w-144mm-t-27mm/5059340053295_TP.prd Do...

ahh. good point. i didn't mean to imply that this will be easy!! which fibre system did you use?

my thinking is: cut board to size. figure out where wood supports are- they should be dead straight and i can tell where they are when board is up by putting markers on wall, there are only 1 at each edge and 1 in middle, all on long edge. drill fibre holes paint board stick fibres...

did you paint the board before sticking the fibres through?

should be about 450mm centres by the time i have built a stud next to it. so one down the middle is fine . im only lifting 1 piece of 12mm in place , 900 x 2400. shouldnt be too heavy?

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wow thats great mate, thanks. im away for a week, so will come back to this...can i PM you about your star ceiling when im back please?

hi woody - the existing ceiling is that far out of whack. the new one isnt. (or hopefully wont be once im done...) miles easier just to lower height of ceiling a bit and screw some wood to the walls to make the new ceiling "joists" - ive got lots of head room, 2.5m ceilings. and its a bathroom...

Sure. So 5 battens? Can I make them thinner say 1 inch ( so use 1 x 2)? Google star ceiling you will see what I mean. I need a void between the top of the batons and the old ceiling.

ahh. ok. so what is the least amount of support i can get away with do you think?

the ceiling is textured in that 70's swirly way, and it is seriously not straight in 2 dimensions, like 10cm out at the long end and a 6 on the short. i also need a gap so i can run fibre optic cable over whatever the plaster board is attached to is there a reason i cant use ply? would need...

actually means i can level it up perfectly too. i am a bit ocd....

actually, theres something i havent thought of. i have to have a a gap between the old and new ceiling other wise i wont be able to run the fibre optic across the "noggins". theres no gap at all between the noggins and the old ceiling with the way i am doing it now. i will have to run new...