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Hi and thanks for your replies. I simply replaced the old 'felt'. I stripped all the timber off so i could roll one continuous line of felt from one end of the house to the other and tucked it under the next row of felt and then put down new battening. I have a very good understanding of a...

Hi all, This summer i replaced the lining under the first 4 tiles around the whole house due to rodent problems. Since last night hit -7 (midlands) i woke up to find the plasterwork on the ceilings showing signs of damp. My bedroom ceilings have a 45 degree slope ending on the window wall...

Haydn, im only messing with you mate. I know slate is expensive and the price of £50 is well justified. I personal was hoping the price would be that of 1980's and get the roof vented for £10, ha theres wishing ah. Thanks for your replies. AndyP

Slate roof would be very nice but the area i live in, im not allowed to change the style of tile because it will ruin the so called look of the other houses...total *******s but i have to follow the rules :-( My tiles are the concrete ones as in the link i provided in my first post. I never...

Hi all, I have had a major problem with rats getting in my attic and therefore have had all rafters blocked with 9mm squared mesh and then had insulation put down the gaps from the attic to the soffits. I know i have now blocked the air getting in and out and i can only see one answer to...

thank you mate i will take a look at that bad boy. I thought i was going to get no reply, cheers AndyP :D :D

Hi all, I have a solid wooden floor downstairs which has been stained and a few layers of Ronseals diamond hard floor varnish applied 2 years ago. The floor is looking tired and needs a pick me up. My question is this, once i have re-sanded the floor and applied my new stain, whats the...

I am thinking about building my own extension but have no previous experience with foundations but do have experience in roofing, bricking etc so no problem there. The clay in my garden seems to be located about 3ft below the soil in my garden and after speaking to various people it would...

:shock: its funny that you say that because last night after sitting in my window contemplating my next step i did indeed remove the turf and start digging a bloody big hole. I still had the pallet the turf arrived on so i rolled the turf back up and placed on the pallet to allow the water to...

the ground was wet but not to the degree which would make the new turf water logged. This part of the new turf hasn't really rooted either which is a real concern because the rest of the turf is coming on great. When talking about drainage what kind would be required to reduce the amount of...

:( Having spend the best part of 2 weeks hacking up my garden, leveling and laying new turf, i arrived from work yesterday only to find part of my newly laid turf completly saturated with water. The rest of my garden is fine but for some strange reason its in the bottom corner of my garden where...

I have this god awful pathway in my back garden which runs alongside my garage. The path is about 8" above the garden surface because of the garage concrete base. I am thinking about screwing decking to the concrete path just to hide it. If i was to do this, is there certain things i would have...

i have emailed my diagram to the administrator but they have yet to put it up, sorry

your lucky my friend, i have them nesting every year in my loft space. crapping, p1ssing and chewing everything they can get there paws on. They have tunnels running through the wall installation in the cavity between my house and my neighbours. You have them in your garden, think yourself...

Does anybody know of an insurance company which covers against appliance breakdowns etc. I know a few used to do it but they have stopped the cover probably because they were losing to much money. Can anybody direct me in the right way. The insurance needs to cover such things as, LCD, Oven...

I wouldnt smooth over it thats for sure because if a crack does appear again at anytime the crack will just simply make its way through onto your render. Also, applying more render would probably creat alot of stress on the adhesive currently holding the render to your brickwork. The weight...

fantastic. i didnt realise it was that easy. cheers mate for your link. this forum has to be one the best i have ever used. THANK YOU AndyP

:D Whats the process i need to under go for laying new lawn. The back garden is big (10m x 25m) and used to be owned by a builder. The builder decided to use his garden as a collects yard so now the garden area is now home to tons of bricks. Once i have removed all the bricks from the soil...