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Well done m8 I agree the Trench blocks are a right & %+@# in confined areas, I laid them in my footings, one end is below ground and the other above due to the demo work but they were heavy and just made heavier with the rain. Scaff

Thanks, My old mum raised us tough

ALL getting there m8 Spent the day with the digger man today, clearing the rubble and earth into the 2 big ponds in the garden. Successful day as it no longer looks like a bomb site and now looks like the surface of the moon. Another day with the digger tomorrow gonna lay the new drain in...

Hi all The weather has been so wet here over the last 2 months its been impossible, plus its been too cold for the mortar. Just finished 2 days working on the extension, all Trench / foundation blocks laid, and I got 2 x courses of engineering bricks laid. One more course and I'll be the right...

I'm not sure, hence the question.

Hi all We have a pretty big plot at the front of our house and are considering erecting a timber frame carport for 2 cars, carport will have a catslide roof and closed sides, it will be to the front and left of the house as you look at it from the road. The carport will be approx 1.5m from the...

Could you not insulate it externally and brickslip or render it Scaff

Underfloor heating isn't required, there's 150mm insulation in the floor and roof, 100mm in the cavity and a toal 7m (4.7+2.3) run of triple glazed bifolds plus vertical central heating rads going in in 5 places. All I'm after is a comparison for the screed against tounge n groove in this...

hi all bit of advice really i am undergoing a diy project of a rear extension. its going to have a block n beam floor and 150mm of rigid insulation board in it. i was going to TNG board it and part tile and part oak floor it but am considering a screed as an option. with the depth/level of...

ALL I can say is I WAS LEFT UNSUPERVISED, SO IT'S NOT MY FAULT....... I'd been getting the right nark on not being able to do ANYTHING, plus the rain, work, family etc. oh and the broken arm I keep forgetting about that lil Ray of sunshine. Well today was the only day the weather was...

I think I may leave it as it is........... (steps slowly backwards into the forum) Tamuchly

thanks for the replies, the bifold doors are bottom hung so theres no need for a big B*&%$£d steel taking all their weight plus the roof etc, i know ill still need a steel just not as big a one as with top hung doors

hi all im underway with a rear extension, its still coming out of the ground. as ever, we are re thinking some aspects of the plans, we have put in 2 x sets of bifold doors on the plans 1 x 2.3m 1x4.5m. we are now possibly looking at changing to 1 x 6m set as this will allow for better use...

hi all im currently underway with a rear extension, ill be looking for 2 x sets of bottom hung bifolds aluminium in antracite 1 x 2300mm x 2100mm high 3 panel 1 traffic door 2 folding 1 x 4500mm x 2100mm high 5 panel 1 traffic door 4 folding ive had a couple of quotes over £7k fitted, was...

Christ on a bike Pop over and do mine You'll have it done in a morning. Lol

Hi Things have stalled due to the break, and I don't mean holiday season. Work has been hectic so I've had to do some, Plus weather has been bad here on the times I could attempt anything. Got 1 x row of Trench blocks in situ...... Fekers weigh 23kg each, not easy when your 1 handed. Not...

Gents I replaced the water inlet valve and float but the noise is still there not as much but if you run a bath it's there. Any ideas Scaff

Been a delay in everything, I broke an arm and bugga me if it don't slow you down.

no baths,,,,,, big tub shapped things you climb into. you can use it for showers as well

Get a day rate cost from trades I've paid a plasterer £210 a day a groundworker £250 a day a brickie £150 a day