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Thabks Woody. I managed to avoid the temptation of online poker. This is with some ply in place. We're looking at blue circle quick repair ready mix concrete. You put it in dry then add water? Goes off in 30 minutes. I understand that we'd have to remove the ply to smooth/ feather it . After...

Recently had our UPVC back door replaced and when they took out the old door frame they broke the concrete threshold/step that it sits on. The top of the threshold where the door frame sits is fine, as is the whole of the outside face. The damage is all on the inside. Its entire at one end for a...

All done now. Cheers everyone(y)

had a few bananas and imprinted/dented plasterboard/insulated plasterboard

or we could fix a small batten, push fit/glue 25mm PIR, then 9.5mm plasterboard over the top,screwed to the small batten behind the PIR?

Well it's a conundrum for us! This is the last bit we have to do and not sure of the best way to do it We've got 37.5 mm insulated pb ( or 25mm PIR and 9.5mm plaster board) Door frame is 30mm and there's a 3-4 mm ( varies) gap between frame and the wall of the reveal EDIT- we've got about...

Went out to have another fight with it and it's latching now. It's a bit fast, but not adjusting it ATM. Thanks for your help (y)

We've only got 2mm at the top so maybe shave a little off. Not touched the top od the door so far.

Cheers. It was latching, but then we remembered we still had to put the seal back on the frame above the lock/latch. I think maybe the gap is slightly too small in that top corner. Gap should be 2-4mm between the edge of the door and the frame I assume, not between the door and the brushes? Did...

Thanks! Obviously there's a vapour barrier under the IPB, so as long as we do the joints well and use a bathroom or kitchen paint there shouldn't be any issue with the insulation?

Looking at modifying parents shower room as they have a full height ,frameless glass screen and shower tray and it's now becoming unsafe, plus shower stool won't stand in their current tray and they only have a fixed showerhead and a non thermo' mains shower. Does anyone have any experience with...

Plasterer was supposed to be coming this week, but he went to a kitchen re plaster/skim job and someone had plastered over hardboard so he now can't make it until December. We're keen to keep going and try and get the insulation/ TG chipboard down on the floor and get the base units /worktop and...

Surely if the extension was added in 1996 there must be some insulation in the flat roof? Can council not provide ANY documentation at all? We have a 60's house that was built with a utility room at the back of the garage and door from kitchen leading into it.WC room in there too. Single brick...

Thanks JobandKnock! I hoped you might be around! The arm that comes from the frame is adjustable by screwing it in or out-yes, so that's pre tensioning the closer then. Done that Yes, we have that that's an understatement! I am so sick of this door and closer:cry: It closes, latches and locks...

bought a Securit fire door closer (class 3 ) Instructions are dreadful and maybe it's C...p. We went for (position 1) force 2/3 because we wanted it to open more than 120 deg. The template gives the location of the screws for fixing the body, ie LH screws 65mm in from the hinge edge of the...

Sounds very straightforward in theory, but in practice, when a doors been planed, not so much (for someone who hasn't done it before anyway) We got there in the end. Determined we would, as the builder who fitted our other internal doors just used screws on each side , and didn't do a very good...

If you need any advice on DIY don't ask me. Strokes and ingrown toenails are more my thing

If you need any advice on DIY don't ask me, Strokes and ingrown toenails are more my thing

Brilliant. We have rockwool. Thanks so much for your help.

Thanks again. That all makes perfect sense. The paragraph " Packers can be ........" and then further on "gaps between ....." We only have the gap between the fire door frame and the masonry which is bigger than 10mm on the side where we fixed to the edge of the dividing wall (uneven brick...