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Hi all - many thanks for your thoughts. We have persevered and agreed a solution with Building Control - we will be cutting the 45 degree chamfer in the beam which will gain about 10cm on the headroom. :) Thanks for your thoughts / comments on this. Always nice to be able to turn to here for...

Many thanks - the trouble is that we need to go it thud week..! Will look at Chestnut stuff as you suggest.

thanks! so I'll look for ebony - trouble is the interior stuff seems hard to come by and the exterior stuff is everywhere. is there any reason why i should not use the exterior stuff inside?

Hi all, Renovating a 1780s cottage and want to make the timber look a bit smarter before we plaster and repaint. Current timber is a mix of black finishes and we're looking to apply a dark stain across everything to tie it all together a bit. What do I use? Should I just use a black ronseal...

Thanks! I've bought a MAKITA 6843 :) Re the Erbauer, whilst it may be a "DIY tool", it defo packs a good punch and is more than capable of standing its ground with the "trade tool" ranges...! (y) (y) (and is a lot cheaper so can replace them with ease if the need ever arose! ;))

Hi all, I'm a Town Planner and am on my third renovation now so relatively up to speed with Building control things... Our current renovation is a 300 year old cottage which has over the years had many unsympathetic alterations - we have essentially gutted it and reinstated original features...

No, they supply a timber frame with a lip that the window sits within... this the drawing off their website / ebay listing.

Thanks for the tip - not looked at this yet but will be sure to do this if needed!

Hi all, about to embark on a bit of festive plasterboarding... I have 86 sheets of plasterboard arriving tomorrow for us to put up over the Christmas break... o_O So, we're looking to get a automatic feeding screwdriver to help us get through it all... I'm currently looking at a second hand...

Yes that's about it... I got our triple glazed unit (1m x 2m internal opening) for £685 delivered and didn't think the price was too bad given the other options we had. :)

As requested some pics..! Not looking its best atm as we're tiling a wall quite close but so have left its protective film on and covered it with pallets/wood atm to protect it... so it's quite dirty! On the inside, the plasterboard will just get butted up against the underside of the glass to...

Hi. we're still building but it is fitted. ours came with the wooden frame/kerb and we bought from eBay. it has a visible glass area of 1m x 2m. Installation was easy - build up a small upstand etc then add the frame/kerb. we had a grp roof that the roofer lapped up the side if the kerb as per...

Hi did you ever go for the TLX Gold? We're planning on using it but had specified it alongside a 50mm air gap then 60mm woodfibre batt underneath. Roofer has suggested just the TLX would be enough... how did you get on?

Find yourself a planning consultant to handle it for you if you're not sure what a Local Plan is. He/She would review your application and advise if an appeal has any chance of success before proceeding down that route. Suggest you start your hunt for someone at https://www.rtpiconsultants.co.uk

I agree..! Although you do need to keep on top of all the tradesmen! Whilst not wanting to hijack the thread my interest in the Fibaro is for an aesthetic and practical reason. We live in an old cottage (1670) and have a large inglenook and a log burner elsewhere. You can adjust the...

Hi. Did you use the Fibaro alarm? If so how is it?

I've bought one and will report back in the next week or so once it's installed. As a company the customer services are great. Window has arrived and looks good. Will come back to you once installed!

Thanks for the link. Had a look but they all open by pushing the bookcase backwards... ours needs to opened out (towards us). I'm researching pivot hinges but the prices seem to be excessive when they can take over about 80kg

from reading around if you get teh pivot hinge, and bookcase construction right there is no need for any other support, runners or wheels etc... It is sitting between two new dense concrete block walls on a newly laid slab so I'm confident it won't go anywhere if it's built properly. I have also...

I have contacted a local chap and will see what he says... Anyone on here fancy giving it a go? Geographically I'm near(ish) Gatwick (y)