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What's "number 10" in English? :p (5.0 I think...) I'm not sure I understand the "shear pullout" quoted from the article. To me, shear is when a vertical load snaps a horizontal screw, and pullout is when a horizontal load pulls a screw out of the wall. The article is gone now, at least my...

A knuckle for knocking on the wall and a magnet for locating the plasterboard screw just below the skim? Well, they're probably not that pathetic when one looks at the gas bill..

I suppose you could frame your question another way; how happy would you be to rebuild the 3 brick version after a few years of the kids swinging on it/wind ripping it open/wife deciding she wants a wrought iron gate versus the minor extra cost/time requirement of building it once as the...

I get distracted by mine doing DIY for similar reasons as in this video: concentrating is easier when she's doing a job at the other end of the house

The new dark brown vertical newel you've overlaid can hang the unsupported corner from the new joist above, if fixed to both?

True I'd assumed there were vent slots in the outer, and when the inner was pushed all the way as far as it would go, the vent slots were closed off by the inner. I was hence recommending to remove a piece of inner to expose hem again. Your latest post implies the vents are on the inner liner...

I've seen people try (and manage in some cases) to wind a concrete screw into thermalite without predrilling. My post was intended as a precautionary note to predrill even though they're soft, because the results are a bit of a mixed bag.

Now is your time to get into home cinema; plop a 65" tv on the wall, an AV receiver on the floor, plugged into the sole hdmi lead going to the TV, then connect all your extra devices (DVD, blurry, freesat, sky, freeview, whatever) into the receiver. A nice set of surround speakers, and you can...

And to think a bit of thick carpet offcut would be the fine line between profit and pain..

There are always many ways to do anything, and the easiest possible way to do something is surely "the easy way", no?

If it slides inside the inner piece, why not slide it down 4cm? If you're saying that, fully slid together the two bits plus the hood are 4cm too high for the gap between splash back and ceiling then sure, cut 4cm off the part of the inner that will be hidden Next, where your vents are, line...

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You can, but on lightweights you tend to have to pre drill, otherwise the concrete screw tends to just make itself into a drill bit and chew a hole so big it doesn't grip anything.. as noted though, you're really just tacking the plate in place with a few nails. It's the several tons of house...

On the floor. while he desperately awaits a reply on the most venerable of diy sites...

I think a 2001ish Volvo S60 or v70 t5 would be a better tool: can carry building materials (roof rack too), tow a trailer, still picks its skirts up like your GTi did, and is supremely comfortable for tall people, poor economy but who cares when you drive 1500 miles a year. The road tax probably...

Never really understood the logic of nailing a soleplate to a row of lightweight blocks, then putting several tons of walls and roof above it

Which means it's heading towards being a habitable room, needs insulating, whole thing done dodgy without notification to building control, reducing value of house during a frustrated sale etc. Wonderful!

Through coloured render could save you the nuisance of having to paint.. I think you'll be fine with your shelving and cupboards - loads mainly act in a downwards direction from a cupboard that is hung at the top; there isn't much torque even if your heaviest plates are at the front of the...

All concrete does this, even if it's been down for years. Don't worry about it

By whom?