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The finish. Thanks for your advice guys!

Timber built, not to building regs but fully insulated and retains heat very well, once heated.

I am installing laminate flooring in a new garden room, which will be heated over the winter. However I haven't got a heater for the room. Do I need to get a heater for the room and get it to the temperatures it will get to during normal use. I.e. 20 degrees during the day and then whatever it...

Did first round of priming and happy with how it has turned out. I have one more question, I have more than half tub of 10 litre paint which has been open for around 2 years, but has been kept indoor. Would there be any harm in a few coats of that, before doing one final coat of my chosen...

How important is it to sand after the primer? I just want to use it as an undercoat all over the walls and then paint straight on top of that. Obviously I will sand and fix any imperfections that come to light, but really want to sand it all if I can get away with it.

If I use Leyland Trade acrylic primer to only prime the filler, doesn't the plasterboard itself not need sealing? Or should I just apply the primer to whole wall?

That's a slightly older picture. Still need to finish sanding, but it's not as bad is in the picture, only need to smooth out any raised bits on the final layer.

I have used the taping and jointing method to finish my plasterboard walls. Just wondering what's the best options / products to get it ready to paint? Looking at few option (Zinsser Gardz, Dulux plaster primer, Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 Primer / Sealer)

I am building a summer house and have a question regarding the joist noggins. My span in 3 meters across, I am planning on using 6 X 2 C24 joists. However I am considering using 4 X 2 for the noggins. Two reasons why I want to do that. Firstly I have spare 4 X 2 and second I am insulating...

The rope method worked. The post is now loose, but still need to break the lump of concrete to shift the post out of the hole. :cry:

Will this rope be strong enough? https://www.toolstation.com/polypropylene-rope/p13254?store=AO&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=CjwKCAjwm7mEBhBsEiwA_of-TOJYIamrKg1pMht7OauzBXA7ms_oHm0G_jNpeIiAVt8dSVTB5hawzRoC0d8QAvD_BwE

I've been having fun with trying to remove this post from my garden. The concrete seems to be never ending and I have dug foot on the one side. The first foot was soil and then a food for solid concrete. So far I have been using a SDS drill to break the concrete. I am considering buying a...

At some point we would like an extension to the side of the house. Would these trees pose an issue in terms of foundations etc. The taller shoots are from an apple tree and then most of the apple tree is wrapped by another tree (not sure what it is).

Could this be an abandoned hole? We have not seen any rats around and this hole was covered up (so no exit). Haven't seen any other holes.

Oh dam. So do I just fill it up or anything else needs to be done?

I moved a biggish plant pot from the corner of our front garden and noticed this hole underneath. Looking at Google street view, there used to be this plant / bush in this location. Still looks like an odd hole as roots wouldn't just pull out and leave a clean hole behind. Can anyone explain...

Thanks, that makes sense. The idea of building and then moving in place seems easier, but I bet it will be much heavier than I'm imagining in my head.

This is a general question to get a better understanding behind the reasons of doing something a certain way. I am researching building a office in the garden and have been reading up and looking at videos on the process. In almost all cases, the base is built based on the required...

I found the drainage map from when we bought the house, what's a transferred drain? Is it likely that there is a connection to the surface water drain from the property? There is a surface water gully on the right hand side of the property, so could it be the case of bit of digging to find...

The man hole just serves our property. There are two inlets to the manhole. One from the down pipe (the toilet waste terminates into this too) and other from kitchen sink. So it's a mixed system. Now I don't think I need to touch the manhole at all. I can probably just T into the pipe that...