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I would not trust nibs....I assume they are timy bits of wall left to carry the door? I honestly thought that I needed these piers to stabilise everything and carry the ends of the roller shutter which is bound to be heavy? The walls are all single skin brick. At the moment, this part of the...

Hi all, I have a lean to store room of 3m x 10m by about 2m height. I want to install a garage size door on the 3m wall. It will probably need piers. Can piers be built on their ow and simply TIED into the walls using those metal wall ties? Thank You.

Ok thank you. I had a feeling it might be standardised but when I do some internet shopping, there did not seem to be any dimensions given for these peaks and troughs. Good thing I asked!!

Thank you. So the size of the peaks and troughs is standard on all wavey rooves?

Hi all, I have a pre fab garage (a rare watertight one!) with what could be an asbestos currugated roof on it. There is a single ling panel of clear plastic roofing actung as a fixed light. The asbestos/cementitious stuff is fine but the plastic has broken up to let water in. I want this...

Structural Engineer, got it. I knew there was a specialist of some kind for this job but did not know the title. I will find one. Thank you. I will stick some pics up tomorrow, there are cracks appearing to about 10mm and the wall is misaligned along these cracks by about 5-8mm already. I would...

Hi all, I hope someone could point me in the right direction with this: Our house is built on the side of a slope. We have a road at the front, we are downhill of it. There is a "stage" of earth at the road's height paved in brick. This is our car parking area or "drive" it is surrounded on...

Hello, The timber windows in my house are about 100 years old. It has been painted lots of times and the layers are blowing off the pine substrate in many places. Can I rub down and get rid of the flakes, then give the windows a few licks of Linseed oil or linseed oil based paint. Do I HAVE...

I have always got better advice here and from posters who have tried a variety of products and have a good, balanced, practical view. I will leave the post out for a wee while, if I don't get any answers, I will contact BAL. Thanks

Hi all, I have a concrete floor laid in a workshop about 5 months ago. It is about 3mx5m and dusts really badly. Can I sweep, use BAL Bond SBR to seal the floor? I understand that an SBR primer is better than PVA but can't see this particular use mentioned o n the bottles nor the site for this...

Happy days. Ree and Tony, Thank you for taking the time to answer.

Would that not stop air circulation? Because the joists are closed off with noggins, I thought I might sealing each " box" (made up of two noggins between two joists) with the ceiling board? I was wondering if circulation is important and if it can be restored by drilling two 25mm holes into...

By this description, mine will be similar to the cold roof, but it has no ceiling or insulation. Perimeter sealed: the edge of the roof meeting the walls are sealed water tight by way of osb boards and UPVC fascia boards. Unlike a corrugated roof in another garage which has open air gaps...

Thanks for your reply. There's the potential for a lot of light; two tube lights and windows. Installing a white ceiling would provide provide a good reflective surface to make the best use of all this light? I was told once that applying chipboard as a ceiling would cause damp or...

Anyone? Am I worrying the gentry in here with cowboy techniques or is my post above not making any sense?

Hi all, I have an EPDM flat roof in my new workshop. The perimeter of the roof is sealed against the elements. EPDM is laid on 18mm OSB. Joists run the 5m length and noggins in place in between. The roof with the current joists and noggins exposed is affecting light levels. I was thinking of...

That makes sense. I was looking at a similar product called STORMDRY. Same chemicals ans idea but thought it was something sold specifically to relieve idiots of their money (me). Will reconsider. I saw damp patches after the last rain and noticed how the damp patch didn't show on the brick...

Hi all, I think I am going to get damp coming through the single leaf workshop wall. It will be from driving rain/wind I should think. Can I render only the inside, possibly with the stuff used to cement swimming pools and water tanks? I thought this would allow the wall to breath on the...

In this case the trims and foam came separate with instructions to put them together before installation (Permaroof). My loss. Thanks v much for the reference, I will get my MIT's on gutter sealant. I can't remove the trims, so I slap on as much as possible on the joints. :mrgreen:

Exactly. These upstands were laid after the epdm went down. But a pack of foam seal that ws supposed to go between tue upstand and roof was overlooked. Now, there is a 3 or 4mm gap between them which will allow the water to go through and stain the walls or worse. I was hoping to get a...