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Hi, the felt on the summerhouse roof has either shrunk or the previous tennets/owner thought you didn't need to put felt to the bottom edge. From the picture what are my options? I was looking at either flashband, liquid rubber with a primer or bitumen paint. also to make it look nice...

I started to attempt the base last weekend but as you can see after 2 hours 7 buckets of cement later that's all I got done . It's to hold a 1000l IBC so I was thinking of hiring a mixer for weekend or getting a cement mixing tray, would a cement mixing tray be quicker than a flexible plastic...

I'm going to start a welding course later in the year and thought about getting a welder to practice with. just seen lidl have this https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?articleId=12830 Would that be a good little welder to practice with? what thickness would it weld? thanks

Thank you for the help guys, got the kit and told my partner I'd do it tomorrow she informs me she called some one out for next week via insurance. I'll attempt it Sunday so if it's not right it won't be long before some can correct it. This is my first time for any plumbing work

Hi, just noticed the toilet leaking. Took a picture , it's leaking from black seal in photo. If push black seal up it leaks more. Should the black thing be on the outside? Advice I had was it maybe should be inside cistern All other parts are dry to touch. You can see a droplet on the wingnut...

Sorry for late reply. I've got old trellis up there with ratchet straps and also screwed to inside. The problem I have is the overlap that's 7-8 inch wide that's never been secured to next door roof which is the old asbestos roofing. I.prob could use a few tubes of quality hard as nails? But...

Hey guys , my shed is joined to next door all brick, and accessable from 3 sides. Problem is we have bitumen corrugated sheets next door looks like asbestos roof sheets. Where ours overlaps theirs it's not secured so has been lifting up. Get home in dark last night to find it's been torn a...

Hi guys i'm hoping to make a kingsize bed soon. Now my skills are novice but my dad makes dam strong good beds for family members kids. what i want to know cos i have to do the research is will 10cm square leg post be enough? Im going to have 7 or 9 legs. also using 19- 20cm x 2cm for base and...

LMAO thank i know! more will the motor last longer than a day! just how well made is it

Aldi have the above belt sander for £30. is it any good to sand good wood , im hoping to make a pine bed but also sand pallet wood? i would take a guess the decent wood is gonna be easy on it the used wood maybe a little harder on the sander. worth a buy or buy something else...

id think 4 or 5mm at most. cant find it anywhere online so have no defo thickness.

Hi, getting my carpet fitted in the bedroom but putting in the grippers and underlay myself. Id like 12mm mainly just for the added sound barrier to underneath room. Is 12mm ok or should i get 10mm? I havent chosen the thicket carpet in the world cos they had a large off cut that was good and...

Thanks Tony. turned it off. im assuming then the plumber who did this should replace it for free? British and gas safe i asked for his info and plumber of my mothers best friend for a number of years. it was only serviced last year and no one said anything. gonna get serviced next month

Its leaking from the right yellow marker and now tightened it up. leak seems to have stopped. Yellow marker on left shows rust where its obviously been doing it a while. pressure only stopped hot water today. called boiler company as its got years left on the warranty and will hopefully arrange...

Cheers it's what we though. he already did the paint then told us a couple of days later. thats not a issue just would have been nice to be told he was gonna do that

My neighbour has put screws in to a wall that is part of my shed, it is this bit of T&G rotten and in need of replacing soon he has also used too longer screws that are sticking out 3-4mm. He has also drilled in to my garage concrete wall. on top he also used foam on top of my shed to fix a gap...

I have a shed that is attached to my house, next door's and my garage. we re did the front last year but doing so we have disturbed the roof and it now leaks,as a temp measure we used pound shop silicon and that did work most of the time. Ok there is not a lot of lean to the roof due to the...

I would put a pic up but the Mrs doesn't want that. Thats what i thought a half hearted job.

They should do around and over the old stuff because it was 'solid'....took 5 seconds to with a screwdriver to take some of this 'solid' stuff off. On other windows where its back to brick this also did it like first picture with stop bead. the guy who gave the quote should be here either over...

this is part they left around window