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Got some new fencing up, it has the golden/yellow-green colour of treated timber which I like. Obviously I know that if left, it will go grey within a year or so. Nearly all of the fencing stains on the market seem to be either dark brown or bright orange. I just want something that will...

Need to caulk the gap between stair string and wall. I know for a fact caulk is going to crack. Is there a better (over paintable) sealant to use in this area with more elasticity? PU sealant perhaps?

In a living room with suspended timber floor, we're getting mould spots underneath the underlay(cloud 9) and on top of the softwood floorboards. The top of the underlay and carpet are completely mould free. The floor void is vented with two air bricks, the floor and joists have been...

I agree that chemical DPC's are a waste of money. I'm not really interested in getting involved in this debate but, from my experience.... We own 8 two bed terrace properties in yorkshire, all built mid 1800's, solid 2 skin wall construction brick built, some never been modernised. Every...

As I said, they're a large surfacing firm so I've contacted them and sent them pics. One side was laid by hand, the other by machine. It's the side that was machine laid that dips a fair bit in the middle holding a lot of water. I just don't know what they'll offer to do.

Had the drive tarmac'd a few weeks ago(large firm). It's a large area, 200sqm+ with a strip drain down the center. One side is fine, but the other side has some dips which is creating *extremely* large puddles, it's stopping the water getting to the drain(there was a fall). The puddles aren't...

Bought some Leyland acylic undercoat/primer yesterday. Tin of plastic variety with plastic lid. Helping my mum decorate her house for sale, I opened the lid yesterday. It was extremely difficult, the slots are almost pointless as you have to dig right into the tin to prise it off. Finished...

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it's about 6k. The are well known surfacing company who are probably more used to working with larger clients... Just didn't really understand what information they can get from having my bank details, what's it prove other than I have a bank account?

Getting some tarmac done, firm we've chosen to do it has asked us to supply them with our bank details, references(from previous contractors) and also our tax reference... The firm is quite large and also well known in the area but seems quite odd for them to request this information, what...

I have a fence constructed with posts, rails and pales. How would I install a gate so that the gate would be flush with the front of the fence and not set back? Is there a special type of hinge that will do this? this diagram might help you understand what I mean.

When bricklaying, should the DPC be sandwiched between mortar ? Builder done some work for me has laid the DPM directly on top of brick with no mortar underneath. Another builder I know tells me this is incorrect because it allows the passage of water/damp where there is no mortar between...

What is the best way of jointing DPC roll? I only have about 15mm of DPC to join to. Is there a particular tape, or welding method that will provide a permanent, watertight joint in all weathers?

new build, 1st floor. Rooflight is only window in the room. And after thinking about it, even if it got passed by BC, I personally think it's not that smart having such a incredibly slow opening, hard to get out of window. So I have to work out have to convert it to a manual, manufacturer has...

Which silicone/sealent is best for powder coated aluminium? most of the ones I've tried peal off very easy.

I have a dark grey aluminium powder coated plinth butt jointed together and to make the strongest joint possible between the pieces. Is there a particular product that will work best?

Yea but I'm not sure building regs take that into account

I ordered a roof light for a bedroom in a new house. The bedroom in question has a low pitched roof and the bottom of the roof light is at approx 1.2m off the bedroom floor. Initially ordered it manual opening and sent all architects drawings to the manufacturer as instructed, they called me...

Got some alu windows to fit, they came with sills fitted (screwed on from the bottom). This fixing has altered the drainage route within the window. So instead of any water running out of the weep holes in the underside of the sill, any water getting through the gasket now goes through first set...

Bought some aluminium windows, going to fit them myself. They don't come with brackets/cleats so do I just drill right through the frame to fix? or would you get some brackets?