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Hi all again, as a recap i am going to convert my loft in a year or two time but i want all info to go down the best route. I know a structual engineer is needed as a must but want some ideas from you guys well before i proceed. The ceiling i have at the minute does not have the correct joist to...

At a guess i would think it was some kind of brace, i could be wrong. Hopefully some building fella will advise better

Hi guys, I am back after a long time away, I want to take the supports out for my current purlins which run from gable to gable, I am going to leave the wood purlins in place but i also want to add a rsj beam to beef it up but i am unsure on the weight or size it should be, the size of the rsj...

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Thanks for the reply john, so i dont need to apply anything to the plywood prior to putting the resin on? also, when the resin dries is it totally waterproof? sorry if the questions are a bit dumb but i am new to fibreglass and i am eager to learn. One last thing, will i just need to put one...

Hi all, its been a long time on this site but i know, i will get some good answers. Right, i am building a teardrop trailer (a teardrop trailer is basiclly a tent on wheels, google it and one shall see) :) I am making the sides, bottom and top skins out of plywood. I want to make the whole...

Hi, the row above is definately nailed as i done the roof myself. i think i can rip the row of tiles out but unsre on how i would secure them back. I know the bottom of the tiles for the row i am going to put back in are secured by the copper retaining plug type thing, the only thing i can think...

Hi all, i need to replace a row of new eternit roof tiles. I redone my whole roof and on the back of the roof i messed up the bottom row and need to take out and replace. How is it possible to retreive the tiles from under the other ones and more importantly how do i refix them via the 2 nail...

Hi all again, chappers and gang I have some plans from a neighbour who has an identical house to mine who has got some plans drawn up. I have scanned the plans and want to know if anyone would have a look over them to see were the archtiect has requested the joists to be placed . Thanks ian

Hi all again, i have just painted my bedroom in dulux grey and i used a roller to apply, after the paint had dried i touched the wall up in places with a mini roller( only 4 small spots), only to find that when this dried you can see were i rollered it, so i decided to use a brush to go over the...

Hi all, has anyone got a rough idea on how much a pane of glass would be for an interior door, the size is 38 inchs by 22 inches. cheers

Hi all again, I have in my rear yard 2 extensions with a concrete path running around them which is 4 foot wide, the cocrete was layed by a person who could not smooth the surface very well and looks unsightly although only me and the misus goes ot there, i want to lay a surface of slabs over...

Hi all, i am going to paint my bedroom and would like it to be wipeable like kitchen paint, i am using an emulsion but not sure wether to use matt or silk and is there anything i can roll/paint over the top of the final coat to make it wipeable. Thanks in advance Ian

Hi all, hope yous had a good xmas and so on! anyways i got a hold of a neighbours drawings a sthey are doing a loft conversion in an identical house to mine. In the drawings it says the window lintels need to be checked to see if they can hold the extra weight of the floor and so on, i have...

thanks for the replys again, i am not replacing them long term just for a few months until i replce the roof so either one would be fine, The copper wire method? how would i go about doing it that way? Ian

Hi all, I want to take a row of tiles out of my roof and replace, the tiles that are on are made of slate and have 2 holes 3/4 the way up the tile which are held down by nails, i have made a tool to rip out the nails but i am unsure on how to securely replace the tiles back onto the battens! i...

Hi all, here goes another post and look forward to the replys :wink: I am after a steel gurder to go from gable to gable in my loft to support the roof purlin as i want to take the struts out to open the loft space up, I have had loads of advice on here and toying with a few things to support...

also just out of curiosity isnt browning the under coat you put on the walls to finish with a finish coat (skim) or is totally different when you have damp and you have to use sand and cement render

lol that i have gathered now, as it acts like a sponge eventually will the excess damp in the bricks dry out when the cream has cured which is roughly about now to a weeks time? I have also noticed that the wet patches are up the wall (about 7 inches upwards) and not so much in the places at the...