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Hi I am looking to use joist hangers to construct and outdoor deck. Are stainless steel joist hangers a must in this application ? Are they readily available ? I have been looking around, but all I could find were galvanised ones ? Look forward to hearing from you all.

Hi The base was well compacted hardcore material. Cheers.

Sorry I meant he added a drop of PVA to every batch that he made.

Cheers Noseall - made me smile !!! Many thanks.

Hi Last weekend we built a concrete base for our 1800L heating oil tank. The following will sound like serious overkill, but then our time is free. We formed a shutter ( using MDF ) against the corner of a concrete wall. The shuttering measured approximately 2800mm x 1500mm. The...

Cheers Noseall I just found it strange that he had me supply it then not use it ? The roughcaster is a great guy, nothing was too much trouble for him, so I can only assume that he changed the plan that he had in mind. He did add a drop of exterior grade PVA to the mix and he said that...

Hi Noseall I have a topic open over in the plastering and rendering section regarding the use of lime in the top coat of a roughcasting job. I would be interested to have your comments. Cheers

Hi We have just had our house pebbledashed ( dry harled ) and it looks great ! The roughcaster asked me to supply all the materials including hydrated lime. The top coat consisted of Snowcrete Portland Cement and Sand to which he added a measure of Cementone Freeflo additive ( a...

alastairreid I agree with you. our roughcaster wants to do the same, however the roofer and joiner want to do it after ! should I push to have the joiner and roofer do it now ?

Gents Many thanks for the info. I have uploaded a picture. I have tried to show the 45 degree cuts required to fit the lead flashing for the porch roof with the red lines. By the way we have had to remove the roughcast and are about to apply fresh pebbledash. Should the lead...

cheers noseall !

Hi Can anyone advise how to cut into an exterior internal corner through pebbledash and into the concrete blocks underneath. I need to cut 2 chases going into the corner where each runs at 45 degrees up the wall. I want to avoid having to use a hammer and chisel to get right into the...

Hi thanks again !

Hi again What about expanding foam rather than mortar ?

Many thanks !

Hi Yes it might fit, but if it did not would filling the gaps with mortar be a solution ?

Hi I don't think that the dry edge system will fit ?

Hi I noticed that there are gaps under the slates right down at the eaves of my roof - see circled areas in attached photo. I was thinking about filling these gaps with mortar to keep out the driving rain and to keep the rain away from the galvanised nails ( should I believe have been...