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We will be installing celotex/kingspan inbetween our roof rafters, leaving a 50mm air gap. We will then be installing celotex/kingspan below the rafters and have a question about the installation. 1. What's the best way to fix celotex/kingspan below the rafters? And how would we then fix...

[/url] Is this more of a 'theory' of general construction techniques as opposed to actually teaching you how to install a roof dormer (for example) and where to place various joists and steels, etc?

Can anyone recommend any books for advanced DIY'ers who undertake larger jobs such as re-roofing, building their own extension or loft conversions. Something which has details of each stage of the job and good 'builder' tips?

We are very competent DIY'ers, in terms of having undertaken our own extensions and conversions in the past. However, this one is new to us so looking for some advice. We would like to knock-through a supporting wall (couple of meters) and install a steel lintel. This will all be done under...

We have a 6 burner gas BBQ in the garden with a Calor gas bottle. We want to move the bottle onto the other side of the bbq and into a barrel (holes drilled at ground level for ventilation). The length of the gas hose will need to increase from its current length of 0.75m to approx 2.5m. The...

We have a 6 burner gas BBQ in the garden with a Calor gas bottle. We want to move the bottle onto the other side of the bbq and into a barrel (holes drilled at ground level for ventilation). The length of the gas hose will need to increase from its current length of 0.75m to approx 2.5m. The...

Would a sparky, with their testing equipment, be able to find this fault considerably quicker than me? Or would he still manually have to check every single transformer, switch, and other connections? Also, how would a connection loosen on its own? From the copper expanding/contracting over...

Anything else, which would be fairly obvious, I can check prior to calling a sparky in?

Interestingly, and I forgot to mention this in my opening post, I did change the MCB yesterday with another one on a different circuit. It is after this point that the MCB stopped tripping, until this morning.

Firstly, we have not altered any of our lighting circuits in years. Nevertheless, yesterday, the MCB on our Consumer Unit for our upstairs lighting circuit tripped. We switched it back on and a couple of seconds later, it tripped again, we once again we flicked it on and it stayed on all night...

We sanded our external front door to bare wood, and applied a coat of Sikken HLS. Sikkens state that the drying time is 16 hours. However, there were still a couple of 'moist' spots after 36 hours. Yesterday we applied the first coat of Filter 7, 24 hours later, it is still 'moist' all over...

I would like to replace the x3 4 inch butt hinges on our hardwood front door for new ones. The only reason for the change is an aesthetic one. However, all the hinges I can find on the market have screw holes which are fractionally misaligned to those of the existing hinges. What is the...

Where is the best place to buy a couple of different sizes of standard pozi screws finished in a black colour?

We have recently sanded all of the old varnish from our solid wood front door and wondering how to finish it off. We live in quite a traditional house and all of our door furniture is from Kirkpatrick ironworks. Is a new clear coat of varnish the way forward? Or would wax or oil look better...

Easier said than done, finding a plasterer out and about to 'borrow' some of his material.

Easier said than done, finding a plasterer out and about to 'borrow' some of his material.

I should have mentioned I have skimmed entire walls in the past to great success, so a patch like this is well within my grasp. I'm just not sure what product to use, other than buying new bags of hardwall and multifinish with 99% of the bags content then going into the bin.

Our current pond net has a frame made out of overflow pipe. Problem is that the white pipe looks awful so it's time to build something new. This is where I am looking for idea on a material to use for a new pond net which is considerably more aesthetically pleasing. My current ideas are...