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Another option might be to sister the existing beams with glue/screws.

I've spent hours looking into this. Why did you use vertical joists and nail the joist hanger to them? Can't you just bolt the joist hanger into the wall? If you can send me a photo I'd be so grateful. :)

Great minds think alike!! No idea what you are talking about though with block piers and truss ties.. Googling..

Thanks guys. I'm looking into it. Our boiler is in the kitchen and I think it will stick out the bottom of the cupboard so might loo a bit silly.

Hi Guys, I have a 6m x 3m single garage which I want to board out. I don't think the roof structure is very strong so wanted to add two joists across at 2/3 intervals to the width to add strength for any weight I want to put up there. Can anyone suggest wall joist hangers and timber size...

Nope. Does any new build? Worth it?

Hi Guys, We have a new build (7 months old). The heating was cleaned with X300 then X100 added. The builders replaced a scratched towel radiator and I intend to upgrade one radiator in the hall which isn't powerful enough. Once I replace the hall radiator I want to properly clean the system...

Thanks for your reply. I switched the connectors around in the control board and it fixed it. 1 minute job.

I just see a mass of wires. Local sparkie is doing it for £60.

I'm trying to do the same thing with same unit to replace. How did you get on?

Hi All, We have a new build house (2018). We have two Honeywell CM707 thermostats one for upstairs and one for downstairs. The problem is they are working the wrong way around! I assume they are wired to the wrong control units and they need swapping?

I'll take Plan D and go to the pub instead.

I did A Level physics.. does that count? hehe.. This can't be complex. The black wire is for PIR I assume (always on).

So in summary. All three switches inside look like the one in the photo and all three light sockets outside have brown, grey, black and copper. Any tips?

The internal switches are not wired up!! All three of them are the same. I have two blues in a connector then a loose brown and black. Photo attached.

I hope some kind fellow can help me. I have a new build house with three outside lights controlled by three switches inside the house (one in the kitchen, one in the living room and one in the utility room). The switches I assume turn them all on and off. I tried to fit one light but it won't...

Got the left hand side done...

Thanks for the feedback. Funny I decided to break it down into bits. I did consider revealing the old bricks to make a feature. It was a school once. I've done the bottom and plan to do the sides in an hour or so. Photo attached. It would be nice to be able to reverse gravity for say six...

I got it in and it looks great!! Next issue is rendering. http://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/render-around-window-help.465542/

Hi All, I've installed a new window which has gone really well. Now I need to render around it. I've got a bag of cement and some "plasterers quality" sand from Wickes. I'm dreading this, especially in the space under the top of the window. How on earth will I get it to stick? Any tips and...