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Hello, We are currently having a garden awning installed to external wall of our house and to do so, the installers will need to drill holes and insert long joists into the wall to hold the awning It's currently tipping it down, is it a bad idea to do this in the rain in terms of water ingress...

Tried that already but needs a sharpen knife edge. I suppose I can try and sand it down to make it better

Does anyone have any recommendations for a plastic paint scraper? Looking for something that will remove some paint from glass where I've painted a door and some has spilled over the edges- also need to remove some paint from the letter box and key hole surround but don't want to scratch any of...

Thanks, we thought so - will query with them. How messy will the job be? We are going to clear the room but there's some bits we can't move and we have a 9 month old who sleeps in the room next door - is there likely to be lots of dust?

Hello, we had damp in our first floor bedroom of 1930s house - it was single brick with paonted pebble dash render and looks like rain and moisture got in through cracks on the outside We've since had whole house decked with external insulation and silicone render What is the procedure to...

We had silicone render done recently on external insulation. Gets a bit dirty/dusty like anything, installers said you jet wash although the idea of this worries me somewhat - wouldn't want to dislodge anything and you're not supposed to lean anything heavy on the render in case you crush the...

Thanks for all the advice, I think the general consensus is don't bother! We will stick with our mains supply

Damn okay doesn't sound worth the expense - even witb a battery? Any ideas on rough cost at all?

Can anyone recommend the correct size and power for a roof mounted solar panel for our log cabin please and Where's best to buy from? We have a southwest facing garden and get a lot of the sun in the afternoon, we'd be running a 2.5kw electric radiator in the winter, lights, laptops for office...

Im not sure about the windows, I'll have to have a look later - but the installationw as done by creative cabins themselves so I presume it's done in a way that compensates for movement and flex With the insulation the idea is really just to gave the cork panels bare, primary purpose is sound...

Thanks, I was actually reading up on the Tuin site about their recommendation for affixing to the walls - this article: https://www.tuin.co.uk/blog/expansion-contraction-in-log-cabins/ Our cabin is from creative cabins but I imagine the same sort of principles apply where ours is Tongue and...

Just an update - we are now looking at Cork insulation, to affix to the walls. Given the timbers will flex over time - would Cork insulation that is glued to the timbers likely come away from the walls? Otherwise would a few nails in one or two spots on the timbers with some allowance for the...

Quite pleased with the cabin so far, still need to complete the decking, gutter and electrics. Has anyone got any tips for floating acoustic insulation? We will put rubber flooring down to help but I'm hoping to crank my guitar amp a little in there without it leaking completely through the walls

Ah thanks, makes sense on CAT6 - I'd read about the bend radius being an issue. If we did CAT5E we'd plan to connect it to a wireless router inside the cabin so we could connect with our laptops. Are you suggesting to hardwire all devices? The distance would be 17metres total from consumer unit...

Thanks for the advice - why use CAT5E over CAT6? And when you say do 2 runs - is that 2 x cables run to the shed in case one fails? We've been quoted by the cabin suppliers recommended electrical company £420+VAT - seems like a lot of money to me! Any advice on running the 4mm power cable...

We are thinking about getting a Markilux 990 awning now but fitting it ourselves... Does anyone have any experience of thr manual one versus the automatic? Manual would be my preference, less to go wrong and a lot cheaper but heard that they can be difficult to operate on a larger scale - we...

Another question I had - we've got a cable run by electricians from fuse box to edge of patio so we can put a shielded cable in a trench to the cabin Although there's 2 outlets in the box on the patio, there's only one cable that's been run to it and we were told by electricians the outlets...

Thanks, can you get these from screwfix or similar? I was a bit bemused to see the guys who did our external render re mounted our outdoor lights to the render just using long screws, no wall plugs and there's no kind of water proofing measure or anything to stop the water ingress coming in

Will do - we are trying to decide whether to go with it or not as we've recently had 50mm insulation and external render added to the walls and don't know if it's a good idea to drill through and try and fix awning onto the brick - could end up cracking or squashing thr render

Hello we are urgently looking for a 4 metre wide garden awning to go above our patio doors as the weather is hotting up and our flooring is beginning to lift... We are looking at primrose awnings budget option, no cassette as that's all we can afford right now - has anyone had any experience...