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Going to put a veranda over our rear patio to make it more usable throughout the year. The patio is 8m wide and 3m deep and one outer corner is 70cm raised above ground leave (due to slopped garden across the width) The roof would be poly-carbonate. My question is what size timbers should I be...

Could I replace the block wall in the photo with a load bearing stud wall. The blocks in the existing wall are some kind of light weight block and can easily be gouged with a screwdriver blade. The wall is poorly constructed and the mortar is crumbling under the roof joists. It is tied into...

Hi, Does anyone know what common faults would cause the PVR valve to leak on a Potterton (baxi) promax 28 combi. The system looses pressure pretty quickly after running for a few hours! The expansion vessel seems good, only getting air out. Could it just be the PVR valve itself or are...

Sorry didn't really know how to word the title. Basically I was taking up the list insulation when I noticed that whoever installed the loft hatch has cut the underside of the beam that supports the king posts/purlin support to run the loft hatch framing under it and fix to a joist on the other...

I've just taken one of our bedroom walls back to brick. The walls are quite uneven but was wondering if there is a rough guide to calculating how much materials I need. Don't want to get in a bulk bag of plastering sand if I can help it. Cheers

Looking to create storage in the loft. I have a ceiling coming down so size of boards isn't restricted. 400mm centres on joists. Cheers

Looking for advice on using the loft for storage. I have wanted to convert the loft to a habitable space for sometime but this is going to have to be put off for the foreseeable. Instead I need to make use of the space for storage. Currently the joists are 2x3 timbers so I'm planning on...

Hi, I've got artex in all the rooms in our house and looking to remove it. Some of the ceilings have previously been skimmed over and this is now cracking and becoming loose. My plan was to remove the artex and over board with 9mm. I've started using a wall paper stripper and it doesn't seem...

Hi can anyone tell me what the name of this concrete corner/pad stone is please and weather or not the broadband engineers should have drilled into it and anchor the cable into it. Not the one higher up anchor into the bricks. Thanks.

Hi, Looking to install some drainage channels for my patio and wondered if anyone has any recommendations or experience of using cheaper drain channels like the Dekdrain ones. There seems to be many cheap channels out there that would make a good saving but are they any good in comparison...

Just wondering which to go for. Looking around (online) and per square meter the cheaper natural stone slabs seem about the same cost as the cheaper concrete type slabs, unless I've worked the costs out wrong. The one think that concerns me about natural stone is breakages and running short...

Hi, I started a garden wall a couple years ago and not sure if I should have put in an expansion joint. The wall is 4 inch blocks on the flat, I left it just below ground level and put expansion joints every 6 meters. However at the corner I didn't place an expansion gap so effectively there is...

I'm about to build a timber frame swinging for my kids from 100mm poles using steel corner brackets like in this link...

Please could anyone help me find a replacement lock. The door uses a Winkhaus mechanism like the one pictured. I've found similar ones online but no matches and the ones I've seen are very expensive. The problem is this doorway is eventually getting blocked up so I don't want to spend a...

I put in a small raised flower bed and used 22mm waste pipe for weep holes. Seemed fine for the size of the wall but now realise my mistake. Snails are the perfect size to block up these holes, they seem to climb in and die and then the rest of the garden snails act like lemmings and do the...

I was just measuring a window for placing the order and I noticed that the cavity has a bitumen felt drip tray as many old houses do. It is clearing falling apart and needs something better in its placed. It looks as though a large gap has been left above the window and the felt comes under...

Finally found a local uPVC supplier who do a decent system at reasonable cost. However whilst measuring the upper windows it was clear that the concrete cills are breaking down, some worst than others. Rather than replacing them could I just remove them and put a run of bricks across in their...

Looking for some recommendations for supply only windows suppliers. Loads online but I don't like buying things like this blind. I'm in South Wales so would be good to find a local company but obviously that isn't that important compared to finding a good and trustworthy supplier. Many thanks.

Hi guys, Painted two walls with no issues on the their third wall this morning and not long after the first coat got pin holes all over it, see photos. I've painted hundreds of rooms and never encountered this. The original paint although not a matt is low sheen. Any ideas how I can sort this...

Just a couple of quick questions. The chinmey breast had already been removed from the loft up. So looking to remove down to ground level. It's on the gable end. Does removing a chimney breast (constructed internally) cause any weakness in the end wall? And the other question is is it ok...