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Thanks. Point taken about the council, but the wall will be exactly the same as the existing one on the other side. As far as hiring a digger, no I am not. The reason being that there is already two courses of a small brick wall behind the Laurel bush which have foundations which I shall...

Hi everyone Just wanted to get some opinions on what any tradesmen out there would charge (roughly) for such a brick wall. You see the one in the photo on the right hand side, needs to be built on the left hand side once the Laurel bush is removed, and I'm trying to give an estimate. I'll...

Yeah could use anchor resin with bolts I suppose. So Big All, just to clarify, are you saying the backing is 3mm thick? And so I'm only rebating in say 1mm? I feel confident with the construction now, I'm more concerned about fixing it. I'll use a backing, and I'll use dividers every...

Thanks again guys. Some good points to consider, especially about sending the drawing. I could quickly model something on sketchup. So in answer to your question big-all, yeah a cd measures as Dave 54 said, about 125mm high by 140mm deep and 10mm thick. THe client said they wanted to be...

Wow, that's great everyone. Some real good advice, and saved me making a real cock up on the price. Yes I would be doing the whole thing from start to finish. The existing beech plywood shelving they have looks like it got some sort of a sheen, so I would imagine it's been varnished. Would...

Hi. I've been asked to create something similar to what you would call a "floating billy", which is essentially a wall mounted bookcase without a back (see image below). It will be made out of a single sheet of 18mm beech ply i.e. the really noice grade which I believe will cost me about £50...

We have a 1930s suspended floor construction. Pretty much like the construction seen in the attached image. I laid my new mdpe water pipe in a trench in the front garden, and passed some ducting (110mm soil pipe) under the porch, an v it had to go under the footings of the outside wall. I made...

Incidentally, I've looked at a few other threads, and the solution seems to be a levelling compound - DPM sandwich. So the procedure would be as follows 1) Remove parquet 2) Remove bitumen adhesive as best I can 3) Apply Arditex NA self levelling compound 4) Apply Ardex DPM 1C 5) Apply Arditex...

Old pre 1960's house with a concrete ground floor. Unlikely to have any DPM. I'm looking to tile the floor, which currently has parquet on it, bonded to the concrete with a bitumen adhesive. Test scraping the floor it seems I can get all the ridges off quite easily, but inevitably, there will...

Actually I'm just starting out with decorating but I specialise in other areas. If you're worried about me doing it for a living, then don't. I'm just asking a simple question based on the fact that I've seen so many painters on big developer sites , and private painters over a number of years...

Looking for a portable heater to dry paintwork when I do bathrooms and kitchens etc. Any recommendations? Want something middle of the road i.e. not some massive wheeled thing, and not something with no power Cheers

Hi .I'm a sole trader general builder, sub contracting on a multi trade building site (a private house refurbishment)I have public liability insurance. Do I need cover to protect myself against injuring other self employed subcontractors working on the same site, or is that covered under the...

Ok, I thought I would just throw it out there and see if I got a figure back, but I will clarify. I have actually had a quote from an electrician and I know what I want from the job which is just a day rate of £150. This should cover all the time I've spent organising the thing and installing...

I am a builder, who has installed ventilation units before, but always under someone else's company. I am now quoting for my first job as a sole trader of a very simple through the wall HR30W Vent Axia shoe box type heat recovery ventilation unit. I have a few sparkies in mind to do the...

Hi everyone I'm familiar with sharpening the more common drill bits like HSS, Forstner, Auger etc, but there seems little info for glass/tile bits or masonry bits with their tungsten carbide tips. I read somewhere that a diamond or green silicon carbide grinding wheel would do the job for...

Hi A customer has a front garden wall separating them from their neighbours, perpendicular to their house. It has collapsed down to about only 3 courses. Nothing crashed into it, it just fell apart. It had a pillar in the middle to stabilise it, and the neighbour has the same wall on...

Just thought I would share this information since I have just done some research on it. My architect specified a hardwood internal sill 44mm thick. Being a small builder, I am always looking for off the shelf items, and I found this hard to get hold of locally. The delivery costs would...

Little update to my research if this helps anyone. Looks like we could use: Precast stone or concrete Yorkstone Blue Staffordshire Class A solid engineering bricks The terms I should be using would be "Threshold", "slab", or "lintel" General builders merchants occasionally stock...

My architect has specified a precast concrete door cill with a weatherstop to go under the front door. We had some custom precast stone cills put under the windows, but he says this would be a more off the shelf item, since you won't see it being under the door. I'm really struggling to...

I have two small ventilation heat recovery units. Only large enough to extract and supply to one room each per unit I have to fit a condensate trap to the underside of the unit, and then connect into the waste (one SVP and one RWP downpipe). I don't know why this is still such a...