Search results

Hi, I have a breeze block built detached garage which I wish to convert half of it into a playroom & keep the other half as a garage. Garage half retains the up n over door, play room retains side door. I plan to make a stud wall to seperate the two. Q1, What size timber please i.e...

Thanks for the info, will nip down my local plumbing merchants

Hi all, Happy New Year! I want to box in my toilet cistern but it has a side arm flushing lever not a front arm, naturally this means that i need to be able to extend the handle forward of the cistern some how. The side handle is attached to a pin, Does anyone know if it is poss to extend...

Hi I have just installed laminate flooring in my kitchen/diner. I had to unscrew the kitchen base unit legs which the kicker board where clipped to beforehand. Now with the reduce height between laminate floor & underneath of base units, the legs won't locate back into the the black...

I fitted Ikea real wood worktops, take a look on their sit. They have been in my kitchen for about 18months, I oiled them with a brush every 2months (while the wife watches corrie). Everyone admires them, not that much more than laminate, well from Ikea anyway

Hi, I have just installed laminate flooring in my kitchen diner, some of the kitchen base unit legs will not go back under the units into the leg sockets which click into the bottom of the base unit. So i have screwed them up against the base units on their own!!. My problem is, the kicker...

Hi, I have a concrete floor with some radiator pipes running underneath it (yes the floor gets warm in these areas when heating is on). This area is our Kitchen & Dining area, the kitchen has carpet tiles down the dining area has carpet with underlay. Can I lay aqualoc laminate flooring...

You won't need extra layers in the winter,the shed will feel v.small with your weights in,maybe abit claustaphobic. P aint the inside white or build your own...Concrete base, Chipboard floor on joists then fence panels for sides (2 x 6ft) each side, & fencel panels for apex roof with some...

Hi, I don't understand why you want to insulate the shed as it's cool in winter ?& very hot in summer!! Is it to reduce the heat in the summer?

Just finished mine, well after I've pointed it at the weekend. Here goes, to remove turf you can hire a turf striper from your local tool hire but only if you are to use it else where in the garden. Other than that, just dig it up. My area was similar to yours, 13ft x 11 ft. This is...

They are manufactured concrete direct from manufacturer, will do like you say left to right,then left column then keep going down from the top, makes sense what u say about keeping the shape. That is what concerned me what with all the money I have spent on builders skips & so on

When I say corner to corner, i mean, lay the top row , say left to right. Then lay a 2nd row along the left hand side, so top left to bottom left. Then lay from the top left corner working diagonally from the top left to bottom right, completing the rows as you go. Fortunately the patio...

Hi, just ordered my random manufactured paving to cover 11ft x 13ft. Have compacted mill waste & will lay on a mortar mix of 2 parts sharp 2 parts builders sand 1 part cement. 2 Questions.... 1, How many bags of cement do I need ( I have 1 tonne bag sharp & 1 builders)? 2, When laying...

BT MAY MOVE IT FOR FREE, if you contact 150 & place an order for a survey. Are you on a newish estate? The reason I ask is that the poles are normally sited in the pavement to the front of properties & not in the customers rear garden (think it's common in Scotland for them to be in the read...

What a DNO? Good point about the foundations, yes they would be over them so looks like I will have to pay for the meter cable to be moved

So whilst i wait for building regs to nip out & confirm at the momentt it looks like I am gonna have to pay a stupid amount for a discon recon potentially

Thanks rabbitpoo for your help, will get cracking (if you pardon the pun) as soon as weather,wife littleun & dog have cleared...lol

Damn that means I will have to put the sand back into the tonne bag & buy some builders sand aswell & hire a mixer. It's all been awkward with a 6month labrador & 3 yr old son at my feet aswell! Don't know what make the slabs are. Can i not get away with just doing a 4 & 1 with the...

Sean, don't take this the wrong way. If i was talking about bare electric wires or the consumer unit I could understand your comments. But we are talking about a plastic meter cupboard which sits on the outside wall of most houses up & down this fine country with exposed to the elements with...

As I intend to relift them as previously mentioned & at present have just sharp sand down (1 tonne), can i therefore mix this as a mortar mix with cement & if so what ratio? I have heard if I add a teaspoon of washing liquid to a bucket of mortar for wet pointing the joints this will provide...