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going to build a large open plan office in the corner of a modern warehouse unit. just after some ideas. its going to be about 10m by 6m and have a suspended ceiling at 8ft so i am thinking 4x2 stud walls at 10ft high. but what should i use on the top? does it need a full ceiling of 4x2's if its...

i have been asked to prop a perlin it is 2.4m long and the prop needs to be in the middle however there is no load bearing wall so in need to come off the ceiling joists. the prop has to be a 100mm by 100mm but what is the best method for spreading the load on the ceiling

just had a grey carpet fitted in my conservatory. paid £20 a yard plus fitting. had to pay the shop upfront on my credit card. when the fitters had finished i noticed a crease line all the way down the 4m length of the room about 18 inch from the skirting board also this last 18 inch appears a...

i have a hallway to tile i have 55 400x400 porcelain tiles all cut to size, but i have two probs the concrete floor has a bitumen layer of paint on it, and to get the level to meet up with the other rooms i would have a 10mm to 12mm bed of adheasive. i could also do with it setting as soon as...

ok cheers, going to position it central, just recall someone saying about the window so you are not illuminated

what is the correct position for a bedroom light? is it as central as posible or is it slightly back or toward the window?

well its going in now so i will see how it goes, might keep hold of the gas one lol. i decided to run another 6mm cable for the hob so now the oven and hob on their own 32a supply.

just swaping from gas to a halogen hob. i was thinking just share the 6mm that powers the oven but this hob is 32 max amps, can beleive i need to run another 6mm and another 32a breaker! is this normaly the case with electric hobs?

looking for some coloured glass upstand and splashback, anyone out there know of a cheep supplier?

i have some 42mm z-p dryline screws, they are silver with the bugle head. will they be ok for plasterboard and skim, or do i need the black ones??

try cyano debonder, thats what its made for :D

i have been using danish oil on my oak dining table and its now gone abit yellow and shinny, ithink iam going to buff it off with some scotchbrite and re oil it. will tung oil leave it matt and not colour it like the danish oil is? also iam doing a beech worktop in the coming month and want...

the width needs to be 1640mm by 2060mm high

hi looking for a composite door and frame to self fit. i would like a frame with 2 sidelights intergrated as you would with a upvc, but i fear that they would need to be 2 seperate frames. can i use the upvc frame to hang a composite door?

i would recomend hyco santon or zip, look out for where he plumbs the safty valve discharge pipe to. basicaly it should go outside and near to the floor

sounds like the presure vesel needs pumping back up to me, if there is no presure it will activate the releif valve, and also start leeking from the O rings.

hi, looking to fit an alarm system to my house, would like a wired system with 4 pir and a dialer. all the ones i can find with a dialer sem to be wireless and i dont want the hastle of changing batteries. thanks in advance :)

its a blank gable end , so nothing to overlook really apart from the dustbins, below is my kitchen window which i can see everything i would see if it was the bedroom window

had my plans past for an extension but they want me to change a bedroom window that looks straight at next doors gable end. they said i could have it as a high level window(1.68m sill height. but i dont fancy that. if i say the bedroom is going to be a study/office(which it will be ) could i...

i will get on to yorkshire water. get them to have a look if its free ofcourse