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There must be 50 odd brackets around the roof line, meaning replacement with those metal brackets would be costly for materials and labour! Something like the door stop, but made from plastic would be ideal.

The fascia board running around a relatives detached bungalow is 'tilted' / 'angled', as opposed to the commonly seen 'vertical'. The guttering is standard 112mm plastic half round, supported by compatible top fixed plastic brackets. Under heavy rain conditions the gutter tips down and outwards...

Apologies for dragging up an old thread - did you rectify your dishwasher fault? Ask as I'm experiencing the E8 code and lack of heated water on an identical model. So far have removed the water heating element for inspection but this tested ok for resistance with a multimeter.

Thanks for the advice. Makes sense to ventilate both top and bottom. I'll get onto removing the soffit at the weekend!

Yes it's a new build extension. I got the soffit and fascia on before fixing external vertical battens (at 600 centres), meaning the top of each batten butts up to the underside of the soffit board - if I continue as is, the top edge of the 25mm ventilation gap will be up against the soffit...

Thanks for the replies. So to clarify, I should first remove the soffits, then fix the cement boards, render, fix insect mesh to the top and bottom of the ventilation void, then fix soffits in place? This will allow the ventilation gap to 'breathe' into the enclosed soffit void (which makes...

On a diy basis I'm building a small ground floor single skin timber frame kitchen extension. Flat roof, soffit and facia are in place and have fixed external sheathing of osb, breather membrane and 25x50 vertical battens ready to accept cement board (finish is to be render). Plan is to fix mesh...

Been reading loft conversion advice this evening, noticed a statement repeated on many websites: "For cut roofs, your loft has potential to be converted provided the available head height measured from the bottom of the ridge of timber to the top of the ceiling joist is minimum 2.2 - 2.4...

My early 60's bungalow has a gable ended traditional cut roof, the span from plate to plate is 7.5m and height from underside of ridge board to plate level measures 2.18m - this works out to be approx 30 degree pitch. Does this profile have potential for conversion to good usable living space...

Thanks. I did see your recommendations to use scrim tape for this purpose on a previous post. Sounds like a great idea, my worry is that the next evening I'd need to 'feather in' onto the previous nights skim, whereas if stop bead had used I'd need to 'butt up' to the cured skim . My feathering...

...pva'd and re-skimmed all previous work, much better standard now - getting the hang of it (slowly). I have an 18sqm boarded ceiling to skim. Worked out I'm ok doing up to 5sqm, so plan is to divide the ceiling into 4 equal sections, using 3mm stop beads as dividers. Because I do this work in...

...this might help other diy'ers... Re-skimmed the small ceiling and one wall this afternoon, as there was too much making good to do - decided it won't take any longer to pva and re-skim. Worked out a few things I've been doing wrong... 1) Excessive trowelling when applying first and...

Yes absolutely more practice the better. After the second wet trowel step I stood back and couldn't see these hollows (or are they known in the trade as holes?), maybe because the plaster was dark from the water that's gone over it. Once it's fully dried out pink they become visible.

Ok, thanks both. I did the following steps: 1st coat wait flatten wait 2nd coat wait flatten wait 1st wetted trowel wait 2nd wetted trowel. (I never put any water onto the skim itself, only onto the trowel) I'll try again, with a 'clean dry trowel' stage then another 'wait' before the 1st...

I'm diy, this is my first attempt at skimming onto plasterboard. I've skimmed 3 small walls and one small ceiling, everything has gone well EXCEPT once the plaster has dried out there are around a dozen shallow hollows on each wall. Is there a technique to ensure these shallow hollows don't...

...yes there are plans for a dishwasher in the kitchen scheme. Also microwave, larder fridge, kettle, toaster, iron are all regularly used, as you suggest. Washer, dryer and freezer will be located elsewhere and on an existing circuit - however, as you rightly point out, a future owner could...

I have a bungalow extension forming two new rooms; kitchen and a bedroom. My thoughts were to have a new 32A ring run from the CU, supplying both the kitchen and the bedroom (and a new 6A radial circuit for the lighting in the same rooms). It has been mentioned to me that it's common practice...

External rendering onto lightweight aerated blocks. Yesterday wetted the wall, applied sbr slurry, waited for it to go tacky, then applied 6mm scratch coat (5:1 plastering sand to cement with plasticiser and waterproofer). This morning scratch coat was rock solid, so wetted it down and applied...

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