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When you watch someone you love battling through this awful disease and the associated treatment you realise how it destroys lives, not just the sufferer's but those close to them as well. I don't particularly care for Jade Goody, but nothing she has done means she deserves what is...

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Twickers, your experiences are useful to hear. This is for a large workshop with a flat roof, so I was going to simply fold the membrane down over the sides, secure with wooden fascia boards, and pack everything out with silicone. I may be able to...

I'd want that end fence screened off. Try Sitka Spruce - straight, fast growing, lovely colour, very spiky to keep the cats out, plus as its elevated you'll get the sense of height/privacy very soon. Plus if the wind brings it down it wil be far enough from your neighbours/your houses...

Thanks, hadn't see that one yet; 13 1/2 stone - ooff! So could two of us lift me onto the roof. Building it in my head so all we need do is assemble! I'm down to counting screws. The four feet of snow delayed things a bit! How small would that fold up to?

It probably will budge, but washers have a lot of weight - often concrete blocks - to stablisise them when the spin. Try a two weel upright trolley with a thin base, the type delivery men use, to see if you can slip that under it to lever it up. Integrated washers are the same as normal...

Any of the trees you mention would do the trick. The thing is to get a professional in to high prune/coppice them once they approach fence height, that will give you the horizontal spread you want. This is a long term plan - think 5-10 years. esp with trees like sessile oak. Eucal.. is...

Hi All I am gradually moving to wards using EPDM for my workshop roof. It's a flat roof (with a slight run-off pitch to it). Does anyone know : 1. How heavy would a single sheet of EPDM 10mx5m be. Could two of us get it up onto the roof and would it fold up small enough to go in the...

That's very helpful, thank you.

That is a very useful link, it's a bit confusing to a non-professional but it looks like I'll have to use 2x6. Do you think I should keep 2x6 for the rafters as well? the tables suggest 2x4 would be OK. Can you mix and match like that? Cheers.

Hi, I'm building a shed/workshop out in the wilds, and want to use single roof type construction with no ridge board. I will use 18mm ply to cover the roof. Anything overly complex will be a major headache as there is no access for machinery and it all has to be made and fitted by hand...

Thanks for the advice. One final thought - I'd normally stay away from chipboard because of the wetness of the site, but if I use a one piece DPM, which I then fold up over the flooring and secure with the base of the timber frame - isolating it from the outside, could I use P5 grade chipboard?

Starter motors draw a lot of current so make sure you clean all your teminals on both the motor and the wires with sandpaper down to shiny bare metal, smear a little vaseline on the surfaces before you reassemble. When you old one comes out I bet it has a worn away rim around the where the...

That's for 8 x 2!

That's a good link, thanks. I knew them but becauae of where they are I thought they only did ships! They can do ext T+G ply 18mm for 14.34 + vat and same OSB for 7.95 + vat. The ply looks pricey, going to cost 500+ just to get the base set up. So OSB looks more attractive, but that's...

Thanks for the replies, sq - this is the theme for the design : http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/1276536.html?page=1 I'm not sure what you mean by I beams and web design. Jason, that's the stuff I'm after, but even local mills and timber suppliers say...

Hello We are building storage/workshop affair in a forest, 12' x 30'. It's pretty wet up there. I'm working out my design and want to use 18mm T&G exterior ply for the base. The joists are going to be 16" OC 2x6, on 2x6 sills. The plywood is going on top of the joists. BUT - I can't...