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Hello again and thank you for the advice so far ... So I've refined my design and now want to make the shelves thinner. Still looking for more advice - pretty please! I have 4 questions ... 1) In the middle the big blue shelf is supposed to be a desk - I was thinking of using batons...

Thanks Gregers Very good point! Are you therefore recommending mdf over ply to face the wardrobe doors (which will become shelves)? Any tips on how to attach glass and metal to wood? thanks again

Thanks for the reply leeco - I have the usual hand tools plus router, jigsaw, drill, circular saw, angle chop saw, biscuit jointer - no table saw. I've made various fitted bits of furniture before including shutters, wardrobes and drawer units but I've learned the hard way it's good to ask...

I want to build fitted book shelves with adjacent desk unit into a corner of our hall. I'd like to keep costs down by reusing some existing panelled mdf faced folding wardrobe doors that we inherited when we bought the place. I plan to cut them down the middle to act as the shelves - and face...

thanks Deluks Could I go for the poor man's version and use dry wall screws instead of the tek screws (apparently they will go through soft steel)? Should I aim to get scews long enough anyway to go through to the metal of the RSJ (and even out the other side of the flange) - and how far...

Hi Deluks thanks for that. In fact the RSJ is already clad in plasterboard, with plywood on top. I was going to fix the wood to sit underneath (as it were) the clad RSJ rather than sit it on the flange bits. I guess I'd have to cut access holes to install the bolts which was why I was...

Further to my original post I've done a little research and it seems there are several ways to fix wood to an RSJ. I read elsewhere that the general rule is don't drill less than 1.5x the diameter of the hole away from the edge of the chord/flange (vertical bit of RSJ). I found this post...

Hi there I'd like to disguise a ceiling height plywood clad steel joist (put in by previous owners when two rooms were knocked through) by adding a shelf to it/making it into a shelf - so the shelf's back would be the vertical side of the plywood clad joist and the shelf's base would be...

thank you so much everyone for all your advice and thoughts! I will let you know how I get on! Damson

thank you so much everyone for all your advice and thoughts! I will let you know how I get on! Damson

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for their advice - I've got a good idea now of what I need to do now. Can I just check what f/f/l stands for? And does anyone have any product recommendations for the wall tanking? thanks again Damson

Thank you! So if I inserted a dpm in the walls I would also need to dpm the floor? If I tank the walls I wouldn't be able to drill fixtures into the walls, would I? Are there good DIY options for inserting dpm or tanking the walls? Is a dpm the best option? Could I add a wood floor...

Sure - wasn't sure who dhutch's questions were aimed at. The garage is constructed of single skin concrete blocks and then rendered with pebble dash on the outside. It has a concrete floor and a flat 'felt style' roof which is in good condition supported by wood joists. It must have been...

Here's hoping we get some input from the experts!

Thanks Alarm!

Thanks Alarm for the links and suggestions Are these types of locks easy to fix to an existing gate - do they require welding or can they be bolted on, do you know? thanks again! Damson

Suggestions needed! We have two tall wrought iron garden gates with latches set into wooden fences either side of our house and through which we access the back garden. The gates are currently locked to their respective fences using a padlock and chain. I'd rather not replace the gates if I...

OK, thanks so will screw/bolt wall plate into wall and skew screw joists into that. thanks again!

Any takers? Any thoughts? Any questions? thanks again in advance Damson

Thanks for the reply r896neo and sorry for the late response do you mean screw/bolt wood joists to the garage/house walls and then screw the cross pieces into those? Or is their a specific piece of metal called a wall plate that you're referring to? Can you provide a link if so? Sorry for...