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Hi all, I'm currently self building a single storey extension and I'm wondering wether I need a timber wall plate or not. Can I just run the timbers over the blockwork and brick and use restraint straps as pictured? My timbers are running the steels to give a flat ceiling and in years to come...

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Are the units in plumb? Have the divisions got wet and swelled up? Have you fixed this now? Cheers

Use MR MDF (moisture resistant) you will get a much better finish as it won't suck the moisture out of the paint and this is also a lot better in a wet/steamy environment. Maybe a little more expensive though. Cheers

It's usually 5mm from the edge of door to edge of 35mm hole so if you mark out a line 22.5mm this should give you your 5mm plus your 17.5mm (half of your 35mm) bang on to the centre. The measurements to your screw centres depend on your type of hinge, overlay, inset etc. It's usually 38mm or...

Sometimes the adjustment screws can move out of position if adjusted to far and then they are useless as you can't get them back in. If they've bent right back then maybe that has happened or there just Broken from the force. They're all a pretty standard hinge with a 35mm back but you need to...

Thanks noseall, Im relocating the downstairs toilet and the toilet in the bathroom. They will both be located on the side wall of the property and a new soil stack teed into the sewage line. Can I use the wide dpc left sticking out of the brickwork as the skirt or is it better to better a skirt...

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Hi all, I’m currently self-building an extension to my property. I’m adding an 8m x 6m single storey extension with steel work to possibly take a second storey in the future (when I win the lotto!) I’m wondering can I put the concrete floor slab, insulation and screed in once the roof is on...

The blinding is there to stop the mot type 1 piercing the Dpm this would then be letting water/damp through so I wouldn't skip on the sand. The sand you need is building sand as it is softer, sharp sand has more grit in it which is not what you want against your Dpm. Thanks.

Hi, I'm building an extension and was wondering, can I build the internal leaf entirely of blocks. 7n below ground up to dpc and 3.5n above. Also do I need two course of blues on the inner leaf? I was thinking 9 course of blues outside (ground slopes away a tad and nearly all are visible) and...

Hi, I'm building an extension to the rear of my property and the ground is about 400mm lower from one end to the other as it slopes away. This gives me 600mm below the top blue (dpc) at the lowest point. Do I then have to go down 1metre below this to dig my trench footings or is it 1m below ffl...

Hi, I'm renovating my house and decided to replace the floor joists as they were bouncing. They were also rotten in my other room. I'm going to insulate in between them all and relay new floorboards. There was a lot of debris (sand, rubble etc) below the floor with I have cleared out. All the...

I'm looking at buying a 1940's 3 bed semi solid brick. The soldiers above the window are dropping and need sorting out. The plasterboard to the soffit of the reveal inside is sagging and feels moist. I imagine weather is seeping through here causing that. What kind of lintels would you use for...

Hi, I tiled my bathroom 3yrs ago and where there are stud walls I used wbp ply to line the walls then sealed with a Pva bond and tiled on to it. My shower cubicle falls in the corner of the two stud walls and up until now has been fine. The other day I noticed the grout on one of the tiles at...