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How do i estimate how many slate tiles i need to re roof? how many per square meter on plan including waste? i need a small roof re roofed in tiles its a mid terrace and has a 45 degree pitch but i really need to know how many to order cheers

6:1:1 sand lime cement

if your using lime then the NHBC recommend a 1 to half to 4.5 mix cement lime sand if theres no lime the a 1 to 3 if your using an "air entraining plasticiser" then 1 to 3.5 Hope that helps

hi i want to tile my kitchen but keep the lounge as bare wood floring this gives an overlap of 18mm + bedding between kitchen and lounge any ideas how this can be achieved but not so obvious? cheers

send a sketch to IG Lintels they'll design it for you

hi thanks for all the replies i was wondering about electric central heating i don't know much about it? is it a viable option?

crickey! You'd better get off the net and crack on with it(only joking) But i would suggest with so much to take out, do the raking out till you've had enough of it, then put some back in till you've had enough of that. If your after a rustic look to the finish trawel it in then as its going...

a hammer and chisels a long job is it soft enough that you can get away with a pick or better still hire a low power spit and flat chisel? take out about 5m at a time if your putting lime back in it takes ages to go off this will give you time to take some more out before finishing the first...

it needs to be stored in a shed cos i have no land around my house just a path to a shed which is about 5m away from the house?

hi cheers for the reply i would prefer LPG for its versatility but if oil is less stringent on the regs its a good fall back choice?

hi does anyone know whether the regulations regarding the storage of oil in a bunded oil tank used for central heating is the same as the storage of LPG bottles? and which i should probably opt for as i have to store the chosen fuel inside a brick built shed?

hi why is getting the chimney lined so expensive? i thought it was just a case of pulling a flexie lining down the chimney and attaching it to the stove? Obviously not! Also i thought on some cases a lining wasn't required

Yeah the reason i want to change is because of the efficiency i read an open fire will lose 80% of the heat up the chimney as 80% of the heat from a wood burner goes into warming the house? the one ive bought has a bolt on boiler do you think i can use it without removing the old back boiler...

hi thanks for the replies what i was wondering was can i take the back boiler out and put a wood burner in either with a back boiler attached or without i am hoping to have lpg central heating so there is no real need for the back boiler?

hi I am thinking about installing a wod burning stove into my cottage at the mo there is an open fire which heats a back boiler is this going to pose any problems in changing over? I know nothing about this subject so any help will be gratefully recieved