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Hi, This is only the 2nd time I've tried plastering, my main experience has been with rendering and I'm no professional either way. The skill you pros have is beyond belief, it's one of the trickiest things to do even half decently. I've got a small wall in a bedroom that's old...

Hi, Just taken down small partition wall for walk-in cupboard in bedroom and now have 6 feet by 2 feet patch of ceiling to match up to main ceiling, with 3-inch gap where batten went which I'll put plasterboard in. It's much more thinly skimmed and slightly higher so I need to skim it with...

Thanks for the replies, I'll try to answer all points raised: I wasn't thinking of not rendering the inside of the fireplace as I understand the reason is to stop CO leaking through any gaps, but I wrote my post above late last night after losing the original when the computer crashed and...

Hi, If anyone has the time and doesn't mind helping, here's a brief background of the issue: got an old fireplace which contained a Baxi back boiler with integral front gas fire until recently when central heating was fitted. I have a new gas fire I would like to put in the fireplace hole...

Hi, I've got a 110mm TCT core drill very similar to this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/110mm-SDS-TCT-TUNGSTEN-CORE-DRILL-HOLE-CUTTER-M16_W0QQitemZ380100759873QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM?hash=item587fc55141 But as it's the first time I've used one of these (to drill a...

Excellent, thanks for the advice. I now know all I need to start preparing for the job (not doing it till temperatures are higher!) One last question has occurred to me, though: Do I lay both layers perpendicular to the slope direction, starting at the overhang (slightly sloping roof), but...

Thanks for that info. Would I torch on the felt after bitumen has dried? Is it standard practice to protect the top felt layer by placing shingles, or just use sand-coated top felt? Or neither required?

Hi, I've got an old brick-built shed at the back of the house not physically conected, which has a concrete roof in dire need of repair as it's leaking where the felt's damaged. Originally roof seems to have been felted with shingles on top. I know little about roofing practices and...

Thanks everyone for all the very helpful advice. I'll be running all cabling inside the safe zones, although I suppose when dropping the bonding cable down the wall, that vertical line won't be a safe zone because it isn't going to an accessory... Do you normally just have the bonding cable...

Thought it'd need upgrading. More chasing to do, but there we are. Water is also bonded with 6mm unfort, so double the work. Must be done though. Can I put a single earth cable in the wall and bit of capping over it, or must it be in conduit as it wouldn't be sheathed, do you know?

TN-S

Thanks for advice, will get some capping. The circuits are all RCD protected so I don't have to worry about earthed steel conduit or running on the surface. or running more than 50mm deep. Regarding the bonding conductor I mentioned in post before this one, what do you think? Also, is it now...

I'm going to be sorting out a 6mm T&E cable that the past occupants of this house installed for an electric shower upstairs. They've run it there by knocking a hole through an outer-wall internal brick next to the CU downstairs, putting the cable into the wall cavity which they must have then...

Hi, I'm a bit unsure about cables in walls. I need to run some T&E and don't want surface-mount, so plan to put it in the brick and render walls. Now, do I just chase the wall and put the cable in, followed by render screed directly over the cable? I know of capping, but can't recall if...

Thanks for the info. Gravel boards are new to me, as never put fencing in place before. Isn't the fence going to look ugly with 15cm of flat board between it and the ground? Anyway, I've found some from same place we got fencing panels. How do I fit them between the posts, especially if opting...

Hi, I'm going to be putting a 4' high fence around the perimeter of the garden into soil using bags of 'postfix' stuff. Bought the posts and wooden panels. Posts looks to be around 3"x3". How deep should they be set in the ground ideally? Soil is more sandy than anything and quite soft...

Thanks a lot for your reply. Just one thing, when you say to use plasticiser to reduce suction, do you mean to stop the water being sucked out the top coat as it's being applied, making it unworkable? I used to encounter that problem a lot and resorted to what other builders did and soaked the...

Anybody? Pretty please with a blob of cement on top?

Hi, I have a question about rendering if anyone has the time to give some advice please. I lived in Spain for many years and did building work over there, but find everything's different here in the UK. Over there, walls are rendered with a simple mix of 3:1 or 4:1 sand and cement mix...

Hi everyone, At work we're trying to sort out sealant problems where shower trays meet the shower cubicle walls (all plastic panels). The original seal is breaking down. We could use silicone, but the original sealant also acted as an adhesive, holding the walls back via their bond to the...