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I'm not sure that is fibreglass? due to the nature of working with it fibreglass preparing the base for easy layups means they must be pretty smooth. The hollows and lumps in your suggest it was not layed up with fibreglass matting. Its very hard to tell from phots what is damage what is dirt...

I'm presuming its a bathroom to be tiled on. If that I the case wbp is the right choice.

Post spikes are certainly not be up to the job of holding up 6ft of fencing. You need to use 4x4" posts and concrete them in to at least 18" depth.

Yes that's it, celotex across studs and then ply fixed through it into studs. Your order is right for the wall make up. Same rule applies to ceiling, dont have unventilated voids within the structure. You can do the celotex over joists here too and that would help stop any thermal bridging...

Thats a recipe for problems, You absolutely want to avoid air gaps between the wall makeup layers. This is where you risk condensation forming. You want to full fill the wall space with insulation and then use counter battens outside the tyvek and form the air gap here between tyvek and...

You want that larsen stuff but it also comes in clear. Other mftrs cuprinl, ronseal etc do the same product. It very thin so quickly soaks in. It can even be sprayed. Its cheap so it only comes in 5 ltrs. It doesn't need to dry thoroughly just let excess drain out. Timber stored outdoors can...

Full lengths are fine. I would treat all cladding on all sides with Larsen clear timber preservative and then treat ends and outer face with a colour if you wish. I use cuprinol trade opaque cladding stain and quite like it. You must let the wet timber dry out before putting it up as it could...

Furrings are often glued and nailed. You should screw your ply down with 4.5mm x 60mm or bigger. For treatment you want a good quality UV shielded product, if going for clear it needs to be solvent based rather than shed type treatment. Sikkens or sadolin etc. Expansion will depend on the...

If efficiency is important to you I think you should reconsider buying a device that effectively tries to heat the entire atmosphere.

Try and cut it out if you can. Blattering away could unsettle neighbouring flags. The sooner you remove them the easier it will be. Sorry to say the rain did not cause your rockers, they were incorrectly bedded. The sbr is a good idea but rocking flags are caused by poor bedding practise, not...

The springs can be fiddly to replace and if your not mechanically minded plus they can really create havoc if you make an error. Consider a thin sharp metal band uncoiling at speed. Much easier to simply buy a replacement recoil with the spring locked in.

My inlaws have a bosch rotak 36v one. I was very skeptical when they bought it regarding long term battery life but that was 6 years ago and its still going well. Leaves a good stripe and overall i am very impressed with it. Their lawn is about 140sq/m It came with a spare battery but i like...

The word hollow is damning. I would guess that it has been spot bedded and this has left voids. Water freeze thaws in these hollows and blows the pointing. It would be worth lifting a flag or two to check because if it is spot bedded it is pointless repointing as it wont last. If you did want...

If the pointing has failed after only 6 years I would be concerned its moving. What is it laid on? And how was it laid? What wad the pointing originally?

900mm. Enough for a micro digger if you ever need it and comfortable taking a barrow through.

Good news you're planning on heating it, that combined with some ventilation will keep it in good order. Far too many people spend a fortune on structures like this and dont consider this aspect properly. As i said an mhrv would be overkill as the payback is in better heating bills so unless it...

This is pretty basic stuff, whatever moron laid it so the gate wouldn't close should be sorting it out. PIC generally uses a dry shake on top product which is trowelled into the surface so the colour does not go through. PIC just does not patch well but as its only just been done you have a...

The proper way to do it is to use a mhrv system. Of course there is no point going to that extent for an outbuilding but you will need some form of ventilation and ideally some very low level form of heating to keep it in top condition. There are now single room mhrv fans which are about the...

I always tell people when laying gravel drives or paths that they need to budget an extra £200 for a leaf blower.

Vanish may work, certainly an intruiging idea. Have you used it on paving Ray?