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Hi guys. We are laying a raised putting green in the garden using artificial grass. As it will have a wooden edge going all around we wanted a permeable sub base to avoid rain water pooling. A 50mm - 75mm layer of 20mm limestone is recommended however everywhere seems to be out of stock or...

Hi guys. Never really had the knack for plastering, ive just given it another go and im impressed with the result (its good for me anyway, and way better than the last plasterer i paid for). I am however struggling to get it it dead flat and im finding it difficult to push all of the trowel...

Hi guys. Does anybody know how i go about cutting/routing a cone shape into a piece of wood? I need to replicate the picture attached. Thanks

Was literally about to ask this very thing. We put water in the bucket...half the bag...more water...more bonding...more water...more bonding...more water...more bonding. Is it ok to put all the water in and then the whole bag all at once?

Both bags i used this morning said use by september.

**getting hot to the touch Hi guys, Just has a strange thing happen, getting a bonding coat on the wall and i noticed it had gone rock hard within less than an hour. I then noticed the next bag i mixed had gone hard in the bucket after around 15 minutes of mixing. I started to pull it off the...

Hi guys. Looking for some advice regarding the operation of my boiler (worcester bosch 32cdi compact combi). I have a problem with the hot water temperature. When first turning the tap on hot water comes out hot, then goes cold, then hot again, then cold, then hot, then cold, then slowly climbs...

Hi guys. Some genius at some point decided to build my garage below ground level, and there is no drainage so all the rain water runs into the garage. I have a drain hopper about 5m away from the garage door. The top of the hopper is only 6cm below the level of the garage floor. I was thinking...

Hi guys. Going to build my son a climbing frame in the garden, i was going to build it out of 38 x 63 cls timber as it cheap and strong, however the pre treated stuff is twice the price of the untreated stuff. The treated stuff is pressure treated with Tanalith E. Would this be sufficient to...

Do you have any links to something similar to illustrate please? I cant quite picture what yoj mean. My current hatch uses a spring either side of the ladders but i wanted to get away from the springs. A lot of websites offer downward struts i just dont know what force rating to buy.

Lol and the ladders attached to the hatch? They arent made from polystyrene lol. Nearly ever loft hatch available with ladders attached has some form of soft open system.

If i know the weight and the reach how would i know what NM strut/damper to pick?

Yeah thats what im after, ive googled loft hatch damper and nothing seems to come up. Everything is described as a loft hatch strut or spring. Is it literally just a case of converting the kg to N?

If thats what it is, they are listed as downward gas springs on iron mongery direct.

Hi guys. Im about to make a custom size loft hatch with folding ladders from scratch. The only thing im having trouble with is the gas strut to lower the hatch gently rather than it swing down fast under its own weight. How do i work out what Newton strut to go for? Is there a type range or...

Hi guys, Installing new joists in the loft so it can be boarded for storage. Ive had to cut the joists to the angle of the rafters so they can sit on the wall plate, the problem however is that the thickness of the tip of the joist of the joist at the rafter end where it sits on the wall plate...

Evening all. I stripped the plaster off the walls on my landing and noticed the wall between the airing cupboard to the landing was only tied into the external by one block towards the base of the wall, and there was a big gap that lead right into the cavity. I sprayed some expanding foam down...

Fantastic idea thanks! I actually have a resin at home designed for that very thing.

Evening all. I have to drill and rawl plug an old 75mm block wall to fit a door lining. If looks like dense concrete block however when cut the dust is pretty much black so im not too sure what it actually is. The last time i tried to rawl plug 75mm block it split when driving the screw in (tbf...

Evening all, Im about to do the guttering for someone on their semi, however the back of the house has a stretch that is old asbestos guttering that runs right across both houses. We have arranged for a company to remove it however i will need to connect the new upvc guttering to the...