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Any ideas on this one? Got some time off work this week to get it done... Point 1 is existing finished floor level in the house. Point 2 is level I need to bring up to Point 3 Point 3 is base floor of enclosed porch Points 2 & 3 will both need to come up 95mm to the arrow (finished floor...

Hi All, Just built a small enclosed porch to the front of our house. I now need to bring the new floor up, over the top of the old concrete porch base, and level to the existing floor inside the hallway. As can be seen in the attached side cutaway pic, the floor needs to come up a maximum of...

Thanks for your help Woody - much appreciated.

Hi All, Just finished the blockwork to a small (2m x 3 enclosed porch built off the front wall of the house and I'm now starting to cut the rafters for the pitched roof. I have a couple of questions before I crack on: Is it ok to fix the first rafters to the house wall, or do they need...

Hi All, I'm currently building a small enclosed porch with block cavity walls. The windows and doorway openings have galvanised steel lintels in place and I'm now building up another couple of courses before the roof. Does the DPC over each lintel sit directly on the steel of the external...

Cheers Jeds - your advice much appreciated!

Hi All, They say there are no daft questions, except ones which are never asked... Can I cut pre stressed concrete beams from the supplied length of 3.6?, down to 2.2m? If so, what type of blade do I need? Cheers, Paul

Hi Ban-All-Sheds, Oh b***er, already went ahead this morning before reading your warning! The solid concrete bases are 50mm higher at the back, running the full 3m length of each planter. The lower front edges run along the edge of the (currently unpaved) patio. The lower brick courses...

Thank you John, much appreciated.

Hi All, I'm building a couple of rectangular 3m x 0.6m planters on the front patio slab - only two block courses high. One of the 3m sides in each planter sits on a stepped area about 50mm lower than the rest of the block work. Would it be ok for me to lay the lower blocks on a normal...

I think the previous owners had that idea as the existing front door opening is only 740mm (and still not able to open 90 degrees!). Any smaller would be impractical. At least if I move the opening away from the internal step I can build in a wider. Cheers, Paul

Thanks for the advice Freddymercurystwin. Very helpful and much appreciated. Cheers, Paul.

Hi All, The front door to our house has always been too close to an inside step which prevents the front door opening fully into the house (less than 90 degrees). I'd like to build a small enclosed porch to enable me to move the front door away from this obstruction and allow my Mum to be...

Kaymo is right. Strawberry milkshake isn't on the list of approved pesticides. If I pored it all over my garden claiming it was being used it as a pesticide, it would be the legislation that would take me to court. It would then be the role of the court to decide if the law had been...

Thanks Noseall, that's my job for tomorrow sorted! Cheers, Paul.

Hi All, Posted this question yesterday in the garden forum, but with hindsight I reckon I should have put it in here. I've currently got a patio project on the go at home and I'm trying to sort out surface water drainage using lengths of Linear/Aco channel. Is it ok to have the...

Hi All, I've currently got a patio project on the go at home and I'm trying to sort out surface water drainage using lengths of Linear/Aco channel. Is it ok to have the channel lengths tight up against the wall of the house, or do they need to be spaced away? Any help appreciated...

Hi All, Just started digging out for retaining wall foundations and have found an 'unexpected' waste pipe (it isn't running the sensible route to next inspection chamber!). The photo shows as far as I'm going into the bank at that depth, there is a shuttered step up going in next...