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Hi all. Tale as old as time. 1967 house, concrete floor downstairs has horrible thermoplastic tiles secured with bitumen adhesive or similar. Kitchen has already had these all lifted and covered with limo. Hallways had them removed and it has been tiled which is holding up fine. Living room...

Thanks. This will be a corner post receiving another panel with no angle so not sure I can give it much twist/a twist in the angle might look a sod. But here’s hoping I can simply get away with it..!

It’s actually about 30cm so my estimate wasn’t wildly off..! So you think the angle that gives me is very very shallow.. so I might get away with this with the panel in the slot as normal. Gravel board to contend with too..

I can confirm exact measurements tomorrow.. do we think this angle is so small as to not really pose any issue?

Thanks. I could go this route. I still thinking I’m describing myself poorly. Let’s say first post is against the house. The end post and the final part of the fence run is 5m away but it is 20cm right of the house. That’s dictating the angle i need the fence to run at!

sorry I was unclear there. The fence run is about 5m and one end is 20cm offset from the other. So over the course of 5m it moves 20cm diagonally from the first post

Other than the aesthetic reasons - having a triangular gap between them- I don’t really see why not. How do they fare being in the same post hole together, in terms of their footing etc - or would mean less coverage at the point where they meet in the ground

Hi all I’m putting up a fence using concrete posts and wooden panels. One corner will receive a straight post into a corner post. And then the other post off this post will be at an angle more extreme than 90 degrees as the other end of the fencing terminates about 20cm or so away from the...

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Thanks for sharing, might be awkward laying patio on there but I’ll weigh up my options..!

Thanks for the response! This is the thing, I don’t think the footings are deep. I can dig underneath that concrete. You can sort of see two little gaps in the photo. It appears the footings are only about a brick thickness, maybe even less - so digging down around them with leave them without...

Hi all. I would like to lay a new patio next to my garage and extension. I understand the finished level should be about 6 inches (two brick courses) below DPM but the ‘footings’ for my extension (3x3m masonary single skin monstrosity) seems to be only 1 course below DPM, and then itself is...

Hi everyone I only have a hopper/square drain cover with grille at the front of my house where a gutter discharges. This means when I need to pour out water at the back of the house I have to walk to the front to discharge it down the drain. I’d like to add a hopper to the back garden so I...

Yes has a built in floor. I think I’m going to go the route of compacting down maple type 1 and then sitting the footings on top, not bare wood to ground but on some plastic runners or something. A bit less permanent - a lot less permanent in fact - easier, cheaper..

Thanks. So probably possible. But lots of faff.

Hi We’ve ordered a summerhouse, about 2.2x2.2m square. It will need a concrete pad to sit on and wre considering doing this ourselves. I’m seeing conflicting advice online and from tradesmen too. I read that it needs 100mm sub base (mot type 1, compacted) and then 100mm concrete pad, with...

Hi all I’d like to add concrete gravel boards between my existing concrete posts which currently have wooden fence panels between them. Now whoever put them up must have been drunk as one is slightly tilted, and another is slightly ‘twisted’ relative to its partner. This means that, a...

Sure. I was hoping someone had similar experiences that could chime in. I’m reading about ‘coincident dip’ which seems to correlate with my experience..

Hi everyone Looking for some advice about reducing noise through windows, specifically low-pitched noise. Three bed end terrace house, had the double glazing and all frames replaced about seven years ago with UPVC double glazing. I’m close - but not next to - a busy 30mph road. One side of the...

Fair. Bloody thing. I darent spend too much on it or around for fear it will sink but it’s been fine for so long it’s sort of proving its worth despite the general crap factor.