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Thanks for the reply. Oil based does seem to be still available at B&Q.

I am going to paint a wooden beach hut and was going to sand it down to provide a key and then apply an oil based undercoat and then an oil based gloss coat. In the paint shop I saw there was some Dulux water based exterior paint, on the instructions it said an undercoat is not necessary. In...

I drive a Ford Focus which is 1430mm high plus the Ford roof bars and I usually have a pair of step ladders on the roof for work. The car port will be the same height at the garage door opening. The roof fall will be 100mm over the 3.5 meter projection which should be sufficient to take the...

Wall plate underside clearance 2150mm with a 100mm fall the gutter side clearance is 2050mm. The detached garage door clearance is 2000mm. Edit: To answer the question about the garage door. The car port will be butt up to the garage door.

Thank-you for the replies. The proposed Aluminium Carport will be open on 2 sides and the length will be 4.25 meters, the projection will be 3.5 meters. I have an electric roll up Garage door that was fitted when I moved here. The maximum height I can fit the wall plate is 2250mm. 2250 is...

Is there a minimum height requirement for a Carport? I would like to attach a carport to the side of my bungalow, covering some of my driveway. I am restricted to how high I can fit the wall plate because of the boxes on the barge boards.

Ok thanks, I wonder if one of those flexible blades that you can snap off when they get blunt would be better than a rigid Stanley blade?

It is externally beaded so I would need to cut the tape from the inside, I was concerned that I might damage the frame when using a Stanley knife between the glass and frame but may have to give it a go.

I would like to measure my current sealed unit so that I can order a replacement one. I have taken the 4 beading trims off but the sealed unit is stuck to the inside of the frame with the original black sticky tape. So I can only measure the width and height of the sealed unit, not the depth...

I have replaced 5 1/2 fence panels and taken out the old wooden fence posts and installed concrete gravel boards and concrete fence posts. I was going to leave the end wooden post as I thought it was ok but it is rotten too. The old concrete is about 6 inches under ground and I can only get to 3...

Thanks for the reply. At the moment the rear bedroom has a window to the outside, I was going to install the Conservatory and then take the window out, cut the brickwork down to the floor and them fit a U.P.V.C french doors or a sliding patio door. I was going to buy a second hand Conservatory.

I have a 2 bed detached bungalow and would like to install a 4M x 3M dwarf wall, U.P.V.C Conservatory to the rear bedroom. From Googling and doing some reading it appears that I will not need to get planning permission for this because it is conidered a permitted development and is withing the...

Thank-you for the detailed reply. It does sound a bit more complicated then normal tiles.

Over the years I have tiles a few floors and bathroom walls but have never used Mosaic tiles. Are they much more difficult to install? I assume the Mosaic is mounted to a plastic or linen mesh? I have 4 walls, 3 corners and a window sill and reveal to tile. I use an electric tile cutter which...

Thanks for your help. I have fitted both worktops, sink, taps and connected it all up. Just got the 2 edge trims to stick on which are being delivered Wednesday, then the tiling.

Which is the best type of contact adhesive to use? Both are suitable for wood and laminate. Evo-stik Impact multi purpose 250ml in a tin, drying time 2 minutes. Evo-stick Impact 30 g in a tube, drying time 10 minutes.

Thanks for the help. The worktop is 38 mm thick. The shop where I bought the worktop did not have the end strip in stock, it is due to be delivered on Wednesday. I fitted the worktop today and assumed the edge strip would also be 38 mm thick but from reading your post I see it might not be and...

Do you need to apply the contact adhesive to the cut end of the worktop and the trim?

Thanks for the reply. I will use contact adhesive then. So I assume I wont need to apply clear silicone to the end I am going to use the contact adhesive on?

I am fitting new laminate kitchen worktops, instructions say to use worktop contact adhesive to stick the edge trim onto the exposed chipboard. is that the best stuff to use? Elsewhere it also says, "It is recommended that any cuts, joins or exposed chipboard are re-sealed using clear silicone...