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Hi everyone, To build a detached double garage - 5m X 6m long - not sure which way to run the ridge at the moment, what wall construction would you use? half brick thick with piers? half brick with inner block leaf and wall ties? double brick wall also with wall ties? your ideas/experiences...

Hey guys - hoping to find some real world guidance! I am designing an extension on the back of a house. They want to keep the existing back living room as a seperate room from the extnsion room but there is no external wall in the now inner room to put a brick vent to external air. We are going...

My general specification for external cavity walls - to meet 0.18 Uvalue - is 100 brick, 150mm cavity with full fill cavity batts, 100mm airtec standard 3.6N block (0.11 w/m.k) I also specify thermabate insulated cavity closers to all window and door reveals. A builder has come to me and said...

Hi All, Just looking into the requirements for loft conversions and the ways of making sure the protected stairwell is sufficient. I understand that the 'escape window' in a loft conversion no longer applies as a secondary escape route. So that then puts onus on the lathe and plaster...

Hi there - designing a 12m x 7.5m four car detached garage. It is to be Permitted Development and therefore needs to be brick external leaf. Speaking with a builder, he says if i build with 4" brick external and tied to abutting 4" block solid wall that will be strong enough (and an economical...

Hi everyone. So it seems the building regs guys are tightening up on things and requests for further information are growing! I have started to go through all my specification notes and enhancing where required. I am currently looking into 'large masonry panels' and their restraint and such...

Hey everyone! I am in the middle of working out how the best way to build a dividing wall between attached garage and the space i am converting into heated space (utility room)? Am i correct in thinking that a brick skin built up off the garage concrete floor and then a 50x150 timber frame...

Hi there, i have a few bags of multifinish left over from a DIY job and i am not sure how/where to dispose of them - they are now out of date too. Can i just take them to the tip? or put them in my usual household waste bin for collection by the council? Thanks in advnace...

I have been looking into this a lot and i feel as though it does require planning permisison - even if you are not in a conservation area or listed building. I would like some views or comments regarding this. It cannot be a similar appearance if you apply a smooth render of any colour over...

i have a very shiny finish on my walls. i don't want to lose any (even 20mm) by overboarding (dot and dabbing) will multi-finish stay on?? i was thinking of cleaning (sugar soap), PVA-ing (let first coat dry completely and then apply another before skimming). Is this likely to work or is there...

Hi everyone, i got a bargain stainless steel sink from B&Q - ex-display but it didn't come with enough clips to hold it to my laminate worktop - anyone know where i can buy more? Also - where i have cut my hole in the worktop means that the clips cannot get underneath them because of the back...

Hi all. i have seen examples of making tables by pouring epoxy resin over items such as small logs etc. where can i buy this stuff and how easy is it to do? i am looking to make a breakfast bar (1.5m x 900mm) with a clear resin and beach stones/pebbles. I was thinking of making a box 40mm deep...

hi there, i have a radiator (first on my system) with the 'fast drain' valve on it. it sits in front of a window in the room that will becvome my kitchen and the window is going to be taken out and replaced with french doors. To save money i told the builder i would move the radiator ready for...

hi there folks, just installing a new w.c. and basin using the 90degree pan coupler with 32mm spigot. I am using all push fit drainage from basin into spigot. I have the vent pipe in the corner of the room with a connection branch awaiting the toilet waste. because of heights, i am connecting...

i am going to put these tiles down in my bathroom http://www.diy.com/departments/colours-black-white-patchwork-effect-self-adhesive-vinyl-tile-102m-pack/842281_BQ.prd and i was wondering what underlay i could use to provide a bit of cushioning? i was thinking of putting a 5mm ply decking over...

i have my 110mm SVP in the corner of the bathroom, i am looking at putting a 110mm drainage pipe along the floor to my toilet, further along that wall is my basin. Can i connect my basin waste (40mm) into the end of the w.c. waste (110mm) - if so, how??? i hope you can visualise my situation...

I am re-furbing and there is a timber stud full height with screws into party wall (brick) i cannot get the screws to move even slightly using an impact driver or a combi drill or my own delicate hand with screwdriver - any ideas how to get this shifted? thanks in advance Ed

Hi there, having a few problems fitting a shower mixer bar. I have fitted backboard type connectors to a board between the studs. I then wrapped PTFE tape around the threads of the 's-connectors' and screwed them in to backboard elbows. I have screwed then in as far as they can go and they are...

So i have a large(ish) shower tray and a floor that is not level! there is roughly a 20mm fall over the length of the 1400mm tray. My idea is to build up in steps the floor with layers of 3mm plywood so that a spirit level will sit level when placed across the build-up. Then, i believe i need...

I have a 'twisto' 90mm waste with a black rubber ring to go around the waste and beneath the tray, there is then a white collar to go above the tray with 2 screws to hold them together. My question is....is the a completely dry fitting or should i put plumbers mait between black and underside...