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I’ve recently built a lean to shed abutted to my garage with a GRP roof. I underestimated the ventilation requirements and have ended up with mould on the underside of the roof deck despite soffit vents and air bricks. There is no insulation in the roof, so I am considering the following options...

Hi all I’ve built a lean to shed on the side of my garage, consisting of concrete slab with DPM and half brick dwarf wall with timber frame, plastic clad walls atop with a grp roof. After completing the ceiling became damp and mouldy so I added soffit vents and air bricks. The ceiling is...

Hi all Had a go at GRP-ing my shed roof and got caught out by weather on about 1 square metre. This section has hardened but has pin holes in the top coat. What is the correct way to rectify this? Sand the affected area, add resin then re-top coat? Or is more matting required once sanded...

Good morning all. I have just completed a lean to extension to my garage consisting of 6 courses of brick with a timber framed, plastic clad structure with grp flat roof. My question is should I insulate the walls? I was going to insulate the ceiling too, however after reading about cold roofs...

Hi all. I’m building a lean to on the side of my garage and having laid a concrete slab, plans are evolving. My slab is 4inch thick with 6mm mesh on a DPM above 4inch on MOT, all surrounded by 2inch thick edging. The lean to is only for bike and garden tool storage. Question 1… I’m going to...

Hi all Planning on replacing my garden fence with 6ft feather edge. My question is, when I get to the corner, how should I proceed as the corner post currently serves my neighbours fence too. In other words the fence would look like a T shape from above. Do I replace the corner post and risk...

Hi there My parents have been given 15sq m of solid oak floor. On removing the carpet we have found the floor is covered in tiles - possibly called Marley tiles??? Thin, brittle looking tiles. The plan was to stick the floor down, I’m guessing this may not be an option? Can anyone point me in...

Hi there My rental property’s previous owner has screedEd over the 1930s quarry tiles in my kitchen. I’ve laid Lino and the screed has ‘blown’. Presumably no damp course. I’m considering scraping off the blown screed, painting on a DPM and rescreeding with self levelling compound. Does this...

Hi there Yesterday I installed an electric garage door which I am currently running from an extension lead. My garage has a small consumer unit with no spare mcbs. From the consumer unit are 1 double socket on a 16amp mcb and 2x 6amp mcbs running internal and external lights. I now need to...

I’m looking to simplify the miles of copper pipe under my kitchen sink - year’s worth of people tadging bits on. My question is this - I want to bring one cold feed up to my cold tap and put 2 tees (appliance valves) on that feed inside the cupboard under the sink: one for the washing machine...

Hi everyone My house has a wireless thermostat to control the boiler. All works fine....until the batteries run out. I want to hard wire the unit but can anyone advise me on whether a fused spur would be a suitable solution with a 3amp fuse? Thanks in advance

Downstairs cloakroom refitted using pan drawer fronts from howdens to box in concealed cistern with Keku clips for easy removal. Half height cupboard above toilet and inset mirror.

Side gate made from pressure treated timber. Includes biscuit joints, mortise and tennon, bridle joints and lap joints.

I've concreted a 3x3 timber post into the ground next to a chalk wall to use as a gate post. The gate is 1000mm x 2000mm ; I'm worried that once I hang the gate the post will flex. I want to use a galvanised bracket to brace the post against the chalk wall. Can I drill the chalk and plug it...

Hi everyone I'm just replacing my door bell chime which is currently supplied with a 12v transformer. However when I put my multimeter on it, it actually reads 15v. The new chime states max 12volts. Is this low voltage difference permissible or is this a problem? I'm guessing most people would...

Hi there I've just bought a new zanussi ceramic hob to replace my old one which was wired into the cooker/oven switch. Upon opening the new hob I have found it has 3 core and Earth flex - brown, black, blue and Earth. Please could some one advise me how this should be terminated in the cooker...

Hi all I've just purchased a cooker hood (Zanussi ZHC6234X_SS) from ao.com to replace my aged and grease ridden integrated extractor. My old extractor was plugged into a socket hidden above itself. I assumed my new cooker hood would screw onto the wall and I'd utilise the socket (which is on...

Hi all I have run a wall light from the ring main via a 3amp fused switch in the past which I believe is compliant with regs. My questions is, if I wanted to run 2 independent lights (one either side of my bed) can I spur off one socket to a fused switch and then run a separate cable to each...