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We had an internal wall taken down and an RSJ added. I'm now fitting a sliding door over this opening and wondering how best to attach the sliding door hardware to the wall in front of the steel beam. Unfortunately I didn't see how they created the timber boxing before attaching plasterboard...

The foundation under the hearth seems to be (in this order from bottom up): 1. Earth 2. Large sandstone blocks 3. Loose rubble 4. Concrete/rubble mixed 5. Cement 6. Granite hearth We want to tile the hearth so I'm leaning towards removing it all and rebuilding. I had thought about supporting it...

I'm repairing some rotten floor joists and want to sense check what I'm doing. Do you see anything here that looks obviously problematic? Mostly the joists are rotten at the ends where they touch/sit in the walls, or where debris under the solum was touching them. - I've cleared out the solum...

We recently noticed that some of our floor joists are very rotten at one end - the outside wall. The ground level outside is approximately level with the floor level inside and earth sits up against the sandstone wall causing moisture to filter through the wall and into the joists. Also, the...

I'm blocking up 3 internal doorways. They are brick walls and suspended timber floors. I've taken the casings off and the door jamb is the same width as the wall and goes through the floorboards by the thickness of the floorboards. The plan the structural engineer put in for the building warrant...

Hello. Have a flat roof on my garage and the seams of the felt are leaking - they're not well stuck together any more. I tried painting with flexacryl - acrylic waterproofing which helped, but hasn't solved the problem. I also bought some roofers seal in a tube and was thinking about pushing...

Our cast iron gutters are leaking at the joints. Some of the joints I can see the overlap piece is totally missing. Any thoughts/ideas on how to repair this? Photo is of the same joint seem from above and below.

The other side of our garage wall is a concrete path. I think water is pooling on the concrete and then seeping through the wall. When it rains we usually have a good sized puddle on the garage floor. The path is our neighbours property. It looks like some additional cement/concrete has been...

Hoping for some help on diagnosing a Mira shower. Mira Sport 9kW 2 days ago it started cutting out after about 10 minutes of running. First the low flow light comes on, then the water shuts off. I'm pretty confident it's not a water flow issue. Mains pressure and have tried turning on all the...

Hello Sliding patio door lock has an issue. The handle won't turn to engage the hooks which lock the door. I've tested it without closing it and the lock won't budge. I managed to get it move with a pair of pliers and it seemed to be catching on something as it was turning. It feels like the...