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Hello all, I have an old industrial unit with a good (and well put in) fused switch, that used to control a ceiling fan..... but I have removed the ceiling fan, and attached lighting to it instead.... so the switch is a nice industrial type switch which simply controls the power to the...

Hello all, I'm looking at putting a porch on the front of my 1900's semi detached, with full compliance from my next door neighbor, who will probably lend a hand as he would like a porch too..... so we'll do the foundations and basic structure of both sides at the same time, and then the rest...

Hi all, I am building a timber frame summer house/garden room/bar, and wanted some advice on the make up of the walls please. So far I have made the shell out of a combination of 2x4 and 2x3, and have put a warm roof on.... so what I am left with is a skeleton structure. My thoughts on...

Hello all, I have put up the wood frame for my new garden room, and the roof joists are 6 x 2. I put a cold deck on my extension a few years back, and that was relatively easy, but this time think that warm deck would be the way to go this time on the garden room. However, I wondered if...

Hi there all, I am building a garden room, and have created the 'raft' of timber joists. Some places I have researched say to put a vapour barrier over the timber, underneath the OSB that I am going to lay on top, some say not to bother. What do you guys think? Thanks!

Hello all, I have decided to keep an old barn/shed structure in my garden, but essentially add to it.... albeit inside it. The outer structure (after ripping out the internal structure) has been found to be very robust, so I am not going to tear it down. The plan is to build the new...

Hi all, I am about to build a Garden Room / Summer House down my garden from scratch, and I would like some hints tips and advice please? I have just created a new big shed at the bottom of my garden, so that I can strip the existing shed (well its actually 7metres x 2.5 metres) and take...

Hi all, I am looking for some advice on my DIY Flush that I carried out and only got partial success from..... I have a Vokera Eclipse Combi I rigged up a drill pump using garden hose, and a bowl, and attached to the inlet and outlet pipes of the boiler. I used Fernox F3 (not DS3)...

Hi all, I have an old Vokera Eclipse combi boiler and it has gradually been getting noisier (rumbling bubbling noise) and the hot water has been gradually getting less hot...... it takes forever to run a tepid bath. After reading around the web it seems fairly obvious (please feel free to...

Hello all, I am planning on putting down felt backed carpet on to my extremely drafty floorboards in the front room. I have a number of air bricks that are under the floorboard level which will provide the correct level of ventilation to stop any rot. My plan is to screw down some large...

Hello all, I am planning on doing some screeding in my new kitchen extension this weekend, and have a couple of questions. 1 - dont scream at me..... but I will be getting a couple of tonnes of sharp sand delivered, can I mix in about a half tonne of soft sand that I have left over from...

Hi all, I am putting a new extension on to the back of my semi and re-routing the bathroom (which was attached to the back) to the centre of the house, meaning the whole back part of the house is now a kitchen. I have at present a rather complicated rain, wastewater and sewage system with...