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Hello, I'd like to use loftroll insulation vertically in a timber frame wall. I know it's not designed to keep it's shape in that orientation so am wondering about the best way to secure it. I'm thinking just stapling the top & maybe at the edges a bit (I can't do anything at the back and front...

Hi All, I want to put a cheapish roof covering on a field shelter. I've done a bit of googling and the various websites I've looked at all say different versions of "felt is the cheapest ... but it's not as durable as metal". I can't make any sense of this. The field shelter is about 4m x 4m...

Hi All, I went to see a property the other day which we're considering buying at auction. It's a couple of hundred years old & grade 2* listed. My main concern is the roof. There seems to be a mix of very old & newer timber. Lots of the rafters have the same problem: the lower third of the...

Hi All, I need to match some existing decorative cladding but I've been searching for weeks and can't find anything similar. Pine or MDF, profiled or jointed, would all be fine. Anyone have any ideas where I could get it or how I could make it? The grooves are shaped like: ___/u\___. See pic...

Hi All, I've got a new solid oak door for an en-suite (so it might get the occasional splash or wet hand on it). I'm looking to keep the look fairly close to the natural wood - definitely not glossy. I've seen some recommendations for Osmo Door Oil but also have some left over teak oil I could...

Hi All, I've just discovered that what I thought was a concrete windowsill is actually stonework, covered with a kind of render. The stone is blue lias, which is pretty soft & flakes & deteriorates in exposed locations (where this is), which I suspect is why someone covered it up. However, if...

Hi All, I'd like to install some lights (perhaps a couple of wall-mounted spotlights) in a large inglenook fireplace. The air where they'll be gets pretty warm and I've read about LEDs not coping with heat so would like to use halogens. However, it's pretty hard to get hold of halogen GU10s, so...

Hi All, My shower waste keeps blocking & after more times than I can remember clearing temporarily with chemicals & prodding and poking with some very long plumbers snakes, I'd like to get to the bottom of it. I think this means exploring from the other end. The picture shows where the shower...

Hi All, I'm considering putting up some floating shelves using brackets something like the picture below, but am wondering about drilling the hole in the timber. To get straight holes I'd normally use my pillar drill, but these will be way beyond the travel available with that. Is it at all...

Hi All, I'm looking for some inspiration for how to bring cabling through or behind a (to be) built-in desk. The desk will be fixed to a wall consisting of vertical timber cladding attached to horizontal studs - so there will be a helpful void behind the cladding. I'd like to bring power & IT...

Hi All, I've been boarding, taping & jointing a small room, using easifill for the jointing & filling. I'm pretty comfortable with that, but am wondering how to finish a small (~1m2) area of curved wall (see pics below). It's got a sand & cement finish, with some kind of tanking on top. What...

Hi All, I'm dry-lining a wall & one end of it butts up to the back of a wooden (MDF) built-in bookcase (see pic). How can I finish the corner without it cracking after a while? I'd rather not use some kind of stick-on trim. On a normal internal corner I'd use tape but I can't here because I...

Hi, I have an area (about 1sqm) of blown render which I'd like to strip off and re-render. It's cement render on wooden laths. I'm fine with doing the rendering, but don't know how to match the existing texture, which is a kind of uneven pebble-dash. Any advice? Thanks,20180623_103809 by...

Hi, I'm putting up a small amount of vertical indoor cladding, floor to ceiling. I'd like to use cladding clips but I've got 14mm thick cladding, and the clips which Wickes and B&Q sell are too small. To fit they'd need to be about 4mm deep. Does anyone know anywhere that sells these sorts of...

Hi All, I'm looking for some 2x1 (ish) batten which is both kiln dried & treated. I know CLS is like this, but doesn't come that small. Roofing batten is the right size & some websites specify that it's dried, but the places near me I've looked at online (Bradfords, Buildbase, Wickes) don't...

Hi All, I've just had to bleed some air from the oil feed to my Camray boiler. The bleed valve is now weeping oil. Any ideas why this would be, or if there're any tricks to stop it? Thanks a lot, Adam

Hi All, I've bought various brands/types of clear silicone before, and they all have a shiny finish. However, I've seen matt-finish results. Does anyone know of a type which gives a matt finish? Ideally from Screwfix or Toolstation... Thanks, Adam

Hi, I've just been stitching my masonry wall with a twistfix kit, but have run out of grout with two bars to go! I'd like to avoid buying a whole new tub of grout for £50 odd quid if I can. I do have some of the grout liquid left over. Is the powder part just OPC & sand? If so, I might just...

Hello, I've added a couple of sockets to a ring final circuit, and have taken the opportunity to test the circuit. I've followed the instructions here. My results are: R11: 1.6 Rnn: 1.6 R22: 4.1 At stage 2 in the instructions, the values between live & neutral for each socket are 1.4 or 1.5 &...

Hi All, I've just ripped the old lath and plaster ceiling down in our living room (bedrooms above) and am now trying to work out what to replace it with. I'll get a plasterer to skim it. I've already ordered sufficient 12.5mm board for a single layer but am thinking about using resilient bars...