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Thanks, all. Using foxhole's suggestion, I've found an upright. It's 2" from the surface of the plaster. So the supplementary question is this: would it be better to use a 5" screw: 3" in the upright and 2" sat in the plaster; or would it be better to attach to the plaster only? I'd just...

Hello all I have a wooden building based on 4" x 2" framing. The inside is plastered. My original intention was to attach flexible shelving strips (slotted angle to screw to the wall with holes to accommodate shelf supports) to the uprights, but cannot find these! I tried a B&Q stud finder...

It's the slotted angle: and it's already bought!

Hi All Does anyone have any tips for working with Dexion? I've never used it before and need to create some L-shaped benches at a particular height. It's 40mm stuff (so only has one set of holes). In construction and planning... - Do I really have to cut to the diamond shaped holes? (ie...

Hello all -- I thought I should update you...and hopefully help anyone else looking at this page. We boarded over the first layer of boards in the opposite direction and this made the floor sturdy. Great! A few weeks later -- and without anything heavy being added to the loft -- cracks...

John: thanks for the quick reply and for not stating the obvious about the ends of the panels and joists matching! I've collected the additional information...currently boarded area is 1.88m x 7.67m. Something 2' wide will pass through the hatch, but not really to the full 1.88m extent...

Hi loft fans -- My mate and I have boarded my loft using standard B&Q boarding. With non-standard widths between joists, we simply got them all down without cutting and one consequence is that there are some ends that hang between joists. We assumed that surrounding boards would hold it...