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Hello, I'm going to be building practically this in the corner of my garden: What size (width) posts would you suggest for a project like this? Would 4 x 4inch be overkill? Cheers

Morning, Woke up after a night of heavy rain to find a damp patch in the corner of the porch. Had a look outside and there's an obvious gap between the brickwork and the door frame which I assume is responsible (or at least, not helping). What would be the right product to use to seal this up...

Hey folks, I'm building a pallet wood feature wall. I'm sanding all the planks down, so they're a clean light colour atm: I'd like the final colour to be a touch darker, more like this: Any recommendations of products & colours to try? Cheers!

Hello, Not really a DIY question at this stage, but definitely after some advice and thoughts. Our house central heating is run by an old (talking 90s) oil boiler and our hot water by immersion. Everything in the house when it comes to the central heating and hot water setup is bad and...

Hey folks. I'm going to put up a scaffold shelf in the kitchen. At 160cm length it's feeling a bit weighty, and I also want to add a bar / hooks underneath to hang pans (so even more weight). Pretty much like this: I got this heavy-duty bracket set off Amazon. The brackets feel great...

Hello, This might sound dumb, but I'm new to the world of BR and permissions. I want to install a new fence & gate, 6 feet high, across the back of my driveway. The rules say a fence doesn't need planning permission if; My fence is taller than one metre. What constitutes "next to"? My...

Hello, We had our windows and front door replaced last year. The installer gave us an Assure Certificate at the end, which says the work is compliant with building regulations. We never informed the council of the intent to do this work (first time homeowner naivety, I had no idea that was...

Hello, I might be unnecessarily worrying about this, but no experience with how much hanging weight walls can hold. No harm asking. We want to install reclaimed palette wood across two walls to make them a feature. The room is on the first floor. The boards would be nailed to vertical battens...

Hello, I need to batten out a wall and create a 50mm depth to be filled with 50mm thick sheep wool insulation. What timber should I use for this? If I search for 50mm CLS I get results which say 50mm x 75mm (38mm x 63mm). 38mm isn't 50mm. Super confused.

Hello, What fixings / approach would you use to batten vertical timbers onto an interior brick (likley breezeblock) wall? Thinking this sort of batten: Cheers.

Hello, Took a radiator off the wall to properly decorate behind it. After putting it back on, this join in the pipe is sightly leaking. I guess from all the movement in the pipework taking the radiator off and on. Are there any simple things I can do to seal the joins? Thanks!

Hello, I've just had some new sockets installed onto an existing circuit by an electrical company. When asked if I'll receive a certificate for the work, the response was: "No cert for this one as doesn't fall under scope of works to be certified" Is this true?

Looking to clad our dormers. Every trade person I talk to only wants to use Hardie Plank, but the fact of the matter is any natural wood colour Hardie Plank does just looks utter rubbish to me. What I want is something that looks like cedar (but I don't want to use real wood because I ain't...

Hello, Got woken up last night by a crash. Discovered this morning, a tile had fallen from the side of the dormer. No idea how or why. You can see the nails came out with it and everything. Any suggestions about how to repair / fill the gap without having to remove the fascia?

Hey folks, Does anyone have any advice / tips about how I might cover some boxing to make it look like a wooden beam? In my head, I'm imagining some sort of facade / thin wood attached to each side to give it a fake wooden beam look. I've no idea what the boxing is covering (assume it's an...

Hello, Thinking of changing my plans a bit. I understand that you want to avoid soil contact with sleepers because soil will hold moisture (hence using some sort of barrier / membrane), however, if the backfill is instead Mot Type 1 Subbase is a protective membrane necessary? Thanks!

Hey folks, We're looking at installing garden electrics. The going suggestion is to install a cabinet at the very back corner of the garden where the oil tank is. Would that break oil regulations in regard to distance from objects? I've done a search and all I can find are distances to...

Hello, My sleepers have been plained and sanded (with 80 grit). Originally, the plan was to use Textrol oil for a finish, and we already found a colour we like and tested on some offcuts, however on reading more about the product it says it isn't suitable for new wood (because of mill glaze) so...

Hey folks, I'm building a slightly elevated area in our garden using hardwood oak sleepers. The tops and visible sides will be treated in Textrol. It's two sleepers high. When it comes to the side that will be filled in with soil, what would you recommend for damp proofing? A friend...

Hello, I need to drill a bunch of pilot holes through my oak sleepers at 5mm, and 150mm depth. I got a drill bit off Amazon that snapped on the 4th hole, so totally open to some recommendations. Thanks.