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The problem we have is that the "public" are becoming risk averse. They don't seem able to understand that many things in life like war, mining, oil drilling and even driving have a risk attached, in many cases quantified and documented by those carrying out the activity. When "something"...

Hi all, Restoring a 1770's house under building regs... Got a loft which we just want to use for light storage, so need a hatch/cover, but I can't seem to find the relevent regs info. Plenty of info about loft conversions/ladder acces etc., but nothing I can find that covers my...

I've been using a lot of Bleaklow Pre-Mixed lime for a 1770's vintage job. I really like the stuff and its a lot faster and more consistant than mixing and curing your own. Coarse for any deep pointing, medium for surface pointing. At bulk £8 a 40kg sack its a bargain...

Why not. My liner is rated for smokeless, wood, gas, oil, coke, peat. I had mistyped its 904/316 grade (904 inner) so gets the smokless grade.

You can do it yourself, you don't HAVE to use a HETAS installer. I just did one, but you DO need to notify building control, meet the regs (download off the web) and do things like fix a identity plate. I used a hanging cowl to avoid removing the chimmney pot. It's not a hard job if your stack...

Mmmm I have used the Unibond ready mix adhesive/grout for wooden floors, but only over ply though it claims to be o.k. for direct to floorboards. If was going to try, Id probably puts screws in all the floorboards to fix them more firmly to the joists, sand the boards if required then try the...

I'd squash the existing insulation down. The boarding you are putting over has an insulation value of its' own, quite reasonable if you use chipboard. I think it would more than compensate for the modest loss of efficiency is squashing the insulation down. (I actually think 270mm is...

I had the same problem in a previous house... Only way I found to do it is tedious is to overdrill a great big hole, splash some PVA into the hole then fill with epoxy resin and then drill your proper hole into that.

You are possibly getting an electrical effect at the joints due to the combination of acidic or mineralised water combined with dissimilar metals in the compression joints. You effectively get tiny "batteries" at the joints. I'd try liberally sprinkling earth bonding across each affected...

Hi all, bit of advice sought... Just finished levelling a floor with self-levelling compound. Worked fine, got the hang of it in a small stairwell (8m2). Now I've got a much larger room to do - one problem, the cost of the stuff! I was buying 25kg bags for about £13 and used 7 due to the...

That is a great idea.... I was looking for just this question! Just trying my first floor with self-levelling. I bought one bag in case I decided it was too hard! I chose Wickes "master" at random , well as it was the most expensive and I thought maybe that would mean it was better/easier...