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One coat, easy clean paint (and grease and mould resistant?) I'm a Scout Leader and our group has been asked to help a local Food Bank to decorate and move into a new storage room. Really need some advice on what paint to use please. The room is at the back of a community centre and it is...

I recently put in an outside socket for a hot tub. The hot tub is rated as 13a and hot tub company recommended this outside socket from Screwfix. BRITISH GENERAL IP66 13A 2-GANG SP WEATHERPROOF OUTDOOR SWITCHED PASSIVE RCD SOCKET But I thought I'd get "clever" and instead put in a separate RCD...

I'm building a 3mx3m BBQ shelter. It's a large structure with a roof that will catch the wind like a kite, so I've decided the posts should be buried and concreted for strength rather than attached post holders. I've got 150mmx150mm pressure treated posts that I'm burying 600mm into the ground...

I'm building what you may call a BBQ shelter - it's 3mx2.6m and is essentially a roof held up by 4 poles. I want to check with someone if I'm doing it right, will it stand up to storm and snow? It has a mono-pitched roof with 10 degree slope running from 2m up to 2.5 meters. I'd like a greater...

I have a space in my garden that would be great for a shed, but I'm not sure the best way to fit it in. I've included a picture below, you can see it's behind my garage and has a fence on one side and the brick side of a conservatory on the other. The triangle conservatory windows you can see...

Hey, I'm finishing a job I started years ago and I have a little bit of plastering I need to do, including sticking up a bit of plasterboard (~300x700mm above a door). I have ready mixed jointing compound and ready mixed plaster because I'm doing small jobs, but hadn't considered I'd need...

I've put in a small wetroom/steam room at home and had one of these installed: http://www.insigniarange.co.uk/product.aspx?id=393 The steam generator is in the loft space above the steam room with a control panel, thermometer probe and steam valve running into the room. The whole job was...

I've a pretty big wooden wall art of elephants that I've had in the shed for last 2 years (since we moved). Wrapped in bubble wrap. Just got it our to put on the wall and while pleasantly surprised it isn't broken in any way it has a black part along the bottom. larger you can see in...

I've fitted a kitchen using B&Q 50mm thick laminate worktops, but now found that B&Q don't sell 50mm metal end caps. 2 questions: - Anyone know where I can find them? - Are they needed anyway? I was intending to use them where my worktop buts up next to my range cooker with gas hobs...

I've fitted a sink in the garage and plumbed in the water supply using Polyplumb pipes and fittings. The water I'm getting out of the tap tastes rubbery, have I done something wrong? I hoped it would go away on it's own but we've been using the tap regularly for ~3 weeks now and it's still...

Hi all, I'm planning a lean to shed on the side of my house and considering how I make it watertight. Along the roof line do I need lead? Does that mean stripping out a line of mortar to feed the lead into? Is there an easier way? Alone the wall joins with the house exterior brickwork how...

I'm getting a builder in ti take out an external wall between by kitchen and conservatory. The builder has suggested an engineer to do the load calculations to be sure building regs are met. What I need advice on is whether the engineer is giving us the best solution or the easiest for him...

I'm insulating my garage so I can put a washer dryer in there. Walls are done and I'm putting up a plasterboard ceiling and insulating above it. Because there are no windows in the garage I'm planning an extractor fan through the ceiling. The tiles say Marley 910881 on their back and the...

My Mum's had her loft insulated with 170mm insulation over the current insulation but she didn't realise when she booked it that she wouldn't be able to use the loft for storage after. So I'm looking to put in some beams to make a floor surface above the insulation. 2x 3600x50x150 pieces...

Hey all, I'm starting the walls in my garage conversion today. i've got Celotex GA4000 boards and I'm following the advice on the Celotex website (the pdf linked form here) It says: Two quick questions: Should the 25x50mm battens have the 25mm side or the 50mm side flat on the board...

Hey all, I have a standard size garage attached to a neighbour's garage on one side and with a door through from my kitchen on the other. I'm planning to insulate and plaster board the walls, put in an insulated garage door and use it as a utility/storage space. All advice welcome! First...