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Hi All, I'm planning to build a playhouse for my children and wanted to get some advice on material and foundations. The playhouse is meant to be a sturdy building to last for about ~10 years with minimal maintenance (i.e. ideally no wood treatment required). For the material, I was going for...

Hi, I'm about to replace a window on a masonry wall. The new window will be a uPVC double glazed one to replace an old timber one (already purchased and delivered so no advice on window specifications / type sought). The new window will seat in a check reveal and will only take part of the...

Thanks. Any other way of fixing this other than replacing the entire wall plate?

The wall is an external one and I don't think there has been any extension on that side (but can't swear on it). Joists should rest on this wall as they're perpendicular to it. Isn't the wall plate only used for internal walls?

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Hello, I'm renovating a 100+ yrs old flat and I'm currently about to replaster the master bedroom. As the plaster was taken off the external wall, I revelead a 2x3 timber beam running along the wall. Part of the timber is eaten up to its full depth on its right side for about 50cm of length...

Thanks. These were the sort of answers I was hoping for :) Cheers

Hi, I've just purchased a victorian house built in 1880. I'm renovating the bedroom and when I removed the fitted wardrobe I revealed a crack running throughout the wall, as I had decided to re-plaster anyway I have removed the plaster and exposed the brick wall. The picture below shows...