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Hi guys, Hoping for a little advice. I have sanded back some oak kitchen cabinet doors back to bare wood and have painted the front face and sides with BIN, followed by three coats of LG Intelligent Eggshell. I wanted to keep the back side of the door unpainted, but am unsure what would be...

I'm at the stage of fitting the bargeboard to my summer house/shed, and would like to scallop the edge. The boards are 32 x 175 PAR, and I'll have around 10m to do. Intially, I thought I would make a partial template, and use a router & flush cutter to repeat the pattern along the board. I...

I am planning to fit some felt shingles to a shed/summer house that I have been building. I have looked at various manufacturers installation methods, and most advise a drip edge at eaves & verge. I have looked at the metal drip trims, but they seem less popular in the UK and when you do...

I have an old timber door that I am going to use on my shed. The door has been dipped previously and is now back to bare wood - but I quite like how it looks as is - are there any suitable preservers/treatments out there that will leave a clear matt/satin finish, without changing the colour? I...

Hi guys, I'm part way through building a shed/summerhouse, 3.6 x 3.0m, gable across the long wall, 3x2 framework with 4x2 A frame trusses (with 3x2 bottom cord), 17.5' pitch. The framework is finished so I'm now moving onto the roof - weather permitting!! I'd like to extend the front gable...

I have a shed that I am building which will be finished with sadolin Superdec. Most of the timber used has been pressure treated, but some of the timber, doors/windows/liners, is bare & untreated. Any suggestions on which preserver is best to use before the Superdec? Sadolin suggest two coats...

Hi everyone, I am part way through a DIY shed build, and have a few things that I would appreciate a second opinion on!! First things first, the shed is going to be 3.6m x 3.0m, apex roof, with the apex along the long end (transverse apex??) as that suits the layout and door position of where...

This sounds like a silly question, but you don't know what you don't so I have to ask! I have an old Ideal E-Type floor standing boiler, with open flue that runs up to a ridge vent. No obvious problems, has been running fine, although overdue a service. I had some roofers around today and...

I had some engineered oak flooring delivered yesterday, so I'm leaving to acclimatise at the mo, ready to lay on Saturday. I downloaded the fitting instructions to have a read, and they must be generic as they recommend a minimum joint stagger of 500mm. That's fine, but these boards are only...

I'm going to be fitting an engineered floor some time this week and have been thnking about the threshold join. I have the same oak thresholds all around the house, so have one of these cut read to fit, but didn't want to use a threshold cover strip if I could avoid it. Mainly because I...

Does anyone have any specific recommendations for an underlay for engineered wood flooring going over T&G subfloor? I was going to use something like Timbermate Excel as I've seen it recommended a few times. Thing is, I could be imagining this, but I thought I once read that you shouldn't...

My decking has been down for a three weeks now, so once the next rain spell passes I'd like to get it treated - unless I should leave it a little longer still? I originally bought some Cuprinol decking oil as I had previously used their shed & fence preserver, and liked the results. But when...

I'm part way through my decking project which incorporates a lean to Pergola. Is it acceptable to notch the rafters and sit them on the ledger plate, then screw down through from the top (exterior wood glue at joint also?) - or would this weaken the rafters too much? I'll use mini joist...

Just a quick one, I've just finsihed the frame work for my decking and am wondering about best method to fix balustrading between posts. Should the balustrade be 'hung' between posts, so it is only fixed to the posts and has a gap between deck board and base rail. Or can you sit the base...

Last couple of days we have decided to do something about our tatty looking patio, by placing some decking over it. The space will cover the majority of the back of the house at 5.7m wide, going out to 2.7m. In one corner we'd like to put a pergola up, in front of a window. So, a few...

After 5 years our kitchen floor is starting to look a little tired, so I'd like to strip the sealer, thoroughly clean the grout and re-seal. The sealer I used was HG Impregnator, which I gather means I'll need a strong removing agent. Any recommendations? I have heard that Aqua Mix make a...

Just a quick one that's been bugging me, but need to know before I go out and order the timber!! Going to use cant rails for my closeboard fence, and as far as I could tell, you'd fix the cant rail to the front of the post, and also the gravel board. The cant rail is 47mm thick, and a...

Hi all, going to have a go at erecting my first fence next week, after a bit of thought we've decided to go with closeboard. Been reading around on here and elsewhere but still have a few questions - be gentle!! First off, arris rails or cant rails? I gather that generally arris...

My Bristan kitchen tap has broken yet again, and now Bristan won't send me the parts FOC unless I can supply proof of purchase. I've had the tap around 5 years now, but it has broken to the point of being unusable 4 times within that time. Previously Bristan have supplied me with a new...

I've got up this morning to a leaking water cylinder. It has done it before when the heating was turned off for a week last year whilst on holiday, yet after running again it didn't leak, so I could not find the problem. Noticed yesterday a slight stain on ceiling below the airing...