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Thanks for your reply. I had been treating any cut ends with a creosote type wood preservative as I went along as a matter of course, But I then had a little panic attack when I started to read about different grades of timber treatment. I was thinking that once I’ve fully finished the frame...

Hi all, I'm building some decking in my garden at the moment and I think I may have made a bit of a school boy error. I'm normally very fastidious when it comes to details but not in this case. Basically I had (wrongly) assumed if timber was pressure treated then it was automatically suitable...

Thought I'd do a bit of exploration, chipped some plaster off by the ceiling, there is breeze block, then a mortar line, then what appears to be 2 or so inches of sand and cement going into the ceiling, not sure what this even indicates. Also I chipped away some plaster to reveal the lintel...

Thanks for your reply, I have read a bit about the fire safety issues, I wouldn't be compromising any exits, they wouldn't be changing, I'm just planning to make the serving hatch into a larger opening. On the other hand I know there are issues regarding opening the kitchen up and it being a...

Thank you for adjusting the pics for me.

Hi all, i had a (badly) blocked up serving hatch in my flat that I have always meant to rip out and redo, I ripped it out the other day but im now thinking i wouldn't mind making the opening bigger and make it semi open plan. I have a couple of house cats so wouldn't want to make it...