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I know i have done this arse about face and should have started with my stair opening first when laying the joists out but in my defence their were plenty of reason why i couldn't. So i am at the stage were i need to put mt trimmers in and i confused as ****. What i think is, the internal wall...

Need to move central heating flow and return pipework next to boiler to a temporary potion so i can get some joists in. Pipes need to be raised 220mm from present location The boiler is going to be moved to a new position in the house at some point. The boiler is in an attic at the moment...

I am looking make a better job of the brick work above this window, As i have a steel spreader going in to support a steel for a shed dormer. Having removed the inner brickwork i have discovered on the outer brickwork their is no lintel above the window. The window is 800mm wide. Dont want...

I have put 9mm ply down on top of T&G softwood flooring to take a floated engineered floor. The ply is screwed at 200mm centres. The floor is very squeaky anyone got any ideas how I can get over this? The enginnered floor has not been laid yet Thanks in advance

I have some cable which is placed inside mining trunking in my cloak room. I would like to bury it in to a plasterboard stud wall could someone tell me what the correct way of doing this is please?

I am about to lay an oak engineer floor down on top of some 4mm ply. The ply is going down on top of soft wood t&g flooring. Would it be better to screw it or nail it? thanks in advance Chamfer

Looking for some pricing rates for applying ronseal woodstain on the following 5no new oak veneered doors. 38lm oak bullnose 125mm skirting board 5no oak door linings 5no sets of 75mm oak bullnose archatrave Its not something I want to do myself but having had no luck finding a decent...

[/URL][/IMG] Hello folks have a couple of questions regarding prep and sticking vinyl down. Can be vinyl be stuck straight down on a moisture resistant chipboard floor or does it need hardboarding? Whats the best way to stick Vinyl down, should i use glue, spray or tape? Thanks for any help in...

Hello Folks, I have taken up a laminate floor which was laid on a plastic DPM on top of a bitumen covered concrete floor. The Bitumen is damaged as the DPM was wet on the bitumen side. The floor is quite level. I would like to float a T&G chipboard floor over Bitumen. What would the best method...

Hello folk, I having trouble getting my head around the finish details below. Should the DPM go behind the batons? Where should the vapor barrier on the wall and floor finish? The electric cables do they go behind the vapor barrier? Thanks in advance Simon

I have a shop with a maisonette above it which I live in. The shop has been used by my daughter and her boyfriend for the last five years as a flat. The shop has it own kitchen and shower facilities, it also has its own electrical supply. The shop is in a protective parade location and I...

Someone told me today that when installing radiators they should have a slight fall to allow air to rise to bleed valve positions Are they correct?

I have been trying to teach myself cut and pitching using Google sketchup. I have managed to work out how to measure up for common rafters using trigonometry and reading stuff on the internet, but now I am now stuck as I cannot get past hip rafters. I have read and watched plenty on...

I have 32mm solvent weld waste pipe that runs under 6m in length of concrete. The pipe is blocked with wall tile adhesive. Looking for idea's how I can unblock it Can you rod 32mm pipe? Thanks in advance

On these taps what side does the hot feed into? I originally had it going into the right hand side, but nothing came out, only cold worked thanks in advance

I have a 28mm cuts at either end of my wall. do I move my tiles so there not centre? or stick with the 28mm thanks

Hello Folks I want to notch a newel post over an 8x2 floor joist. Whats the norm to take out of the newel?. The newel will be bolted to the 8x2

Hello I have a Britony Combi 80. I am wondering if its possible to r fit a timer on it as my model has not got one on it. Thanks in advance

Hello Folks I want to run 2 vertical 15mm copper pipes that are running parallel to each other and I want to fit a cross over what should the gap between the 2 pipes be? Thanks in advance

Hello folks I have a couple of question regarding construction of my new office flat roof. What is standard practice for ceiling joist layout on the external corner, do I create a ladder like in pitch roofs. Should I use joist hangers for connecting short joists to longer joist or can they be...