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Hi all, so I'm going to be building myself a shed, 24x9ft. Framed floor & roof, framed walls, plywood or OSB sheets on outside and in, some kind of membrane on outside and then maybe feather board clubbing, pent roof. I'm trying to get an idea of tools I would need to make it easier for me. I...

Hello, I've just replaced the coin battery in my Micro contact-W as the keypad told me to. Now the square button on the contact is slowing flashing green when secure, red when open, as it should so I read. However this never did it before, surely it'll eat up the battery? Can this be turned...

Decking help, I want to deck this area, the red line shows the level I want, the concrete is on a slope, the bit I'm struggling to work out is that on the left the height will only be the height of a brick, about 4", allowing for the decking board width, that doesn't leave much space underneath...

Hi. Thanks for helping. I've set a night time part set which excludes all PIRS minus the front and back door, that works fine. I've just tried to set a 2nd part set to exclude one PIR where my cats sleep but I still want to leave by the front door so want the guard PIR in hallway and the front...

I have screed'd a 1x4ft area of floor where chimney used to be, rest of room is floorboards, I'm laminating the whole room with the green underlay pads, someone suggested I should seal it with unibond or wood glue? Do I need to? Unibond is £20 and it's a small area, I was wondering if its worth it?

Hi, I've had to use my builder and rated people website to find a roofer to cap my chimney off, it's letting rain water in. How much would I expect this to roughly cost so I don't get ripped off? I'm in the Midlands. Thanks

Decking, I need to build 6m x 4m decking, however the concrete patio it's going on is slanted from the level it needs to be from 3inches one end to 8inches the other, using 4x2 joists won't work due to the 3inch depth, what are my options? (no I can't remove concrete base) Thank you

What's the best way to level this out, we'll be slate tiling it at a later date, I just need it level for now. Self-leveling compound seem to be like liquid and it'd seep down in the cracks near floor boards. Can I just use a mortar mix? Thanks

Removing a wall under a stairs, I want to remove just the triangle bit, I looked under the floor broads and the wall does NOT go through the floor boards, it rests on top. It's big block work. Is it as simple as just knocking it out? Thank you

Double layering plasterboard, I've read to stagger joints but also some do first layer horizontally and it doesn't matter if some edges overhang as long as the 2nd layer is on the studs and noggins correctly? Any ideas?

I've stud walled a door way and theres big gaps round the edge, especially where the old door frame had wooden wedges. can I just use expanding foam? Can foam be cut back and then taped and plastered over by a plasterer? Thanks

I've stud walled a door way and theres big gaps round the edge, especially where the old door frame had wooden wedges. can I just use expanding foam? Can foam be ut back and then taped and plastered over by a plasterer? Thanks

I'm wanting to stud wall this opening, I don't think it will fall down as I can't imagine the wood is providing any strength? It goes same direction as floor joists upstairs and has a wall above it.

I'm filling in an internal doorway, stud frame with plasterboard. It's 204cm tall and 80cm wide. It's 13.5cm - 14cm deep, it varies, I've read I need about 3mm resess for the plasterer to skim. B&Q does C16 Stick timber (T)45mm (W)70mm (L)2400mm, this plus two layers 12.5mm board gives me 12cm...

I'm wanting to deck this area, I was thinking it would be a freestanding unit and not need fixing down? Is that right? What be the best way to raise it off the floor? Those adjustable pads, timber posts? It slopes towards the house. Thank you for any ideas.

Hi all, I have a Texecom Ricochet Premier Elite 48 and want to use the part set function for the front and back door at night. Looking at the manual am I right in thinking that when setting up the part arm I select Part 1 then cycle through the zones to turn them off or on. So I would set the...

In fish tank stands its common to link plug sockets to run equipment off in the fish tank stand. Instead of an ugly extention lead i want about 5 double plug sockets on a peice of wood which i can then plug in to the wall. something that looks like this.. I currently have two 6-socket...

There is an unused chimney breast in the back bedroom of a semi house, the chimney has been taken out below it in the downstairs back room, I have no idea how its supported until I pull the floorboards up. How would I support the chimney on the right in this picture.... I know I'll have...

My stairs are little worse for wear, just moved into a 1940 house and tring to get bits n bobs done, the stairs dont feel tight and move quite a bit, here are some pics, how do i strengthen them? In this picture you can see two broken bits, a tread and a riser, any idea how to sort...

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