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Thanks John for a swift reply. I will avoid the tenon. I should have been more clear I will actually need a mortice latch and lock (if that's the right term) to have a lock and a door handle. I have one that will fit in the centre of the style (the vertical bit). Good challenge on whether I...

I have to fit a new door in my porch and want to know where to put the mortice. Any advice gratefully received. Don't flame me if I have just asked the most stupid question. I have searched and there is conflicting information. So almost every door I can think of has the mortice lock of a front...

I have to dash to the recycling centre now, as they are doing bookings only. But here is another photo of inside the lock. Nothing obvious but there is a build of swarf which might suggest it's worn. The symptom was that it was really stiff, then when it did move the key turned passed its...

Hi John, thanks for getting back. That's a good point, photos of a closed door probably no use to anyone. Here are some more photos. I think it is one of these but it's quite pricey https://www.locksonline.co.uk/Chubb-3K75-5-Lever-Sash-Lock.html Would you advise getting one of these or...

Just went to lock the door for the night and it felt a bit strange. Then I realised it was jammed. Managed to unjam it with wd40 and curses, but I dare not lock again. I want to get a new mortice lock tomorrow but it appears to be a 40mm backset which seems to be an odd and expensive size. Also...

I am at the groundwork stage of building a workshop. It will be 3x4m with a concrete base, a course of blocks and then 2x4 timber framed and waney edge cladding. I have had an inspection dig and it is approx 350mm down to the hard stony ground. I have had two opinion on how much soil I need to...

What if all 4 sides were dug down? Would that just make the shed the lowest point and water would just drain there and rot the timbers?

So I am still planning my shed. I will be restricted to 2.5m high so I want to make the most of the available headroom by digging down to make the shed base. The size of the shed will be 3x4m. Is it ok to dig down so that the floor of the shed would be level with 'ground level'. This would...

Thanks big-all. I thought that might be the case. I know the old saying buy cheap buy twice.

2017 is going to be the year of the shed for me. I shall be building a 3x4 m workshop/bike store. I have looked at the cost of getting either regularised or rough sawn timber. The cost of rough sawn is much less than the regularised stuff. Acutally it is half the cost. Can anyone tell me if I...

I started on a fun project yesterday that was going to be easy and cost no money. I am removing the plaster and opening the fireplace in my cottage. It had previously been bricked up and plastered over. I now realise that it was probably bricked up because the lintel has cracked. The lintel...

I am mid way through ripping up square edge boards insulating and relaying with the aim to have sanded boards. I have bought cut clasp nails to reattach the boards. The question is do I use the old holes that have had a nail ripped through it or make a new hole for the nail. If the nails had...

what about feather edge boards. There is a shed near me that has a roof made of this and it appears water tight. Feather edge is quite cheap as well.

Job done. I used 25mm battons and discovered that most* of my neighbours were 25 too. *The bottom row was 19mm, so might have been a different age to the rest of the roof. Thanks for the advice.

I am planning on replacing the felt with membrane on my kitchen roof. It is approx 4*3m and is battoned with 19*38mm battons. The tiles are double roman clay tiles. Rafter spacing is about 40cm. The kitchen is a lean to at the back of the house and is joined to next door as a continious roof...

I have a multimeter. I am familiar with using a muiltimeter for DC use. I have less experiance with AC. If you could tell me what voltages to expect across different pins in the terminal block I would know what to do. Unless you can tell me differently? Thanks Tim

You have correctly described how the horstmann was linked and how I had made the connections to the lp522. I have swapped the unit for another second hand lp522 and get the same result. Got water switches on and off correctly for a few minutes then its stuck on. Could this be caused by a...

I have checked that the unit is set for Pumped. I have a multimeter an know how to use it. I dont know what results I would expect at each terminal. I am hoping that there is a handy guide somewhere. I have swapped out for the old unit and the old one works fine. The old unit is a...