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forticrete gemini - i realise you're only supposed to lay these at 22.5 pitch but i dont have the height for any more pitch, plus its only a wood shed so not overlay concerned about the odd drip

Happy new year! I will be building a lean to roof against my existing brick built garage. it will be used as a wood shed so will have three open sides with the roof being supported by posts. The roof will be tiled to match in with the house and garage. The shed will be 3.0m wide by 3.6m long...

Do you have kids? If yes, you'll know they can be very destructive creatures even unintentionally. The mortar no matter how wet it was, will not glue the things down, granted i can and have been walking on them without issue but i wouldn't want to kick at the corners before it was pointed as it...

Thanks Neo. I'll bear it in mind. Used a dryish mix for laying, wet mix not an option for two reasons 1. difficult to lay 2. staining like picture framing on stone. They have gone down fine and seem well bedded down. Two year old could lift the 300x300's, maybe not the 600x900's tho! Think...

I've laid them on 6:1 sharp sand/cement bed 20-40mm thick. I was concerned that even with the strongest bed there is no way the slabs will be 'glued' to down. this coupled with a curious 2 year old who might have lifted or dislodged them in some way was the reason I was thinking of pointing it...

Hi, I am currently a third the way through laying a 100m2 patio. Its going to take a few evenings and next weekend to complete. I was planning to complete the lot then use Rompox easy to point at the end. I'm now fearful the kids will get loose and dislodge some of the slabs i have laid ao was...

looks like a good product, thanks daz

Thanks chappers. would you recommend a particular type or brand of underlay - board, roll? Cheers

Hi, I've just completed and extension with underfloor heating in and am in the process of retrofitting underfloor heating to a room in the old part of the house. Bit of a ball ache digging it out to 450mm by hand over 25m2, but the result will be worth it. The rest of the house has a tiles...

Thanks for your reply, see attached photo of the design showing no gap between the ovens. There is no space above or below the ovens i have to hide a shelf. I do have a 67mm tall fascia that i could use between the ovens but that will increase the overall height of everything and then the doors...

Hi, Currently installing a howdens kitchen and struggling with the appliance tower cabinet. I cannot get the two single ovens to fit with the space left over. Couple of questions for someone who may have come up against this previously, can the single ovens be mounted directly on top of each...

Hi, I will be installing some internal bifold doors which has a bottom rail and runners in the top. The head needs to be screwed to above support which is a catnic lintel with a steel RSJ sat on the catnic (there is a reason for this). Having looked in the screwfix catalogue I can see the self...

Thanks both. Frank - thats the stuff, the corrugated tar board is what I took out due to it being damaged. Freddy, the newlath product looks like what i am after, wasn't sure how to describe it or what it was called. As long as it allows for the moisture in the wall to evaporate it should work...

I had a bit more of a drop tonight, but I run my finger over everything to check for wet and noticed that one of the large isolation valves that goes fromt he manifold to the pump had the tiniest bit of water on it. I don't think that amount of water would contribute to that amount of pressure...

Hi, I'm undertaking an extension. A small section is the original house with solid stone walls with no DPC. When I stripped the plaster there was a corrugated plastic strip from floor level to about a metre up the wall, this was dfamaged so i ripped it out. Just wondered if there is something...

Hi, I have laid underfloor heating in my extension and I am testing it. I attached a Monument water pressure gauge at 5pm last night which showed 5.3 bar and noticed when i got back from work today the gauge is showing 4.9 bar - 24hrs later. this is obviously not good but I wanted to rule out a...

Thank you. Given that advice, I think I will move the door frame to the skin opening in to my utility. I have come across doors that don't open more than 85/90 degrees in the past and have wondered why but that makes perfect sense now. I'm glad I come on here now. Cheers Job and Knock

Thanks for the thorough explanation. That makes it much clearer now. A rebated door frame is what I want. However, I am a little unsure about how to fix it in the gap. on section, there is 100mm block, 100mm cavity and 100mm block. Therefore if i wanted to fit the door frame in the centre, there...

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what is a rebated door frame? is it where the door frame thickness is less than the gap it is going in to? i.e. doesn't come flush with both walls it is bridging. I don't want architrave on the door.

Hi I am building extension at the moment and will be installing door linings soon. Most of the internal walls are the same thickness and am planning to use 133mm wide door linings. However, there is one wall which leads in to a small room which is single storey so the there is a cavity of 100mm...