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Replacing barge boards. Original wet verge, tiles overhang some 75mm+ from front of board Cement onto asbestos for wet verge As the tile overhang is too much for dry verge,if i cut tiles back verge will sit on the lower part of tile profile, just worried about water ingress. What is the correct...

thanks burnerman yeah i was expecting to see a spring of some sort or at least a broken one, ill see what i can get to fit thanks

hi Bosch Aquatack 1200 plus pressure washer trigger stays on. have stripped trigger down and can't see how the is supposes to return to the off position. I assume it returns to the off position using the pressure from the water or does it use a spring (which is what i was expecting) but no...

foxhole many thanks for that, on that same page they have some 15mm hockey stick edging which may well do the trick, just emailing them now to see if its suitable for what i need. cheers

Hi Renovating an old pool table and need to find a source for some plywood edging strip. Two pictures attached showing profile, its approx 18mm deep with one edge slightly curved. have been looking on web and not found anything similar yet, I may well be able to modify trim from a more...

Bernardgreen thanks for the info, yeah i had thought of doing something similar to what you suggest but didnt want to go over board if it wasnt need, so will see how it goes.

hi looking for advice and guidance on fitting downlighters into plaster and lathe ceilings, how best to cut holes and ensure ceiling integrity remains do we need to support lathes that are now separated etc. and what other considerations do we need to consider, electrician will be doing...

hi thanks for that will carry on with allowing for just one layer as that does line up more neatly with existing walls / coving etc. it was just that I was thinking that if the beam needed two layers then the actual vertical supporting c16 timber would probably burn down before the beam was...

Hi structural engineer specified c16 timber to support one end of Universal beam which is all now in to spec (other end is on padstone in brick wall) i understand that the beam needs to be double skinned with 12mm plasterboard and have done similar on another beam we installed. Question is...

yeah that is our first thought, if we cant see damp then we should be ok there is a damp proof course as such its a tar layer that you can see but i guess thats limited in its performance. I would keep well clear of the DPC cowboys for sure as most of work we are doing ourselves. I know...

Victorian house - my family have lived in the house for many years and as such house has never had a survey of any kind. We have not known of or found any visual signs of damp on ground floor walls. As part of current renovation quite a lot of internal render/plasterwork has to be removed...

hi we have a chimney stack that has been removed with the bricks being removed down just past the roof tile level with roof tiles reinstated to fill the hole. my question is can the chimney be left like that or do we need to have the flue capped off in the loft space. chimney breasts in...

hi thanks guys yeah that marley weatherboard looks just the job and simple to fit. as i plan to cover frame with plywood, do you need to batten before fitting the boards or can you fix straight to the plywood. will have a read of the marley pdf files on fitting etc. later thanks again

hi as part of house renovation we will be removing the old tiles off a small old extension on back of house, construction is timber upper frame as in the photo (which is the bit we want to clad) and lower/ ground floor is brick. area to cover is approx 18m2 including sides and short...

our local tip takes plasterboard these are individual external tiles like slates so no gypsum in sight im guessing if they are asbestos it was designed to cope with the heat from a meteor strike or something.

if it isn't asbestos then they will be put in a skip. if its the cement asbestos - i intend looking into the disposal process for that, there are conflicting instructions for my local area as to whether they do provide a service for local disposal or not. I have all the local council...

thanks footprints that website looks a good start and at least the companies will be registered which is a bit more comforting to know. ill check some out.

hi just wondered if anyone has used the diy asbestos testing process where you post off a sample of the possible asbestos material and have it tested in a lab and they send you the results back. most likely will be using a local firm to come out and take sample and provide test results...

EFL, JohnW2 I did understand them - the point I was making is, it is difficult to take TTC's reply seriously due to his assumptions and the tone of his reply. as I mentioned above. others have posted on here including yourself with the detail I needed thanks. Many thanks to John W2 who...

prenticeboy and davelx thanks for you clear explanation and assistance. electrical work on room was done some 6 months ago and signed off in an existing room (old lada/pantry). BC are back as we are taking up further structural work. No didn't have wrong end of stick it was to do with...