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Will Roofing batten type A produced in Sweden BS 8417 Certified Be fine for most UK roofing jobs? It's frankly, to settle an argument. These are the 'green' ones. Thanks. CG

HI all I have searched, but not got a clear answer. I will be using a self leveller on a concrete floor on Friday, not too thick generally, but maybe 25 mm fall away at one edge. Questions: 1. does the floor (clean and stable, not crumbly) need a primer? 2. How long for walking? 3. How long...

Hi All I have just put up a sips garden room shell made from 97mm sip panels, roof included. I'm scratching my head over fascias. They don't come in 97mm seemingly! Therefore, Do I cut the fascia back to flush with the roof deck, and just carry on with the rubber roof install? Or is ther a...

I'm soon to fit fascias and soffits to a 100mm sips roof on a garden room. The minimum depth for cover boards seems to be 150mm. I assume I'll have to trim them. What's the best method? Will a knife do it; or is it a saw job? Thanks

... but when it gets (legally) inside a garden room, does anything done inside remain notifiable? For example- if the pro terminated the swa in a double socket, would adding another be notifiable? Thanks.

Can anyone suggest or recommend an alternative to Tyvek, for wrapping an osb garden room's walls prior to cladding? By alternative, I of course mean cheaper! But suitable. Thanks.

First question: are the nails and gas generally compatible for different makes of first fix nailers? I hired one recently, and it had loads of 'blank' shots/misfires. I have loads of nails left, and a gas canister. Will makita nails work in a Paslode gun? Ta. Second: Which kind of nailer for...

As the title really. Five inches of concrete over hardcore, MOT and sand. Just wondering: How long for foot traffic, how long before the timber comes off, and how long before a sips floor can go down on battens. It was down around 3:30 pm today. Thanks. CG

Having a panic on how to clad a sips garden room that has no overhang at the sides and back. Vertical cladding means counter battens, that's 2 inches, plus the cladding boards themselves. If the roof is flush with the side or back wall, and I add battens, how do I detail the roof edges to...

What will be a suitable mix for placing padstones (300 x140 x100mm specified) and making good the bricks above the beam that go between the joists? Thanks.

Hi All I'll be laying a slab (4.8 mx 3m) shortly, to take a sips garden room, which will have a sips insulated floor, on battens. Is a DPM required? Also, ready mix seems a mental cost round here for what seems like about 2.2 cu m; So... Is on site mixing feasible for a 4" slab with plenty of...

If I buy a bifold door online and fit it myself (or get a non FENSA builder to), can a BCO sign it off?

In this guidance... ... Am I right to assume that, Where a Pent roofed shed is against the boundary The roof height at the boundary cannot exceed 2.5m (eaves? or total ht?) But the roof height at the front (if more than 2m from the boundary) can be 3m? Because THAT PART of the building is >2m...

Afternoon All, Shortly going to do a sips garden room kit DIY, so been looking at lots of vids. On one, the cabling was fixed to the outer sheath of the sip, in amongst the battens; and clearly going to be covered up by the cladding. This appeals to me since it avoids surface mounting it...

I have to make up a fixed shower screen (made ones are too big) but I'm struggling to find chrome effect channel for the wall and bath edge. Does it have a name; and any idea where I can get it? Ta.

I use mine a lot, cos it's a big screen and I can type faster than I thumb. Lately, it has been coming up when I open it, and then all the chats on that person's page disappear. (not from my phone though) Crazy thing is, whose stuff I can see and whose I can't seems random... Nothing seems to...

Hi All, Father-Daughter project coming soon, and I would like some sequencing advice for after the SIPs structure is up. Up to that point, I think I'm ok. The SIP decision is made, so not part of the questions. After the shed is up, I'm assuming I will have to... Wrap in breather paper...

Combi Boiler and Manifold CH System Hi All. Per the title, this is the only CH system I’m familiar with*; and it’s the one I’d like to have my understanding checked on if the experts will indulge me… Thanks. Boiler has a ‘fat’ pipe taking hot water out; and a similar pipe fetching the now...

Is removing a Load bearing wall always a building regs issue? Thanks. Supplementary Q Can you leave the RSJ 'naked', not boxed in?

As per the title. My neighbours have timber clad 2 extensions, one either side of the original stone building in (I think) 6" T&G larch. Looked fantastic, but the latest elevation (done when relations with the builder were frayed!) has bulged out in several places. What would have caused this...