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I am as sick as fook! I set out to do my roof felting a week ago when we had a day of decent weather. First job was to put the underlay felt down. It all went down well, I smoothed it all down as I secured it, with about a million clout nails and the end result was nice and flat underlay. I...

I have done a lot of searching on this forum but have not found a definitive answer so I hope someone can put me right. I have built a timber summerhouse/log cabin using 28mm thick T&G wall planks. it is double glazed. The Roof and floor I am happy with and both are insulated and finished...

Bit of a weird one but I want to wallpaper the inside of my 'log cabin'. I am going to turn it into a traditional looking pub. It's one of those summer houses made from 28mm T&G. Obviously I can't wallpaper directly onto the T&G so was going to put Plasterboard onto the wall first...

I am felting my summerhouse. I am aware of the best practise of at least one Layer of underlay nailed to the deck before a cap sheet is glued to the top with cold adhesive. However. I have been supplied with way too much felt. It didn't come with any underlay but I have worked out I...

I am felting my summerhouse. I am aware of the best practise of at least one Layer of underlay nailed to the deck before a cap sheet is glued to the top with cold adhesive. However. I have been supplied with way too much felt. It didn't come with any underlay but I have worked out I...

I am felting my summerhouse roof tomorrow. It's is 5m long x 3m wide and slopes down the long side. I have raised it 100mm higher at one end, so it is a very gradual 1 in 50 slope My question is Which orientation should I lay the felt? In 3 or 4 pieces following the slope down...

Hi does anybody have detail drawings for bench garden seating? I want to build some basic seating into an L shape in the corner of my decking, which I can eventually top with custom made cushions. Also would anybody have plans for a basic home bar counter with built in shelves. I could...

Why would you use underlay underneath shed felt? just a curiosity as a few people have suggested it, and not said why. Also if applied properly, why won't one layer of felt do the job on a large shed roof? Some people are saying there should be 2 or 3 layers. That would make the folds at...

Hi, I'm in the process of building a 5x3m summerhouse. It is in kit form and I am just at the roof stage. The roof is constructed of 20mm tongue and groove planks which is then to be coated in felt. The slope of the roof is 1 in 50 along the length (5m) and I am wondering would it be a...

Hi, I am in the process of building a garden Cabin / Shelter as in the picture below. All is going well now no thanks to the shoddy company who I bought it from Side note: NEVER EVER buy a building from Quick Gardens!!!! Anyhow as I am starting to construct the roof I have noticed...

Hi, How would I go about bringing this dip in my driveway (which occurred a couple of winters ago) back to a somewhat level surface without lifting the whole drive and relaying?? I am suspecting that this may not be possible. The area shown is a radius of around a metre, maybe a bit less...

In relation to a previous post of mine, I came across this. The planning portal image (attached) shows the max height of the flat / pent roof building to be 2.5m but that is shown to the underside of the roof. is this correct as the roof could be another 200mm above this.

I have just had a log cabin delivered and after asking the suppliers numerous times its max ridge height, I have since found out it is actually higher than they stated by 150mm Therefore my cabin and base will be sitting at 2.6m (it is within 2m of the boundary fence) For this extra 100mm...

I am building a raised deck, .....well its not really raised as such but the ground is uneven so its going to be secured to 100 x 100 pressure treated posts, concreted in, at various points over the frame. I am using 47 x 150mm joists throughout with noggins etc and its all pressure treated...

Hi, We are the process of buying a new house and I am wondering what to do with the chimney that is in place in the front room. (see image) At present it has an electric fire but I want to revert back to gas. There is a blanked off gas pipe next to the chimney and inside the chimney is one...

Hi, We are the process of buying a new house and I am wondering what to do with the chimney that is in place in the front room. (see image) At present it has an electric fire but I want to revert back to gas. There is a blanked off gas pipe next to the chimney and inside the chimney is one...

Now I know mysterious pools of water are supposed to be in some way be related to poltergeists, but I really dont think that is the case here :shock: We have just had a pretty intense storm where I live and the rain was practically horizontal for about half an hour etc. I work from home...

Hi, We are getting a new kitchen fitted next week and it will be a couple of weeks later before the lad doing the kitchen can return to do the laminate flooring. Therefore Can I laminate the area where the washing machine is going to be, plumb the w/m in and then when the joiner comes...

Hi, I took off a rad the other day so that the plasterer can get in behind it to skim the walls, all ok no probs so far. This evening I disturbed the pipe to the rad valve whilst removing the skirting board and now I have a small leak from a compression fitting which was used to extend the...

My kitchen ceiling is down (I am getting a new one fitted) the other was mis-shapen due to water damage over the years. With clear access to the joists etc, would this make an electricians job of fitting downlights any easier, before the ceiling goes back up? thanks