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Yes. I think it's all about making it as strong as possible now. Last night was really stressful seeing it sway and creak under the strain like that. Lol. Thanks for your advice, it's much appreciated. Off to Wickes now, I guess. Lol. Thanks again - Leigh.

I'd hope so. It being a national company you'd think they would get lots of complaints and problems if their products broke regularly in our winds. It has survived the night. But hell, it wasn't half rocking back and fore. I guess it's a big front surface area for the wind to catch. Yes...

We chose the site because it was the natural spot to place, it was either there or nowhere sort of thing. It's my fault, it's taking quite a battering tonight and I should have had the foresight. It's a typical £2000, 14-ft wood construction. I've uploaded images. Thanks for replying. Any advice...

Yes. That's what I was thinking. Although frightened of making it too rigid in case that's even a bigger problem when the wind hits it, of that makes sense. Thanks for your reply.

Hi In September I had a national shed company put up a summerhouse in the back garden in quite an exposed spot. It's very high winds tonight and when I went in to it earlier the sides were creaking and there was a lot of movement with each gust of wind. It seems the wind is hitting the front of...

Thanks for the reply. The summer house is new. I've already got the Cuprinol paint but was planning to protect it with that next April rather paint it now to see it battered through winter and have to paint it again. Perhaps I should have a re-think on that though? I thought the tanalised wood...

Hi, We recently bought a new summer house and now that the heavy and windswept rain is upon us there's damp coming through on the corners and also bottom edges. I've sealed the narrow spaces on the outside joins with a weather sealant but still the corners are showing damp. I wonder if this...

Hi Bobasd. It's just a woodstove with no gas or electrics. I need to take out the arch because if I cover the stone work with board the opening is quite low and it will not look so good. I just wanted to knock out the arch, then board the whole stone fireplace. The board will fit under the...

Thank you bobasd. Your post is much appreciated. I did not make it clear from my first post but I'm actually going to cover the stones with the board and just take out the arch bricks to give the fireplace opening more height. My DIY skill are not confident enough to take down the whole...

The wife wants me to change our fireplace from stone to contemporary. I was thinking of using Vermiculite Fire Resistant Board with a metal fire trim. Also, knocking the stones forming the arch out to give the opening more height. I assume there's a lintel above the arch somewhere, probably...

Thanks for the advice. When testing resistance the supply is off. When testing for voltage got my fingers well behind the plastic shields of the multimeter with black probe on earth and red probe on live or neutral. Yes. bit scary for a novice like me and thinks it's time for an electrician to...

Yes, thanks, I have just bought a multimeter. I'm a bit of a novice with it though. It's just gives a dead reading for voltage all along the lighting circuit but a normal reading when put across live and earth of outside light which is on same circuit breaker - so ruled out problem with actual...

Interesting, thanks. And some things to go on. The double gang 2 way light is directly under the CU and is like spaghetti junction. So should take another look at that.

Hi, I hope someone can help me with the following problem. Our downstairs light circuit has stopped working. It also lights the downstairs loo and two landings - it's a three storey house. It stopped working for a few hours last week then came back on again. Then stopped for a few hours...

It's just an ugly square box connected by just two leads. Would put up an internal image but I've got to go to work in the next 10 minutes. The other half dozen leads from the alarm wire are not connected to anything. Would be great if there was no anti-tamper. Thanks everybody for all the...

Hi, I'm new here and joined hoping someone could solve my problem. We've just moved house and have inherited an Accenta G4 alarm system. I want to move the internal siren (sounder) to the other side of the plasterboard wall (from the hallway into the utility room). It's a simple job except...