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Hey there We purchased and installed engineered oak flooring as part of our living room renovation a bit over 12 months ago. The flooring was installed over a screeded wet UFH system using Bona R848 Flexible wood adhesive. The screed was given plenty of time to dry before we installed the...

Hey there, We're currently in the planning stages of our dormer loft conversion project which will form a new master bedroom and ensuite. Ensuite is looking to be about 1.8m wide by 2.6m long, with the shower running width ways on the external wall. Currently, I'm planning on using an Abacus...

Hey there So I'm currently planning out our new extension, which will include an integrated garage. As part of the garage, I'm planning on relocating some computer gear into a dedicated rack. I also want to relocate our existing BT and Virgin business services to the same location. As I'm...

Evening all, So I'm currently renovating the living room in our victorian end terrace. As part of this, I've removed the old gas fireplace that we never used, and have built the chimney breast out about 40mm in order to provide some more depth for alcove bookcases. I'm now working on...

Hey all So the time has come to start planning the decking area that will be built outside of my Garden Room office. We've got a reasonable amount of space to work with, so I'm looking at total dimensions of 5.5m x 4.9m. I'm planning on building an outdoor kitchen on the deck, and possibly a...

Hey all I'm in the process of renovating the living room of our 1900 built Victorian end-terrace. When I went into the project, I knew that I'd probably find some issues with the floor as there were a few soft spots. I'd also planned to pull and replace all of the floorboards in order to...

So the time has come to finally start my Garden Office build project. I've posted some info here - https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/garden-office-project.523670/, but the TL;DR is that I'm building a 4.27m x 4.27m garden office using SIPS panels at the bottom of my garden. As this is...

So as I've mentioned here, I'm currently planning a Garden Office build at the end of our 30m garden. The building will contain a small kitchenette, for tea's/coffee's etc and a small cloakroom with hand basin, so pretty minimal requirements. I'm now at the point where I need to start laying...

Hey all... I'm in the process of designing a new garden office to replace an existing T&G Log cabin that's had it's time... The office footprint is going to be 4.8m wide x 4.2m deep, and will come in under the 2.5m height for permitted development. I'm intending to add a small kitchenette...

Hey there, So I'm in the process of creating a play area for our children. So far, I've removed the top grass from an area of ~6m x 3.5m. I'm planning on taking this down about 30mm so that I can put down a weed fabric, and then put down ~50mm of Rubber mulch as a surface. I'd like to edge...

Afternoon all... I'm in the process of renovating our master bedroom in advance of baby #2 arriving. As part of that, I've stripped all the walls back to plaster, as there was 3 or 4 layers or paper/paint in places... Unfortunately, that has unearthed what feels like some pretty warn out...

Hey there, I'm after some advice on replacing the roof on our block-built double garage. The existing roof appears to be constructed of Tin Corrugated sheets, which have well and truly had their time, with lots of holes all over the place. The roof is approx 4.8m at the widest point x 6m...

Afternoon all We've got an existing Summer House at the bottom of our garden that's in need of some TLC. The intention is to try and make the room more usable all-year round, and possibly use it as a small photo studio. Therefore it will need permanent electrics, and ideally some insulation in...

Evening all I'm in the process of renovating our box room, which has got a stud wall which had a cut out for a perspex window to allow light in from adjoining room. The other side has been papered over, so I want to fill in the hole on this side and make good, before lining and painting. The...

Evening all I'm 80% of the way through getting our new Insinkerator food disposal unit installed. As part of the install, I took the opportunity to replace the 15 year old p-trap with a new McAlpine unit. The challenge I've got is that the drain outlet on the Insinkerator is probably 15-20mm...

Afternoon all I'm in the process of flush mounting some new sockets in our 1900's built Victorian terrace, and was after some advice on the best way to make good... I'm generally handy at DIY, but haven't done any plastering yet... This is what the area looks like currently... Unfortunately...

Afternoon all I thought I'd start a thread to document my current renovation work, as questions, get feedback etc... The house is a 1900 3 bed Victorian end-terrace, and I'm currently renovating the spare double bedroom into a home office/guest room... I'm also planning on putting a 'Node...

Evening all, First time poster, medium term lurker... I'm after some advice on replacing our water main, best way to route it, etc... We live in a 1900 build end-terrace property, which has got a shared lead water main with another 2 properties. I can see the lead pipe connected to a stop-tap...