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Hi I need to change a door opening to a window and unsure the safest way to go about it, I can do the brick work just not took part of walls down before. Sorry about the marking Above the door/window opening is 2 coarse of bricks then a pitch first floor roof. My plan was to support the...

Hi Just wondering what this is and can you buy them? See pic thing with screw in it you have one top and bottom of door

Anyone know if this is sold? Looking to match up some trim that only comes in smoothed. Cheers

Hi just a quick question 4x3m flat cold roof 175mm joists 100mm kingspan with 75mm airgap, on top of that are firing strips that run across the joists so roof has no voids. Putting in 70mm soffit vents how many will I need on the 3m sides? Will I get away with 3 each side Cheers

Hi We have a drain inside the conservatory that was used for the kitchen sink, I have now moved the waste from the sink to another gulley. So the existing gulley has no purpose at all nothing going in it. Would really like to blank it off in some way any thoughts on the best way to proceed in...

Hi Was looking at putting my upstand in my EPDM roof this weekend but sadly my online order of EPDM elastoform tape hasn't arrived. Any alternative from high street stores?

Hi Anyone used these blocks? The data sheet states a mortar mix of 6 to 1? Is that correct. Also anyone rendered to them? Cheers

Hi everyone Any good sites that sell sills online? Tried eBay but they only sell 2.5m need 3m & grey? Any help

Hi Sometimes my hive system (DIY job) seems to loose the thermostat and then only run off the old Honeywell one. I'm sure I need to disconnect the old thermostat receiver that is next to the hot water tank in the airing cupboard. Attached is a image of it do I just isolate the live and neutral...

Hi Currently converting a 4x3m conservatory into a orangery, have completed the internal walls using thermalite blocks. I'm now at the stage where I can start putting up external walls. My questions are the following sorry if they are daft 1, can I use the thermalite on exterior? If I'm going...

Hi Putting flat roof on a conservatory As title which would be best for capping thermalite blocks to allow flat EPDM roof & plastic lantern? Also beam direction, is it ok to run beams parallel with the existing property as apposed to 90 degrees? Cheers

Hi DIY patio job by myself lol Anyway Indian sandstone patio laid on 100mm mot 1 then 4-1 solid base. Patio falls into an area where artificial grass will be going now the patio is in a L shape around the grass area so the fall obviously goes away from the house but also at the end of the L I...

Hi I'm looking for some advice on what to do with a garage floor, the aim is to have the room as a summer room. The project is not mine but the farther in-laws. He wanted to put floor joists down bit of insulation in-between the OSB boards, but after being around today to help him level of it...

Hi everyone So i have layed my own patio over the past few months while being at home on furlough as a novice doing it I struggled with laying and mixing cement at the same time along with putting to much cement down and it squishing out between slabs resulting in me having to get the slab back...

Hi everyone So I'm looking at sorting out my conservatory and after next door had a flat roof with a lantern fitted I plan at getting rid of the polycarbonate crap. So size is roughly 4m x 4m Glazed all around mini cavity wall with brick & breeze blocks My plan is as followed One wall...

Hi Anyone help identify these bricks? With lockdown it's hard looking at pictures on the website to identify and local sites don't allow much browsing Cheers

Hi looking to identify this style of brick please?

hi Looking to see if I can improve a part of my conservatory that I just don't like. Basically conservatory is 4m x 4m and one side 2m is covered by a fence then the back gate, the gap between the fence and the mini wall and upvc is about 10cm. You can't get in there to clean anything and it...

Hi everyone Looking to render a wall and been looking at the k-rend application. For the life of me I cant seem to find how much a 25 kg bag of the base coat will cover? Anyone used it before?

Hi everyone Currently at the levelling out stage. I've removed the grass and currently sit around 100mm from top surface that I've plumbed using string line around all edges, ive a couple of questions I need helping with. I'm looking to put a base down of crush and run 100mm and I'm probably...