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hoping I’ll get sing replies to this one in tiling since I’m guessing a lot of tilers have had to fit trays. A couple of days ago I laid a 1200x800 Stone resin shower tray, the flopping heavy type. It went on a completely level 25mm ply base screwed to joists. My instinct was to lay it on...

Morning chaps Today i'm taking out a section of supporting stud wall (made of 6x2's). It's supporting the ceiling joists only but that's not really relevant. The current archway opening is approx 900mm and doesn't have a header at all. I'm widening it to 1.9m with 3-8x2 coachbolted at...

Hi Building regs have told us we need a externally exhausted fan in the new kitchen. We hadn't planned for this, because for whatever reason we thought the 4 large opening windows would be enough, and the design is such that we don't really want a cooker hood dropping down from the ceiling. We...

Hi I recently did a small shower enclosure wall finish with beton cire and was really impressed with the finish. We chose to DIY it after getting a horrendous quote of £2500 to have it done (Venetian plaster that was, very similar). Now I'm going to experiment more and do the kitchen Worktops...

Hi All We have an old single story single skin block built extension to the rear of the house. It's generally fine but i'd like to improve the appearance and insulation a little and just for my peace of mind, re-enforce it. It's currently rendered to the outside. I've pulled off the internal...

Hi Long time lurker... first time poster! Hoping you knowledgable chaps can point me in the right direction. We have recently been through the process of design, planning and engineering drawings for a 2 story side extensions (~£2500) only to find that estimates for the work a far in excess of...