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Hi, I have booked for an EV charger install through Hive and it asked me to do a survey, one of the questions was to take a picture of the earthing on the incoming water pipe. My pipework seems to run either under the floor or between the walls (1995 build) the water meter and only accessible...

I do have a rad in there with a Hive TRV so I can control that one room if needed, I will give this a try, thanks

Hi all, We have a conservatory (Wife calls it an orangery....), it gets cold in there as it has a glass roof and there is no point putting the heating on to warm it, we only really use the room during spring, summer and Autumn, during winter we don't use it at all. Separating the two rooms is...

It’s 3x2 is have spare

Already bought the panels if I have the 2inch of the wood flat then I technically have 50mm is this long enough for the hex bolts? Can you recommend some tape please?

Hiya, front to back 2.6m will be 2 sheets, how big does the overlap need to be please? This started life as a pergola which is fixed into concrete on all four posts, the current front to back wood I could possibly raise on the front edge? I have some 3x2 left over so may utilise this so the...

Evening, went for the metal none see through box profile panels, my roof area is 2.4m wide and 2.6m front to back (run off front to back), how do i make sure there is enough fall from front to back please? I need to run 2x1 across at 400 centres and could use a mix of 2x1 and 1x1. Asked chatgpt...

Had a rethink after I saw my neighbours shed, they have some bitumen sticky tiles on their outhouse, are these a good option please? I don’t need light to come through, are they just fixed (stuck) to some OSB or similar please?

Any ideas please folks

This is close to the look I want, AI generated

Not sure the legs into the ground will stand the test of time as the pergola has been up the best part of 10 years already but I could always saw the legs off at the decking level and get some big lads in to move it in future if needed as the wood is quite heavy now.

Picture of my progress below, I am in no way a joiner so please take this into account and be kind

Thanks for replying, I have built wooden walls on 2 sides so far and the front will be half height bar with vertical composite decking with the top half closed off with some flap door type jobbies I have yet to design, not decided on the last open side yet but looking at some tarp solution with...

Hi, I currently have raised beds in an area of my garden that will soon be out of view behind my garden pergola bar, the raised bed is the exact width of my small plastic shed and I have been thinking of utilising this space and putting my shed up on it. The height is about a foot off the...

Hiya, making a bar out of our Pergola and looking at roofing options. Do I go with flat clear panels or the corrugated ones, what is the benfit of each please? Are these easy to fit? Size needed is 2.5m squared. Where is a good place that sells them please. Ty

Hiya, any help please kind folks

Hi, managed to power wash the old paint/stain from the deck, what’s the best product to paint it with to get the desired look as in the 2nd picture above please?

What I want to do is strip it right back to bear wood before sending and then staining, what’s a good product for stripping the deck please?

Thanks, will it cover the existing stain please

Hiya, Attached is a picture of my current deck which was treated a few years ago with the Screwfix no nonsense deck stain, the other pic is how I want it to look (edited photo) what steps, processes, chemicals or machinery do you kind folks recommend to get the deck floor looking like that please.