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Hi all, just a quickie ;) trying my hand at plastering, starting with a small utility room, all pb, then I’m 1coat skimming it. 3 walls went well, with a touch of easifill in some patches. The last wall I have now redone twice as I wasn’t happy with it. It seems different to me though, it’s...

Hi all. I’m putting in a total of 4 new rads in an extension. They will emit close to 10000btu. Problem I have is that the old side of the house is run in 15mm the whole way. I don’t want to replace all these pipes to 22mm obviously. Should I run the new rads in 22, dropping to 15 down the walls...

Hi, just a quick one. Looking at running a basin waste through a non structural stud wall. Can I bore out a 40mm hole in 89mm stud work? Length is about 1.5m so will go through 3 studs. The build is obviously being checked over by building regs and I don't want to do anything wrong, cant find...

Hi, I am close to running the first fix plumbing and electrics into new extension, wondered how people would do it. Not the actual clipping, running etc, I mean the path they would take. See pictures attatched. Run will start at the rendered wall (with the terrible soil pipe) and will need a...

Hi all, openening myself up to much ridicule here I’m sure. I have slated my roof and used a grp open valley, it’s now come to installing the guttering but having an issue (which I should have planned for). When putting it in I cut the fascia to allow for the valley to go in, however I now see...

Hi. I am felt and battening roof at the moment. It goes from meeting the old roof, to going round 2 hips and ending in a grp valley. I only have a few pictures at the moment but will get more on the weekend as now covered up. I have Layed first batten in line with the old one at the bottom. Then...

Hi all, Trying to get bits ready to felt, batten and slate roof extension but just measured up the battens on existing roof and they are 15/16mm wide by 50mm as opposed to the 25x50 I need to use. The house is old and build pretty badly built but obviously will be difficult sourcing these(16x50)...

Leila be slaying my roof in a few weeks time, it’s a new section attached to the old, about two thirds up from the hip in the picture, new ridge comes out at 90 degrees. the slates are 10 x20” and I can pick up from a reclamation yard. The ridge tiles though are old concrete ones which are hard...

hi all. Up to dpc on extension, put up the first steel with a bit of help and got the cement oversite raked and levelled the other day. Got the brickie coming round next week to start bricking up. I want to get the roof in pretty quickly after he is done. I can see that I need a steel beam...

hi all. Up to dpc on extension, put up the first steel with a bit of help and got the cement oversite raked and levelled the other day. Got the brickie coming round next week to start bricking up. I want to get the roof in pretty quickly after he is done. I can see that I need a steel beam...