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I wish to build a metal stud wall to partition my loft, there is a loadbearing brick wall I can build upon BUT if built there the ceiling runner ends up centered parallel with the rafters and have nothing to attach to. The best I have come up with is adding some noggins (in red) 600mm apart...

I am raising my loft joists (100mm) by putting new joists (170mm) across the old ones (perpendicular?), I plan to add more insulation and board an area so I can store stuff up there. My question is: how should I fix the new joists in place? Do I screw them down from top to bottom, long screws...

Mystery hole in partywall. While lifting some floorboards near the main entrance to our home I found a small hole on the party wall side. A bricks width and height in size, filled with loose stone, the likes of which I have not encountered in the rest of the building. I could reach into the...

Hello there, My project is to properly vent my cooker hood to the outside (currently using charcoal). I want to avoid drilling at the kitchen ceiling height as this would take chunk out of the nice white window lintel and/or the metal rain run off. So I've opted to use the floor cavity (white)...

DIYer, I want to put coloured stickers on my domestic pipework to make it easier to identify hot, cold, flow, return, etc in the future. Could there be any harm from the adhesive on the stickers reacting with the copper over 10, 20, 30 years? I know some things make copper corrode faster. I...

Greetings, I'm a shift worker that's been woken by these stupid buzzers for too long now. This happens both during the day, when I am trying to sleep and during the night, on my days off. These handsets are ridiculously loud, penetrating walls and earplugs. I've had enough and found a...