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Hello, Earlier this week I had a new plasterboard ceiling plastered, it was on a low ceiling. That I had already prepped, taped and jointed, sanded and cleaned down. I had laid down a dust sheet and made everything as easy as I possibly could for the tradesmen, hoping it would result in a...

Hello, I have recently dug up my side gate concrete paving slabs and I am going to replace them with porcelain slabs. Upon digging I found gas, electric and water pipes all at very shallow depths i.e 150 - 200mm below ground level. The most concerning is the gas pipe. See attached picture...

Hello, I am in the process of building a 27m2 garden room, which is sitting on 15 reinforced concrete blocks, 3 rows of 5. The rubber roof has been on for about 6 weeks, however I didn't connect a gutter to a drain until yesterday. Upon putting the battens on for the cladding a few days ago I...

Hello, I am building a garden room 7.4m x 3.7m garden room on 15, 20cm x 40cm x 40cm concrete footings that I have made formwork for. I will also be putting 8mm stainless steel rebar in them as they are quite thick at 20cm. Everything is set in place, levelled, placed on Mot type 1 and ready to...

Hello, I am looking to build a garden room ideally 8 x 3.5m. However behind my fence there are a lot of tree's and bushes, keeping these trees healthly is important since they act as a screen between my house and a college building behind them. There is quite a big Oak tree that sits right...

Hello, I am building a shed in my garden. The stud walls are going to be made from treated cls, 16 inch centres and will be cladded with metal box profile cladding on 3 of the 4 walls. On the front wall I am going to be using wooden cladding as it's the only visible wall and the only wall...

Hello, I recently laid a concrete slab for a shed to sit on top of, however over the longest length (5.5m) there is a 25mm difference in height. I know this is not ideal but I laid this in a day by myself which was quite the challenge. So to correct the height variation so the walls can sit...

Hello, I am in the process of building a lean to shed at the side of my house which is a trapezoid shape... not the easiest space to work with but is a fair space that is never really going to be used for anything else... so a shed seems suiting. It measures roughly 6m long, 1.2m at the...

Hello, I am currently in the process of making a trapezoid shaped shed at the side of my house, its roughly 6m in length and 1.2m at smallest end and 2.3m at the bigger end. I have almost finished digging 25cm below ground, as I am going for a thicker slab and hardcore base, due to the ground...