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Hi all, Wanting to put a few shelves up and have bought the brackets (Sandshult, from IKEA). As you can see on the photo, there's a recess at the back of the bracket that slots onto a screw. The wall is 25mm insulated plasterboard and I was planning on using hollow wall anchors. However, only...

Hi guys, Hoping for some advice on how I can retro-soundproof my wood workshop. I say soundproof, but what I really mean is limit the sound to a level where my neighbours don't complain! As you can see on the images below, it's a very simple timber-frame shed. It was built to a cost and I...

Hi all, I'm planning on adding a short block paver apron between the footpath and my gravel driveway. My question is about how I keep the pavers in position given that they'll be driven over regularly. The pavers are only 50mm thick and so I don't think that simply haunching them where they...

Hi all, I’m after some advice on a condensation issue I’ve got in my recently built shed. I’ve read various forum posts but can’t seem to find a solution to my problem. The floor is 25mm ply timber suspended. Standard stud walls with feather edge cladding and no internal sheathing yet...

Hi all, I've started working on a 3x6 metre porcelain patio out the back of our house. I've dug out to around 150mm below finished paving level (with 1 in 60 fall away from house) so now ready to get 100mm of MOT type 1 whackered in. There used to be a wee pond about 2x2 metres big to one side...

Hi all, Just started fitting our new units from DIY Kitchens. There's a pillar that comes out of the wall by 11cm and is 66cm wide. I'll have to cut out the back of 3 units to accommodate the pillar. Not too worried about the tall unit and base unit, but not sure how to deal with the wall unit...

Hi all, Planning on turning our concrete drive into a gravel drive with block paver path leading to the house. I was planning on doing the path first then gravelling around it. Given that the path will just have gravel either side, how should I keep the pavers in place at the sides? I'm...

Hi all, Hoping for some advice on some concerningly large cracks that have appeared during our extension build. They appeared during the couple of days that the acrows were in place to support the back wall of the house and another smaller structural wall that's required a short steel. The...