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Hi, I'm looking to build some storage in my small utility room which goes up the side of my washer/dryer and then over the top. I will need to find a way of securing the horizontal storage to the empty wall which is a cavity wall and the depth of the unit I will make will not be deep enough to...

I will be using Leyland Primer Undercoat over some bare pine picture frame panelling and skirting boards which I have sanded back before applying an eggshell topcoat. While I'm at it would there be any benefit in applying the primer undercoat over the existing emulsion on the walls to give a...

I am making my own desk using new scaffold board and have decided to go for a Danish oil finish. Does anyone have experience of applying Danish oil direct to whitewood? Does the oil do much to stain the wood or does the wood keep its natural colour? Would people recommend staining first and...

Building a timber frame with 50mm PIR insulation boards in between. Should these be flush against the front of the stud work or set back slightly? I'm thinking if I set them back I can fill what gaps I have with expanding foam more easily, but might this then cause cold bridging in the gap...

I'm putting a bar in my garage and would like to have a wood cladded wall. Would fence boards work for this? Would they sand down to a lighter colour that could then be treated? Someone in my area is giving away fence boards which were damaged in the recent storm, so just wondering if anyone...

What is the correct way to have cables running in a cold roof space that will not be boarded? I will have 200m of wool insulation and need to wire up 10 downlights. I know I can't have the cables clipped to the ceiling joists as they would then be buried in the insulation, but how can I do it...

How would people overcome the issue in the attached photo? For 3 out of the 4 garage walls I will be able to use a void behind the insulation boards to run cables and have them come through the back of my back boxes which will be fixed to noggins. The front wall however does not have enough...

I am installing a few sockets in my garage before plasterboarding. I had hoped to keep the cable intact and poke through the back box cut out but it looks like it will need to be cut and the two cables fed through separately. Am I right in thinking I can use Wago connectors to connect the...

I will be insulating and boarding my garage to make it into a more comfortable space for working at home. I have a pitched roof garage which I want to insulate and board at ceiling level, but how am I best to go about this? I am also wanting to install downlights which I will need to take into...

Hi, I previously posted about insulating my single skin detached garage with 50mm EPS board laid over battons, however I have since decided to go with a 2 x 3 timber frame to give the walls the strength I need. This will leave me with a 75mm gap to play with. I don't trust that my walls will...

Looking at insulating my single skin detached garage walls with 50mm polystyrene boards between treated roofing battons, possibly with foil therma wrap over the top for extra insulation. I would then be placing either 12mm plasterboard or MDF over the top. I'm not needing the garage to be as...

Hi, Looking to see of this is possible in theory before getting too ahead of myself with ideas. I have a single storey detached garage with an 8' 4" ceiling which I need to raise up in a small section. I think I would need to remove about 3 of the ceiling joists to give me the overhead...