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I have an existing 2 car long garage with square section metal roofing fixed directly to 5x2 joists with the profile running across them. This means there is an (approx) 25mm "gap" venting either side of a joist where the highpoint of the square section roofing crosses the joist. Roof is sound...

Posted in windows forum but no response so thought Id try here. I have a wood front door that is prone to swelling and water ingress along the bottom. Unlike the (iroko) frame sides and top there is no weatherstrip in the sill (or slot for one) and it appears water is just running off the door...

I have a wood front door that is prone to swelling and water ingress along the bottom. Unlike the (iroko) frame sides and top there is no weatherstrip in the sill (or slot for one) and it appears water is just running off the door to the bottom and being pushed in. An aluminium rain deflector...

I am planning to have installed 2 bathroom mirrors that have touch operated LED lights in them. One in main bathroom and one in an ensuite. I was thinking of taking 2 fused spurs from the existing bathroom lighting circuit and connect the 2 mirror transformers into each of them. Is there a...

Existing hatch to access loft is approx 40x70cm running between 2 Fink trusses (W design?) at 43cm centres in a 70's bungalow. The truss bottom chord doesn't actually span that far from the proposed cut as there is a support wall approx 50cm from it (though bottom chord total length from...

I have a hallway that is 1040mm wide and want to instal a pair of glazed doors to separate off a porch area between the new doors and front door. I can make up a door casing which brings the gap to 990. Allowing for 5mm all around and between doors that results in each door being 487mm. Of...

Went to a local South Devon merchants to ask about Sharp Sand for laying patio slabs on and they don’t have anything called “sharp sand” What they have is “silver sand” and “red sand”. They say silver will do but there’s also something called Wareham Grit which they say will also do. But a bit...

I am dividing a room in to two and need to add 3 new sockets. I originally thought to tap in to each side of the existing ring with a Junction Box, daisy chain the 3 sockets from one of these junction boxes and then connect from the final socket to the junction box on the other side of the...

I want to lay gravel down the side of our house but the new level will be higher than the gutter pipe concrete drain lip. Can you buy a sort of "extender liner" which inserts into the basin and existing drain hole thus raising the edge? Seems like a lot of work if the only alternative is to take...

We have a new porch area and I need to instal a new front door and frame. I am thinking of a Tricoya door rather than composite or UPVC as this will suit the property. Tricoya is supposed to be very good. I am thinking in a hardwood frame it should be a good solution. Can anybody tell me if they...

I am making an ensuite bathroom out of a utility area with concrete floor (no DPM). The bedroom floor is a suspended wooden floor 10" higher. The ensuite floor area is only 900mm 3000mm. I have ran services on the old concrete floor. Originally I was going to lay a thick DPM then lay 6" PT...

Am considering Marshall's Drystack cladding for cladding a porch. However all the online installation info I have been able to find refers to installation on a block brick garden wall only whereas one of my walls is stud and OSB. Marshalls do refer to using internally on a stud wall (emphasising...

I am planning on enclosing an open porch area with a timber stud wall. Stud wall will be 300 centres with PIR insulation, 12mm cement board (or similar) internal facing with paster finish. Outside facing OGP rendered and stone cladding. I believe I should put a waterproof barrier on the inside...

I am plumbing in an ensuite with soil pipe draining a loo, basin, shower (in that order of pipe run). I believe an AAV will stop any vacuum effect from flushing the loo sucking the water out of the sink and shower traps. I also know it has to be above the height of the highest drain (basin)...

Yesterday I replaced and moved a radiator with a new panel and TVR. Refilled and bled the system. System keeps pressure and all other panels in the house warm up as normal but new panel stays cold. Thought must still be air somewhere in new pipes so bled the new radiator again. The new extended...

I have read on other posts that to bring a concrete floor up to the height of another floor (suspended wood in our case) you can either lay 100mm celotex then 50mm or so of concrete; or lay joists across the concrete floor and flooring on top. In our case, we have pipework running from a...

We have a detached bungalow with an open porch area approx 3m x 1.1m. The bungalow roof (and gable end) overhangs this porch supported by the property wall on 2 sides and a brick pillar in the far (front) corner which shall be retained. I want to enclose the porch area. Others have done this by...

I have a run of base units running along a wall from corner to corner starting with a corner base and ending with a tall larder unit. I have a tall end panel to fit on the exposed side of the tall unit next to a base unit but measuring up post plastering of walls etc things are getting tight! I...

I need to relocate our Stop Cock and extend the mains water supply running under our suspended floor approx 4m. The house was built 1973 and the mains water supply appears to be some sort of plastic but not modern blue MDPE. Will a standard MDPE 25mm coupler likely fit so I can just extend the...

We are planning a major kitchen refurb and want to spec the electrics for a 5.5kW double oven and 7.4kW induction hob. Initial thoughts are to run a seperate circuit in 6mm T&E from the CU ON 30mA RCBO to a Click 45amp Dual Appliance outlet plate (approx 5m cable run in loft and behind kitchen...