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Sorry if this post is in the wrong place or seems a daft question... Our garage is integral to the house and above it is our youngest bedroom. As this was built in the 70's there is no insulation between the garage roof and the bedroom floor. Being north facing it can get rather cold at...

Well seeing as every web site i see mentions about sealing freshly cut end grains, thats what im going to do. Id rather spend an extra £10 and the structure last that much longer, rather than lose out becuase the wood has taken on extra water and started to break down.

Well didnt mean to start any arguments.... Thanks for that Deluks, think i will get the ronseal one and go with that.

Thats exactly what i was going to do. My issue is do i spend more on getting a tin of Hickson's Ensele or get a tin of ronseal locally. Everything i read mentions Ensele.

I bellive preasure treated dosnt go right through only on the surface. You can see this when you cut through, the treatment only goes a few mm into the wood. So i need to seal the fresh saw ends

yes it is treated. But im thinking of the ends when cut.

Really quick question. I’m laying a new garden deck in my garden. I know I need to treat the cut timbers to seal. Everywhere I Google suggests Hickson Ensele. Is this the best to use? I’m having great trouble getting it local and it seems my only option is from the internet and pay the high...

I was wondering about to buy some deck boards, i have decided to stay away from my local B&Q etc as they all seem to be full of knots etc. Would any one recommend or tell me is there much difference between Q-Deck & Arbordeck as a brand of boards? My 2 local building merchants stock them both at...

Thanks for that. Yes it has been tanalised.

Hi there, About to start planing my small decking project, now i have built my sleeper retaining wall. I think the largest joist i can get away with are 3*2. I have been in contact with my local jewson's and they have offered me some kiln dried treated timber. I was wondering is the fact its...

Thanks for that. Im tending to sleeper again. Is it worth lining the back face with DPM/plastic or even coat with a good heavy duty waterproofer?

Hi. Sorry if this has been asked before. Im going to be laying some new decking in the garden and have a small retaining wall, not sure if it actually holds anything back. At the moment this wall is 500mm high and 6M long, split in the middle for steps up to lawn. It is made from old used...

Hope this is in the right section. I have got to fit a cooker hood in my kitchen, before i can open out my kitchen into a new extension. I just have a couple of question with regards them. a)If it is a chimney type and i need to exit the ducting from the right hand side of it. What do I do with...

Any ideas for testing to see if the pcb i shot? Started OK yesterday but not today....arr O and as far as i can tell it only dose this when demand for CH and not HW

I guess there is no way of testing this to be sure is there. Just have to bite the bullet and fit one i guess

Hi all, Hopefully I can explain my problem. We have a Baxi solo2 RS boiler. This morning it hadn’t fired up(has happened before). A while ago it wouldn’t fire up and kept tripping out. When it attempted to fire up, there was a lot of clicking noises coming from the boiler sometimes firing...

sorry when i said patchy i meant patches/areas that are quite flaky and come of easy. The other areas will scrap off with a bit of persuasion. Just want to make this process easier

It is quite patchy, some ares fall away some are a little more stubborn. I removed a whole shower area of tiles and all the paint came away with the tiles.

Sorry if this is silly question. I need to remove the old paint from my bathroom walls, before i tile it completely. What is the best way of removing it. Do i just need to stand there and scrap it all off with my paint scrapper? It is all I have been doing but seems to take an age. Is there a...

does anyone know how long creosote substitute will take to become odorless? I have stupidly coated a play house with a wickes creosote substitute and it stinks to high heaven. Or does anyone know of some way to neutralize the smell. thanks in advance