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The grout gaps are the smallest I could do and still use my leveling system. I did them 1.5mm but the mitred corners are about 4mm across. I left about 1mm of tile edge to prevent chipping so the gap in the corners is about 1.5 to 2mm. Is grout likely to crack down the corners given the solid...

Hi all. Is there much difference in the quality of grout? I've tiled a chimney breast with 900 x300 marble effect ceramic tiles and I mitred the corners. I've got a box of Bartoline white grout but would I find much difference using a different make? Would it be better or easier to apply, or...

I need 23 sqm for the room. I've got the chance of buying 26 sqm for £28 a sqm. Somebody has 9 unopened boxes of it for sale which would be perfect for what I want. I certainly wouldn't pay that price from the retailer for it. I don't like the idea of gluing it because it's going over...

If I don't do the glue option is it likely to move apart at all? I'd rather not glue it but don't want gaps appearing in the future. Are the tongue and grooves usually a very tight fit to prevent this?

Hi all. I'm thinking about buying the flooring in the link and was wondering about how it's joined together. I've fitted engineered in the past and it click locked together like laminate. This flooring is described as a "super T&G locking system". Is the flooring in the link just pushed together...

I had to look up what thunderbolts were as I've never heard of them. They're self tapping concrete screws which is what I've used to fix the metposts to the concrete base. I used them because I had a boxful of them already. I wasn't sure if they would be ok in a frogged brick though. Are resin...

I'm going to use 47 X 100 for the rafters. So I thought I'd use offcuts to make gussets across the top corners between posts and facia. The inside post or posts I'll put one each side like yours to form a Y. I'm looking at videos on YouTube from builders and people who have done a job like this...

Thanks for that tony and I did think you were joking with two. The long side where the posts are going is almost up against a fence that is higher than my carport. So that side is protected against wind to an extent. I'm calling it a carport but it's not actually a carport as there is a wall...

I don't think it looks weak. It was just that 8 feet apart looked a bit of a span. I was wondering if it was likely to be weakened by having three posts. Would Three be enough to support everything in windy conditions?

I was going to do three and with the facia boards I have being in 3m lengths they would join nicely over the centre post. Four looks a bit close together so I'm still not sure what to do. Is it likely to be a bit weak with just three? Those who've said four is there any particular reason? Or...

Hi all. Im looking to attach a carport type of structure to the side of my garage. I'm going to roof it with twin wall polycarbonate. It will be 4.8m long, 2.1m wide and be attached to the garage on one side by a ledger board. The other side I'm using 100mm x 100mm fence posts which will be...

Thanks for the replies and just one more thing. Are external stub stacks common and would the bc allow one? I could core through the outside wall for the toilet waste pipe, the main drain pipe underground is about 600mm away running parallel with the wall like the ops. It's about 700mm down so...

I'm looking at doing something similar to the op in the next year or so. If no manhole was installed and just a T or a Y into the main drain from a stub stack. Would the join area be likely to block?

Sorry to revive this old thread. I was wondering what can be done if the toilet contents do jump across the channel and land on the opposite side. Is there a chamber available with entry's only on on one side? Is it something a building control man would have an issue with?

I got a 1050 long lintel from Jewsons (hope theirs don't snap like carrots) so I'll have about 115mm for it to sit on. Thanks again noseall, your help was much appreciated.

Ok, thanks, I'll go elsewhere for one. :) The way the upstairs joists are positioned it works out that the new opening will be centered between two of them so there is no weight over the middle of the lintel. Will 100mm end bearing be ok?

Hi all. I'm converting a serving hatch opening into a doorway (820 wide) & I'm after a bit of lintel advice. The wall I'm making the doorway in is a structrual wall, it has the upstairs floor joists resting on it & is 100mm brick. The wall doesn't carry on upstairs, it only holds the weight...

That's great lads, thanks a lot for the advice. :D The distance between the upstairs floor joists & the padstones is 172 mm, my beam is 152 high, so I need 20 mm of packing. Steel shims it is then.

Hi. Can anyone tell me if an rsj has to be mortar bedded onto a padstone or does it just sit on the stones with any gap taken up by packers? If it is packers will steel packing pieces (which I have easy access to being a metalworker) be ok or is some other material normally used to pack the...

Why is that no longer done?