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Hello everyone After doing a lot of reading on here and elsewhere I've got a plan on how to build my garden office which I'd really like DIYnot input on. Sorry this is a bit of a long post. Here goes: For a variety of reasons the only space for the office is in an area 7m deep x 2.5m wide...

I want to build a pantry to fit into a specific area in my new, yet to built kitchen. But I'm not sure if the plan is going to work (see below). Ideally to make the space in the pantry most accessible I'd like the door to the pantry to contain shelves too but I'm not sure if the weight...

Hi all We had the attic bedrooms in our dormer chalet bungalow skimmed (to cover Artex) 3 years ago. The dwarf walls are made of concrete blocks and are one block thick - they support the roof. There's a triangular shaped attic space behind the dwarf walls. There are two dormers in each...

Hoping for some advice .... Please forgive the very long post. I've tried to research this but am now stuck and really need others' input. We have a 1950s chalet bungalow with 3 dormer windows across two attic bedrooms. See plan Hopefully the plan shows that a narrow triangular attic...

Hoping you can give me some recommendations / advice ... I have built a cupboard with double doors. I want to make a floor level "shelf" that can be pulled out so that I can put a folding bike (weighs about 12kg) on it and then push the shelf and bike back in. I'm thinking I could use...

Hoping for some advice about painting a concrete floor that is cuurrently laid with tiles which probably contain some asbestos ... The tiles need to come up because they're broken in some places etc. I've done a bit of research and realise that the jury's out on removing old floor tiles. Best...

Hoping for some practical suggestions ... Desperately trying to find a way to cool down the bedrooms in our 1930s style chalet bungalow which was built in the 1950s. Apparently its not a conversion and was built as a chalet bungalow. In winter the temp drops to a low of 14 degrees which is not...

I want to build fitted book shelves with adjacent desk unit into a corner of our hall. I'd like to keep costs down by reusing some existing panelled mdf faced folding wardrobe doors that we inherited when we bought the place. I plan to cut them down the middle to act as the shelves - and face...

Hi there I'd like to disguise a ceiling height plywood clad steel joist (put in by previous owners when two rooms were knocked through) by adding a shelf to it/making it into a shelf - so the shelf's back would be the vertical side of the plywood clad joist and the shelf's base would be...

Suggestions needed! We have two tall wrought iron garden gates with latches set into wooden fences either side of our house and through which we access the back garden. The gates are currently locked to their respective fences using a padlock and chain. I'd rather not replace the gates if I...

We've just bought a new house and the floor of our detatched garage seems to be lower than the surrounding slab paths which may be contributing to the nasty damp patch in the far corner. The previous owner built a wooden shelf from sleepers, which rests on sleepers (so like an upside down U...

We have a detatched garage which is about 8 feet distant from our house. Both buildings are made from concrete blocks and rendered. I want to fix some 2 x 4s (or similar) to create a pergola like roof structure between them. There would probably be a maximum of three joists in total. I might...

Thoughts / advice much appreciated! We are interested in buying a 1920s/30s bungalow where the attic space was converted into two bedrooms in the 1950s / 60s. It doesn't look like the ceilings have been touched since. My question is, what insulation, (if any) was likely to be installed back...

Hello all What, if any, are the restrictions on DIYers working on electrics in Ireland? I know bathroom and kitchen work is not allowed in England and Wales but are there similar restrictions in Ireland? Is certification of any sort required? Hoping to buy a place in Ireland and just want...

Hello! I've been doing a bit of research with other posts but just wanted to confirm a few things .... as we have four leaks. We had a new bathroom fitted in November. We chose a double ended plastic bath which we're also using as the shower "tray". The width of the bath fits into an...

Hello all I want to make a new kitchen table by attaching a 1.5m x 90 cm pine blank onto an old wooden pedastal base. What's the best way to attach this new top to the base? Also, I'm quite keen to make the table top have flaps/extending pieces (so that it's folded size is less than...

Hello all I think and hope I'm in the right forum .... apologies if not I want to build a 10 foot run of fitted cupboards in a study, to sit above the door frame. I'm assuming the cupboards could either be screwed into the ceiling joists (the attic is above) or screwed into the wall...

hello all any thoughts/advice much appreciated I want to build a kitchen table using a sheet of mdf (cut into a circle) with a pedestal support but cover the top (sheet of mdf) with a sheet of tin or pieces of tin. Do I glue? the sheet of tin (which metal would be best?) to the mdf - and...

Any thoughts/help much appreciated I read in a magazine that in the old days people used to repair holes in wooden floorboards with bits of tin. I'd like to try this to see if it looks good - our floorboards are very battered and have a few holes. Does anyone know how this was done...

All advice much appreciated! We have fitted beech worktops in our new kitchen and left a gap of 4mm between the wall and the worktop. We want to have tiled splashbacks behind the sink and hob area - do we need to add additional beech trim (and how would that be attached - to the wall or...