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We're just completing a new build extension and planning to build a deck out from it, ie 2.5m out by 5.0m across approx. Deck boards 5.0m to run perpendicular to building so joists 2.5m going out from building. There is a patio doors pvc sill below which there is a gap then the concrete sill -...

Hi all, hope this is the right place for this.. but I was hoping I could get some help. Im fixing two 5kg shelves (string pocket shelves) to the plasterboard wall in my kitchen. It's a new build flat and as I've found out today - the studs are metal. I wat going to use grip-it fixings for...

I have a wall that is breeze but has thermalites built onto the end, what mesh (am assuming galv) arrangement might be necessary at the transition between the two to prevent cracking? Do I need special fixings for mesh? Thank you.

Hi, Hope someone might be able to help. I am trying to fix 3 x wooden battens to the ceiling of a bay window of a house built circa 1925. Above the ceiling is the outside, small sloping tiled roof. As i understand this may be a lath & plaster ceiling and not a standard one. The ceiling...

I have only recently bought a replacement vent for my baby's bedroom. The house is mid 1950s built and in the box room there is a vent already screwed into the wall. Its the only vent in the house. When I bought the replacement vent I discovered there are no screw holes? I have tried to contact...

I'm looking to install a key safe onto the side of a house built circa 1900. The manufacturer suggests a 5 mm hole for a 6 mm masonry screw. That seems a general guide, and I know that these types of fixings are sensitive to hole sizes. The house is made of bricks so hard that they ring...

Hi All, I want to put a downstairs wall back in that has previously been taken out, to fill the 2.4m x 2.4m alcove space. After a bit of exploration and chipping out of plaster, I've found that the wall on one side is brick, the other is timber, the ceiling is a steel lintel, and the floor is...

Hi all, I have two sections of party wall which I am going to use Gyplyner universal to acoustically insulate. The two sections of wall are seperated by a chimney breast leaving 145cm width wall either side. With this in mind, I'm struggling to work out where I place the GL8 track and the GL1...