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  1. tractor-pete

    Concrete in posts for wooden gazebo

    I'm going to build a triangular 3.5m x 3.5m gazebo with pressure treated 100x100 fence posts. I've considering concreting the posts directly into the ground, but the way I've designed it I will need to construct the frame before fixing it into the ground. Therefore I'm looking at some supports...
  2. eveares

    Flexible Galvanised Conduit Outside?

    I need to run some external grade Cat5e cable (that I already have) up my garden to my shed, however I need to protect it from being destroyed by Foxes and other wildlife. I am considering running it in 20mm flexible galvanised conduit, and am wondering if the galvanised conduit will stand up...
  3. D

    Electric heated tower rad, fused spur outside zone 2 etc

    Bathroom being replaced/rearranged. Washing machine going in bathroom corner via new spur in hall, with upward sloping hole up to new spur backbox. Is it ok to Wago a junction in a 16mm blanked off galvanised backbox, to run a switched fused suppy for the towel rad off to the left (1000 height...
  4. M

    Painting galvanized metal roof

    Hi all I have a large garage roofed with corrugated galvanized metal sheets with four plastic corrugated roof lights. As some of the metal sheets were showing rust, I had it painted about four years ago. Following a power wash the painter used a coat of ZINNSER 1-2-3 primer followed by two...
  5. T

    painting over plasterboard, what to do around anglebeads?

    Hi all, thought Iit was going to be a real simple job, but the more I start reading about it, the more complex it is becoming! What we need to do is nice and simple (or should be), dry lining the reveals (sides) of a new patio door we have installed. Right now it is bare (and broken) bricks...
  6. P

    Can I use caulk on a metal garage door?

    Hi, I a re-painting a Henderson galvanised garage door from the mid 80s. The paint was generally pretty loose, so after 12 hours scraping and a few spots of Nitromorse, it's basically completely bare and rust free. Where the main metal sheet meets the vertical end pieces, there is some gaps...
  7. D

    Expanded mesh on internal wall

    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.
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