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I need to attached my ground level timber frame for decking to a sloped wall. How would i do this without making contact and the timber rotting from the rain? any help would be appreciated

Hello all I have a single skin brick wall running down one side of the garden. In an attempt to give my kids more room to play I am going to be extending the lawn/garden against this wall - existing garden is about 45cm higher than the base of the wall. This garden will be extended to be up...

I hope that someone can help me. I am partway through constructing a close board fence next to my new single skin garden wall. The previous fence was posts and panels some of which were bolted into the wall, these recently took out part of the wall in a storm. Have got half the fence done...

I understand materials during lockdown has been in shortage but what I got delivered is awful. Trying to make a very small wall but when doing nothing the stud does not align and this is causing me a lot of headaches. I have attached photos. What do you do in this case. Do I made some...

Hi All, I've had a long-standing battle with a particular crack on an internal wall that keeps shifting. No matter how I fill, sometimes the cracks opens and sometimes it moves the other way and 'pushes' the filler out the crack upwards a little to create a raised crack. The wall has been...

Hi all Please see photos Thinking of converting garage to bedroom and started exposing brickwork to have a look at the cracks. Brick wall on the right is single and the brick wall on the left is double (external). This is a 1930s property. Now at what point do those cracks become a concern...

Hi All, We're in the middle of renovating a house built around 1905. The kitchen for the house is in an extension at the back, this extension is thought to be a later addition but still built in the same style as the main house (block foundations, matching brick walls, etc.). The kitchen...

Can I remove this cupboard safely and move the door over? I want to remove this cupboard and then move the right door over in the hallway into the left hand side where the cupboard is now. Doing this will add so much room in my bedroom. I wanted to make sure this cupboard isn't holding the...

Hi all I’m hoping somone can give me a little more info we recently bought a new house where the garden is very sloped and in need of raising. we are hoping to put a small retaining wall in front of the rear fence concrete blocks laid flat approximately 0.5m high and back fill to this to bring...

Hi Folks, Wanting to know what I need in order to pressure wash this wall. We have a Karcher K4 pressure washer - when I was out doing the car one day I tested the pressure washer on a small section of this wall. It seems to remove a certain amount of dirt but doesn't remove the green and...

Attaching Dart Board to a Brick Wall, 'How to' if the included items 'pictured' not appropriate?

Hi, Im doing a bit of renovation and for the first time I have to build few wall including one partywall and a fully enclosed bathroom. My idea is to use 15mm plasterboard or maybe 2x15mm to make it stronger but question is what stud size need to use and if there is any basic concept to use in...

Hi all. I had a squeaky uneven upstairs bedroom floor that seemed to go downhill at one end. I removed old t&g floor to find the room straddled the wall between utility room and the garage. The top of the breeze blocks being higher than the top of the joists. So am now a bit puzzled as to how to...

As you may see from the attached imaged we have come across in our sitting room a wet wall, which is located behind our sofa. I have also attached an image showing the outside area of our home, which maybe the problem to our wall being wet? Please can someone help and let me know your thoughts?

Hi all, We have a brick wall in our garden, which kind of supports a walkway above it, but it's in need if some TLC. I think standard pointing will do for the most if it, but there is one bit that I'm not sure if just filling it with mortar is ok. I've attached a pic of the offending peice of...

I’m building a rear extension on my bungalow. The block and beam floor has been designed so that the beams run parallel with the rear facing wall. So i understand that usually if they were running perpendicular, the beams would key into the existing wall and be supported by the load bearing...

Just moved in to a 1950 build house and was hoping someone could give some advice. I’m a long time reader of the forum but this is my first post! I’ve started working on a room in the house which I believe used to be the garage - which has been converted into a room attached to the house at...

Is a cavity required below a bifold door? My architect has sent me drawings and it’s showing a cavity tray with weep holes below the bifold, I’m presuming it may be there to send any water that goes through the frame/sill to the outside (he’s currently away) here’s the part of the drawing...

I'm looking to wall mount a tablet (probably Android) to run Action Tiles so it will show CCTV & various sensor status. The wall mount part is straight forward as there appear to be plenty of universal holders on eBay that will mount it against the wall. I was thinking to sink a double back...

I made a booboo. I've not put wall ties on every course around doors and windows. Our building regs wants them in. The drill-in types are horrifically expensive. That leaves me with angle grinding mortar out to slide them in and repoint OR bending the ties and screw at an angle. Do I have any...