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  1. CrazeUK

    Reclaimed Pallet Wood Wall

    Hey Guys. So I did have a question up on another part of the forum and uploaded content and pictures there. But i have decided to start a new thread, to make it easier to see and see my mistakes. Here goes. The Mrs wanted to change the flat, and have a space for her plants where the cat does...
  2. D

    Who makes 550 high kitchen wall units?

    Or possibly, does anyone make them at all these days? My wall units are a bit tired but I have limited headroom, the sheds all seem to only have quite tall wall units. Can someone point me at a source for shorter units? Cheers, Dain
  3. V

    Removed wallpaper - what is this?

    I'm in the process of removing wallpaper from the living room so we can re-wallpaper. Doing so, I've discovered a 1-2cm line running horizontally along the wall, about 1/4 of the way down - does anyone know what this could be?
  4. L

    Is this wall load bearing?

    First post so bear with me. We’ve recently moved into this house and have decided we want to knock down the wall that separates the bathroom from the toilet. It’s and ex council house on the end of a terrace. There is no wall below it, in the loft you can see the plastererboard then there is a...
  5. D

    New blockwork wall on existing screed?

    Should a strip of the existing screed be cut back down to the concrete base before building the new blockwork up, or just build the new blockwork up on top of the screed?
  6. R

    How to fit venetian blinds in window recess of a new build property?

    Hello all, I've ordered some blinds from Blinds2Go which require selfi-fitting. I live in a new build property and the window frame, to my basic knowledge and basic exploratory skills (drilling a couple of holes) leads me to believe that there is 15mm plasterboard with around a 10mm gap...
  7. cwhaley

    Extractor Fan Solution

    As you'll see from the below pictures, my cooking hob has an extractor fan. What the kitchen installers failed to do (before I owned the house) was to install a pipe and a vent from the extractor fan hood. This obviously leads to undesirable problems when cooking, more noticeably in the winter...
  8. S

    Natural Cotswold Stone wall and mortar advice please!

    Hi, I'm a novice building a small natural stone (Cotswold) wall with recessed seating – c. 4m long wall, double skin. I have about 200 stones, various shapes, sizes. My plan is to do footing, then get cracking. My questions are: 1.Which mortar do I use? I want it to be light coloured to...
  9. acurachris

    Drain through wall

    Hi I'm running a drain through the footing walls and i'm stuck on the section of the building regs that states "openings masked with rigid material and around the pipe should be compressible". Rigid Board I've heard people mention cement board but will this not perish after a few years sat in...
  10. DrWho

    Electric, wall socket question, extension

    On a wall side where a 42inch TV screen will sit on a table there is only the one double wall electrical socket, yes, you'd think there'd be more than this on that wall but there isn't, and it has to go on that side, but anyway here's the question lol. As I'll be having a TV, router, TV Box...
  11. acurachris

    Poor brickwork and bearing for existing lintel

    Hi I have knocked a small extension down to make way for a new one although it's revealed a concerning broken support/brickwork under an existing lintel which bridges the opening between the house and extension. This bearing is only about 100mm. I was considering, acrow propping the lintels...
  12. C

    Another deck thread... but different because it's ground level between 4 walls with hot tub

    I'm sure this has been posted but after searching through all the archives i'm still a little unsure. I'm building a ground level deck 3x6m in a yard surrounded by 4 brick walls, the ground is currently just mud and clay soil under that. I'm just a little unsure of the footings, mainly because...
  13. J

    Tiling uneven wall

    Hi, looking for some advice for a bathroom wall that needs tiling. Top half of the wall is wallpaper on flat decent plaster, the bottom half was tiled. When I’ve taken the tile off there’s a lot of cement like material (possibly old adhesive). This is around 1/2” tick, more in places and...
  14. N

    Rebuilding a wall | Blocks on top of bricks

    Hi I need to rebuild an area of rear wall on the rear of our Victorian house due to it bowing at the top. The wall is brick built and I need to take it down by c. 15 brick courses. As the wall will be hidden internally by a rear bedroom and hallway it doesn’t necessarily need to be rebuilt...
  15. M

    Concealing POE Ethernet external wall cables 8 cameras, without drilling/recessing or chasing.

    Hi Guys, I am going to be installing a CCTV system on my property this week, though i have been skeptical on how to hide the wiring on the external brick wall. I do not want to recess the wires into to wall or through the cavity. I would just prefer to cable clip the wires on the brick wall...
  16. F

    Neighbour's waste pipes creating grey water flood against our wall

    Neighbour's kitchen drainage pipes routinely fall apart emptying a few loads every day of dishwasher, washing machine, kitchen sink water onto a paved path in their garden. The water floods their path and lays against our garden wall and is no doubt causing some damage and is certainly eroding...
  17. E

    Grey Area Regarding Garden Structure Regulations

    Good Afternoon All, I’m looking for a little advice regarding something which is potentially a bit of a grey area within planning. I currently have a lean-to style shed (3 timber sides) the back of which is the side wall of my house. The back of the shed where it meets the house is about 8ft...
  18. M

    Wall Tile Query

    We decided today to decorate our landing and, on removing the wallpaper from one wall we were met with these tiles: Walltiles1 by martindp84 posted 7 Jan 2018 at 8:13 PM We decided to remove them to replace with modern plasterboard and only half way through did it occur to us that they might...
  19. J

    RSJ Question

    Hi All, Just a quick query regarding beams. Having my kitchen extended, as part of this we are breaking a main wall of the original house, The structural engineer has specified a beam to my builder, and ive seen the calcs but the beam he has specified is one 300mm by 7meter beam, to cover both...
  20. G

    Plastering/insulating over a wall with potential damp issues

    Hello I have a question (no doubt asked in various formats in many other threads) about some work we are planning on getting done. Our living room (old building, 1800s) has a single skin wall and there are signs of damp near floor level- small patches, but there. The flooring was lino done on...
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