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I’m building a quite large corner desk for my son. We have a Victorian house with a loft conversion. I’ve made a wooden frame for one side of the desk and drilled into the brick wall just fine. I am having major problems drilling into the other wall. When the loft was done, the ceiling was...

I’m building a quite large corner desk for my son. We have a Victorian house with a loft conversion. I’ve made a wooden frame for one side of the desk and drilled into the brick wall just fine. I am having major problems drilling into the other wall. When the loft was done, the ceiling was...

Hi all, Looking for some advice on what to do here. We took the skirting off to be greeted with the eternal air brick and 2 electricity cables in front of it. Is there anything we can do to block off the inside from the outside and protect the cables before putting skirting back on? Cheers!

I recently had a single skin garage/outbuilding built in place of an old garage. at the time i was concerned about the stability of the wall, it is currently a 6*4 single skin, i was wondering if i could add a few piers around the building to increase the strength of the structure. if so, how...

Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone can help me. I believe I live in a house which was built in the 1950s, of which has the typical wall separating the toilet and bathroom. I've tried to get some guidance from builders and a structural engineers to confirm if it's a load bearing / structural...

Hi there, I'm selling a house and the buyers building survey has highlighted a crack in the brick work below the purlin. They now want to come back to measure the roof space to pass this information on to a structural engineer. Was hoping someone could let me know their opinions on how worried...

Hello, looking for some advice please. I’m wanting to knock my fireplace through to open it up. There is a thin metal bar running across the top of the opening (red line). Would it be safe for me to remove the area in green or could I go higher up to the arch? Will I need to add extra...

I’m looking to put up a simple partition wall to half my garage, to have one side as a small office/hobby area and the other just a normal bit of garage/storage space. CLS timber frame (32x68mm) with 12.5mm plasterboard each side. It will have a door in the partition wall too. My main question...

Hi everyone, I need some advice on the size and structure of an RSJ beam that I should use for removing a load-bearing wall in my house. Project details: House: two-story terraced house (attached to neighbors on both sides) Location: ground floor, living room Load-bearing wall: dividing the...

Hey guys, I have a question for any experienced builder/structural guys. I have a room measuring roughly 6M X 3M. There was previously a stud wall (don't think it was load-bearing) dividing the room with a small arch doorway built in. Recently the stud wall had been removed, and over the...

I bought my first home last year and I'm a complete novice when it comes to building work. I know my garage needs a lot of work some day but it's dry (somehow!) and hasn't fallen down on me yet so it was bottom of the list. Since I've moved in the property next door has changed hands and the...

Can anyone tell me what ratio of sand, cement and aggregate I should use for footings for a small wall? Also what ratio for cementing concrete blocks?

I have a thick stone wall, around 50cm thick. I want to have a lintel installed to put in a door, its a supporting wall. How long would you expect this to take for a builder to do? Is it a quick job or is there more to it than I am assuming? I've had wildly different quotes for several...

Hi, i have an attached garage which I plan on building an extension behind of to the back of the house. Whilst carrying out the extension I wish to ‘pinch’ about 6 foot off the back of the garage and turn it into habitable space (utility room) My question is, can this new partition between...

Anyone know if these polypropylene ties are any good? Thanks for any info.

Had a gas safe central heating engineer visit a property, as i’m looking to relocate a boiler from a bedroom to a kitchen. the gas safe engineer said it’s safe to pass a boiler flue through the top of the window provided that I blank it out with a pvc panel. essentially i have a double glazed...

I’ve recently moved into a newish build (less than 10 years old) I want to mount my TV on the wall but I’m having trouble locating studs. It’s open plan which means I only have one proper wall to work with. I thought I had located my studs but when I knock below or above them I’m getting a...

BG: Old terraced house. Have had recurrent rising damp issues since moving in many moons ago. Bubbling walls, peeling paint, black mould etc. Replaced the timber in the living room coming up to a year ago. Two of them had collapsed beneath the floor boards. During this time we aired the entire...

Good Morning All, 3 years ago i had a flat roof extension added to the rear of my property. This morning we are having "light drizzle" which has resulted in a weeping patch on the new wall of the property approximately 5cm in length, Directly above this area i believe is the join on one of the...

Hi, I’m trying to repair a damaged wall before fitting new fire door frames. What would you recommend to use to repair the walls before I fit the frames. Needs to be solid for good fixings I was thinking. Thanks RJam