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I am building a fence which uses 100x50mm half-round rails on 85mm round posts. Where the fence changes direction, I need to mitre the ends of the rails to meet nicely. But I cant get neat mitres. My mitre block will not accommodate 100x50mm and I dont have an electric mitre saw with that...

I'm looking for 'no wood' decking - so no wood whatsoever regardless of whether the wood is pressure treated. There are 4 x concrete pillars. The existing wooden decking is partially rotted. I came across this 'block and beam' construction for a suspended floor. A youtube video is here: ...

Hi guys, hope everyone is well. I'm in the process of planning a shed build to protect the wife small business stock of Apparel. The shed size will be 6x12. The site we propose to use is an area of wooden decking that is approx 4 years old. It currently holds the plastic style Keter shed and...

With some advice from a builder friend we are going to replace the floor beams in our cellar, there are 2 beams that sit in a wooden beam above the cellar entrance. The builder advices us to replace it with a Concrete lintel but I have read online that concrete lintels supporting floor beams...

I’m looking into buying a recording booth to put into my home studio in a first floor flat. The booths I’m looking at weigh from 611kg up to 886kg (138x175cm) and I’d like to know if my floor can take that kind of weight. The wooden floor joists are 370cm long, 5cm thick, 15.5cm wide and 40cm...

Hi Y'all Experts, please can you tell me what materials to use to insulate and clad the interior of my wooden workshop including a breathable membrane lining? I would like the most reasonable priced but warm in winter range, not the most expensive. Thanks :)

Hi I’m renovating my garage and part of the job is to cut off an inch of wet rot to some (external to the roof) of the wooden beams, sand them, seal/paint them, fill them if required n then cover them with a fascia board. What products best to use for sealing/painting the beam ends. In future...

Good evening all, I hope you are keeping well in the current climate. I need to replace an old wooden frame and some associated brickwork front door which is coming away from the building and just isn't up to scratch. I am simply looking for the dimensions of what the rough opening should be...

Hi, im going to be putting up stained wood panelling in my bathroom. Just wondered if someone could help me out with the best way to do it. I have tongue and groove wood and im going to stain it and the seal it with danish oil. Would i need to seal the back of the wood with it too or is that ok...

Hi, I am looking for advice on whether I can, without needing to change the existing wooden structural beam, deepen a 1970's window opening into the inner brick layer on a 1910's style 'exterior' (now interior) brick wall. There was an extension built on the other side of this 9 inch brick wall...

i have used No Nonsense to strip the layers of paint from a stone sill but have found that part of the sill is wooden and rotting underneath. I suspect this could be the cause of some damp on the inside wall. I am unsure now whether to gets someone in to repair the wooden section or to...

Hey, first time poster and D.I.Y. enthusiast here. Searching the internet for ever can only give you so much... it was time to ask a pro or someone who know's what they're talking about. Does anyone know what the piece of wood under the ends of the hallway joists in these photos is doing and...