Home DIY

I believe removing tiles without destroying the adjacent ones is best done by cutting an 'X' in the tile. Then bend the pieces up and out from the centre.

I severely doubt that the floor has been properly prepared, this is what I found in the bathroom

I get the same feeling. Naked wood underneath?? Perhaps you and @Dramatic_Hammer have had the same guys do your bathrooms?

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That looks really nice!

Does anyone know of a good supplier of garden shed 'kits' for the semi-diy guy? I tried to buy one recently, but ended up cancelling as they were being douches.

I dont have the kit or knowhow to build from scratch unfortunately.

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This. On a hot wash.

Chuck a couple of bath towels in for good measure.

Rainham has been mentioned here, are they diy?

I hope for his sake it wasn’t!

Maybe the flue is lined with sheet steel? Do you have a photo?

I'll try and get a proper one up later as the previous was a bit shit.

So. I recalibrated it took all the electrics and laptops out of the room plus jewelery. I also turned it upside down which seemed to decrease the sensitivity (I checked it against the light switch which I know the run of).

Here are some photos. It's pretty hard to take decent ones in a small space.

As you can see from the last pic the fireplace on the room behind shouldn't be an issue.

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Frustrated by never finishing any jobs I put down the base for my mini-shed relocation. Safe in the knowledge that I had everything I needed and had already done the hard digging and weeding.

I'm about a ¼ of a bag of gravel short. Even though our volume calculations should have left some over.

It's not perfectly level in the top left corner. Unfortunately I managed to get it almost perfectly level by eye, before I leveled it with a spirit, which meant the number of fucks I had left to give for a small storage shed were few.

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Still to do;

• buy gravel
  
• paint fence panels (maybe just the bits that will be viable as they're my neighbour's)
  
• tidy membrain
  
• paint other side of shed
  
• guage my motivation to paint the back of the shed
  
• empty
  
• move
  
  

I will say that these tile grid things are fucking good to put together.

Grids are fun!

@hugo7 are you taking the shed apart to move it? I need to relocate my shed and can't figure out whether to drag it, or take it apart and rebuild it.

It's only one like this (7x3):

So it's not heavy empty. Plan is for me and my OH to carry it, or if it's too heavy (which I doubt) I'll get one other person to help.

Personally I'd work out how to "drag" it.

Obvs it can be taken apart and rebuilt, but if it's been up for a while my guess is it will have swollen and warped in places so won't fit together as easily. Humans managed moving heavy stuff with sleds for '000s of years, so that would probably be my choice.

Although I was berated for it not actually "taking 5 mins", the grid bit didn't take much longer.

Most of that was down to me being overly careful that it was all matched up as I figured they would be a bastard to unlock if I made a mistake.

If we move, or I need to put a big shed up somewhere else I would definitely use them again. idk exactly what they're weigh capacity is, but if you can use them for driveways then I sure it's adequate for a domestic shed.

Hehe, I have exactly that shed I moved from one end of the garden down three steps into new (temporary) position on the patio on my own yesterday.

I employed the wisdom of the ancients and some kids bubble mixture and a hose to create a slippery sliding track of 2x1 batons to slide it along. Had three bits, lift up the front of the shed, kick a well lubricated piece of timber under, go round the back hive it a big shove, collect the rear bit, go round the front and repeat. When I got the retaining wall at the end of the lawn i pulled out all three pieces, levered them under the front like skis, then shoved it up onto the wall, tipped it up, repositioned the three pieces as a"slide" and slid it down. Worked a treat!

Kids had to be evacuated to inside while I performed the "tip it over the wall" bit.

I know its been done to death but does anyone have an aprox m2 price for Parquet flooring (all in price) and floor board refurbishment ?

Am weighing up which way I want to go....looking to get about 80m2 laid. None of this will be underfloor heated, am worried about the heat loss with bare boards. The floor is suspended and is insulated but with that crap fibreglass wool stuff. Will look to get that dressed myself with the kingspan insulation stuff as I can access the space easily from the basement.

I'm looking at knocking down a wall to make a kitchen/diner. It's a load bearing wall, which needs a lintel. What do I need to do to make sure this is all done safely, and properly? Would I need a structural engineer? What's needed in terms of council planning dept approval? Could I do the paperwork myself or does this need to be done by a someone who does these things all the time? Many questions, but I'm new to this, and just starting out thinking about this.

I usually budget around £35 psqm for materials (I might be a little out of date). Depending on the room shapes 80sqm could be 4 man days, it's the edges that take time. Those are really loose estimates.

Refurbishment I wouldn't want to give an estimate without a close look at what needs to be done.

you'll need and structural engineer to calculate the beam size and apply for building regulations (not planning) or Building inspector.

I love the 'wisdom of the ancients' combined with kids bubble mix

I'm considering the same thing. Have you had any kind of quotation for the work yet? As of yet, I have no idea what the likely cost is to the structural work and make good again.

No, but my father in law is a builder so we're fortunate enough to get the work done for free-ish. I wouldn't trust him to work out the load calculations/get the relevant sign-offs sorted though. Had a guy round this morning actually who says he'll charge just under 300 to do all the calcs/get the drawings sorted. And, the Buildings Control application with the Council is just under 200. I know the big cost is the work itself, but thought these additional costs could be helpful for you.

Edit: guy this morning said that it'd probably be about £2000 if we were paying someone to do it. That's for about 3 metres of wall being removed and massive lintel being put in.