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Use a spirit or laser level to see how uneven and sloping it is and mark the highest spot . You will then know how thick the biggest piece of packing will need to be. For packing you can use plastic spacers, broken slate or tiles, basically anything thin that won't degrade in the wet. Start...

In hotel corridors I think it's decaying old carpet underlay that gives that odd dusty smell.

24 hrs seems a bit excessive most epoxies will cure a lot quicker than that. But you do want one that will give you plenty of time to assemble the pieces. Standard araldite should be ok not the fast set stuff.

Treated timber will be treated against fungal decay and insects. It would be difficult and expensive to replace at a later date so you should use treated. For non structural parts which can be easily replaced or may be modified untreated is ok.

A router will be fine . Either use a cutter with a top bearing and a template which is the exact size you want or fit the template bush to your router and use an undersized template. You can only get radius corners down to the size of the cutter.

Low pitch roofs will often have standing water caused by debris dams or movement in the underlying structure such as timber shrinkage, bowing or just temperature movements. Even though the fixings for metal roofing have gaskets this can cause leaks, also corrosion of metals and coatings will...

Rawl do a very good catalog with all the information you will ever need, it's probably online now. The sleeves are either plastic as in the post above or stainless mesh. They retain the resin around the anchor in hollow blocks and europrean type clay blocks, they're not normally used with UK...

Ronseal decking end grain preserver is good for cut ends in treated timbers. Many of the newer wood preserver treatments are water based so won't affect old felt, a plant sprayer can be used which will be easier and more effective than a brush. Borate is effective against wood borers it comes as...

Instead of a filler strip you could route a rebate (or cut one with a table saw) into the architrave so it sits on the door casing. It will be hard to get a perfect taper but decorators caulk is handy stuff.

I may be stateing the obvious but self leveling sreeds must be troweled out to level. The self leveling bit means the tool marks disappear.

I've used Dura deck boards on a few jobs,they do a double width board which I particularly like. Good laser levels are fairly cheap nowadays. I got a DeWalt green one a few years ago for around £100. Wait till the evening to see the laser outdoors.

I've used perspex in a couple of bathrooms successfully. 12mm ply screwed to the studs, then 4mm perspex glued on with a fix and seal type mastic. It's available in lots of standard colours and fancy effects too if you want. It's easy to clean and fairly scratch proof though I wouldn't use vim...

Aluminum is still available and is good stuff. I like the Zinsser stain block primers as well,I prefer the water based one. The Zinsser primers are lower build which keeps the moulding looking a bit crisper which I like.

Those look a good deal. To make one yourself just drill the right size hole in a piece of steel plate or bar about 4mm or thicker. You don't need to tidy up the hole, infact the sharp edges where the drill pushes through will be an advantage . Don't taper the hole this will not help, it will...

Invented cylinders won't need heating any more than vented ones. You don't need a feed tank in the attic so there's less plumbing. As suggested if you get a twin coil one you can fit solar to cut bills. Solar ones tend to be bigger 300L compared to 200L for non solar. £2000 seems a high quote to...

Drilling through probably won't kill the tree, but still. I've seen it used on treetop courses lots. If there's branches above you can suspend it.

From the drawings it looks like your drawers are very large and will be very heavy when full. You could put them on castors but if you go for full extension runners they'll have to be very strong expensive ones. I would suggest more drawers on lighter runners would be better. Ideally use 9 mm...

The festool rotex can do most sanding jobs and is usually an either or buying choice with the mirka deros as they have similar performance. It seems like you're looking at tools similar to what you already have. If you want a finish sander that can do corners have you thought of a quarter or...

I know very little about small engines and it's clear you don't either. My advice would be to follow the manual instructions to assemble, add oil and fuel then try to start it . If it works that's good if it doesn't then you have a problem .

It's teak but probably a faster grown plantation stuff that's not of the best quality. Starbrite teak oil or teak sealer are both good, the sealer does not completely soak in so will leave a surface film ( like a varnish) which is not oily and won't collect dirt. The UV protection in these will...