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If you're getting someone else to do the work it's best to chat with them and give them a bit of design input, they'll know what products are available locally and may have a preference on what to use and how to do it. If a product is on a manufacturers website it doesn't necessarily mean it is...

It's best to finish the room as much as possible first and then install cabinets etc which have been built somewhere else. Certainly mist walls and finish ceilings . I would finish painting so the cutting in round cabinets doesn't show, maybe miss out behind kitchen runs to save a bit of paint...

Sand and finish floor first

Maybe your friend put a slope in for drainage ? Like others suggest two courses of bricks with thick/ thin mortar beds should bring you level. Then lay DPM over and put insulation in with a floating floor over. This will give you a good flat floor, level as well if you spend time shaving the...

Metal web rafters/joists are great. They span loads, are cheaper than solid timber ,are nice and light and are 3" wide so even your apprentice can find them with a nail. I have used coroline black corrugated and don't rate it much, particularly under trees it grows moss and lichen which weaken...

I've not seen a crack like that open up in a worktop though slight warping is quite common. You could rout out the offending stave and replace or use a two pack filler. If you spent a lot I think you could ask the company to do it or pay for someone else to.

I've used similar ones before , I think they came from Ironmongery Direct or maybe Screwfix. They're easy to use as no need for dowels which the bolt type require. It wouldn't be too hard to weld up your own.

If you just want to add to the existing loft insulation then it's not the best product for the job. Tacked up to the rafters it will keep the attic space a bit warmer but still allow heat loss from below. If it's laid over the existing roll insulation it will add insulation but also act as a...

John Richards and son, Pentraeth, Anglesey, North Wales. Stock of varied hard and softwood, native and imported.also sheet material. Most timbers can be ordered if not stocked, quality is high, they don't keep poor quality boards. Not particularly diy friendly they sell at trade prices so don't...

An ev isn't the best answer for all journeys but as you have two cars one could be an ev. I know which one you'd choose to use most.

What are you hopeing to achieve? Stapling multifoil to the rafters of an unheated attic space will not reduce heat losses from the inhabited upstairs rooms much. If you lay it flat on the joists it might work for insulation but will also work as a vapour barrier above the joists exactly where...

I've used tlx gold which is a multifoil with breather membrane over rafters . The spec was tlx over with counter battens, rockwool in between and insulated PIR plasterboard to the inside. For a workshop you could probably miss out the insulated board which may make it economical and fitting is...

It's called a floating floor and is common. The t&g joints should be glued and leave enough room (10mm+) all round for expansion of the timber, you can fill that gap with cork strip or use a skirting to cover it. Make sure to buy flooring grade celotex/kingspan which has a high compressive strength.

It's probably less than an hours work for someone to do .

A structural engineer will do an assessment and specification which may save you more than they cost and you'll know it's done right. For a single beam £120 is about right nowadays. I use SGM structural in Huddersfield and have always been pleased with them.

Have you tried a glue that is not water based? The tension causing the bow presumably comes from the glue drying and shrinking so a pu glue or coating the panel both sides with sealer first might work.

If Iroko is cheaper than cedar you need to shop around a bit.

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The basato 3 does have a wheel low down at the back to vary the speed. This seems to work by tensioning the drive belt. Is the drive belt slipping or the motor stalling when the blade slows ?

It's simply to get you to click and waste your time to make someone money. There's another with someone adding ketchup to their fuel tank to ' improve milage'