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The national trust manage lots of historic houses and a lot of coastal and mountain areas. A years family membership (£130) is a good investment you can see some great joinery, cabinet making and architecture in the houses and get free parking at their countryside sites. There's some great...

You can get standard timber sizes in up to 7.2 m long so it may be possible but a look at the span tables shows a max span for 65 x 225 with purlins at 1800 centres to be 4.09m , if you had four at 1200 centres it's up to 4.7m. Basically you will either need gluelam beams probably about 300mm...

Fence panels and tapered boards for fencing often come with a coloured treatment and your gravel boards just have the plain green tantalising.

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I've never used those but have used wattle and daub a mixture of clay,straw and cow pats on a woven hazel wall and have used a lime hemp render as well on a wire mesh background. With either of those and I suspect with the unfired bricks you need a good roof overhang and a clear area around the...

When you say clay bricks what do you mean ? I imagine many people have experience of brick built houses, I know I have. If you mean vertical tile hanging there's traditional types with flat roof tiles which are fairly common particularly on gables . Or modern interlocking tiles which are hung on...

Quality costs in a finish. Sikkens make good paint and varnish ,their TSI is a good finish that goes on fairly clear and doesn't darken or yellow the wood too much.

As there's no cavity in the wall you will need to do something to stop rain and possibly flood water coming through the block work. You could add cladding to the outside but that won't reduce flood risk. On the inside the choices are a paint on like bitumen or tanking slurry or a plastic...

You could buy clear perspex ( acrylic) pipe and cut to length.

Rough sawn will usually come in 3/4, inch, inch and a half and two inch. You won't get 38 mm from inch and a half and probably won't be offered inch and three quarters so it'll have to be from 2 inch stock. Ten 6x1 1/2 at 8 foot sounds like a lot of timber to make one very heavy bed, a redesign...

We went this summer. As above you do need a 4 wheel drive as you won't be allowed on gravel roads without, unless you know what you're doing off road keep off the extreme routes though. It's a beautiful country great for an active holiday, campsites are UK prices ,hotels double and food is a bit...

I think you will need to cut out the section and move it back then nail on a 3x2 (or a pair of them) at the right height to sit the threshold on. If the joists are running parallel to the opening this won't be too hard if they're joined to the perimeter beam you'll make it easier if you lift...

It does depend if you're having open in or out, but normally if you want a flush threshold open out then the sill with a guide groove will have to be set to finish flush with the finish floor level inside. Pvc and aluminium door sets will come complete so the size of step down will be down to...

The ones I have done the top coat cannot be recoated once cured, it has to be ground off and patched in. Though I haven't done one for a couple of years and I know their new formulation is different, it may depend on the brand. The top coat is to provide UV protection and a decorative finish so...

Use Pythagoras 3-4-5 to get the corners at 90 degrees and put pegs in to get the levels, you can measure down to get the correct level for the concrete. Sometimes people put pegs in the trench level those up to finish level and then pour around them, then withdraw the pegs before setting, this...

I would not bother to muck away if you have a large area and a large garden ,you can lose several tons of material very easily, remember disturbed ground will settle so your levels will drop in time .

It took me less than 30 seconds to check the " fields of dumped Tesla's" story and if you can't be bothered to check yourself I can let you know it's boll**ks. Car batteries wether Lion or lead acid are valuable and recyclable and faulty ones can be replaced. There are many valid reasons why an...

You can get the hang of one fairly quickly, but an experienced operator will work twice as fast and work in a more logical way making less of a mess. If you can get access for a mini digger they're better on every level.

Poly v, 665mm and 19mm wide is all the information you need to buy a new one. Check that the tension adjustment is not near the max, it could be stretched and a new 660 mm length might fit better.

Resilient bars are steel bars about 50x12 mm in a top hat section. You fix them to the joists at right angles and then screw the plasterboard to them. They introduce a gap between joist and plasterboard which reduces sound transmission between floors. They are widely used and available and any...