bowing

I am currently doing a bathroom renovation and decided on fitting a Merlyn Level 25 stone resin shower tray. In the instructions, the first thing they get you to do is check that there isn't an excessive bow on all four sides. They do this by getting you to prop up the tray on four blocks of...

I decided to finally deal with some blown plaster around a kitchen window, and ended up removing all of the plaster below one of the windows, which came away easily. Underneath, the brick seemed slightly damp, which is strange given all the hot weather we've had recently. At either ends the wood...

Hello! I have a bowing roof on a mid terrace. The 4 purlins at some point in the past have had supports removed along the length and have rotated slightly and bowed. Ive had an engineer round who has provided the spec for steels to replace them with, although it's suggested leaving the purlin in...

Hi All, Had a water tank problem and while fixing it, noticed that one of the collar ties in our loft has a proper bend in it. The house is a 1990's new build and is at the end of a row, so the roof slopes at the front, back and at one side. Roughly half way across the loft space is a post...

Hi folks, Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I'm building some built-in wardrobe sliding doors -- four doors at ~2200x800mm each across a 3m span floor-to-ceiling, with carpet underneath. Importantly, they're going to be wrapped in fabric so couldn't care less about paintability. I don't...

Hi all. I have a 1960 end terrace house. Problem is this. When I moved in 2.5 years ago, all floorboards were fine, but then the landing started creaking. Next thing I know, all floorboards are creaking. Then the landing floorboards started to bow when stepped on, and now slowly the second...

We have a 40mm solid wood beech worktop fitted in our U-shaped kitchen. Two lengths and a third breakfast bar. The kitchen and wooden worktops were bought and delivered a year ago. Due to various reasons (including my own slow DIY skills) we have only now got to the point of fitting the...