General Self Build & DIY Discussion

2794 topics in this forum

1. Sleeplessness and self-building and self-help 1 2 3

   By ToughButterCup, February 1
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   • BotusBuild
   • February 9

2. Light at the end of the tunnel: disappearing up my own arse:

   By ToughButterCup, February 8
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   • SteamyTea
   • February 8

3. How to fill this gap?

   By Tom, February 5
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   • Tom
   • February 6

4. Breathing easy - at last 1 2

   By NSS, January 4, 2018
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   • Nickfromwales
   • February 4

5. Scaffolding - render residue

   By Lincolnshire Ian, January 23
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   • Lincolnshire Ian
   • January 28

6. Mould growth on timber

   By cowboy25, January 10
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   • Alan Ambrose
   • January 27

7. Vent Axis Sentinel Kinetic

   By Pocster, January 12
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   • Pocster
   • January 24

8. Building Regulations for external frameless glass balustrade fixing detail (into oak)

   By sean1933, February 19, 2024
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   • BotusBuild
   • January 24

9. EV tariff if no EV...

   By Tom, January 22
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   • trialuser
   • January 22

10. Is anyone actually building at the moment?

    By flanagaj, January 21
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    • Mr Punter
    • January 22

11. Recommended Prodject Manager North Dorset

    By Garry, January 20
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    • Adrian Walker
    • January 20

12. Shepherds hut floor and vapour barriers? (preventing mould and rot)

    By cowboy25, January 18
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    • SteamyTea
    • January 19

13. Fire proofing cable penetrations.

    By Russell griffiths, January 19
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    • Russell griffiths
    • January 19

14. Visqueen contract design service 😮‍💨

    By flanagaj, January 16
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    • Oz07
    • January 18

15. Site entrance gates

    By flanagaj, January 9
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    • Great_scot_selfbuild
    • January 13

16. Bending small aluminium sheets

    By Dunc, January 13
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    • markc
    • January 13

17. ACO drain around whole house?

    By flanagaj, January 9
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    • Nickfromwales
    • January 10

18. I'm confused!

    By flanagaj, January 6
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    • Nickfromwales
    • January 7

19. Recommend a thermometer gun thing.

    By Russell griffiths, January 7
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    • Russell griffiths
    • January 7

20. Premier Tech Ecoflow

    By Dave and Helen, January 5
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    • SteamyTea
    • January 6

21. Ffs, I’m going to take up darts!

    By crispy_wafer, January 1
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    • Nickfromwales
    • January 2

22. Happy new year you crazy self-build bar stewards!

    By Nickfromwales, December 31, 2025
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    • BotusBuild
    • January 1

23. Finished but not finished, when can you move in.

    By Post and beam, September 1, 2025
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    • marmic
    • December 31, 2025

24. Specification - funny

    By Raine, December 27, 2025
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    • SteamyTea
    • December 28, 2025

25. Why are my bricks so wet?

    By Mike66, December 2, 2025
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    • Mike
    • December 27, 2025