Yes, but now I have a cool tool I can use again in the future, and now know how to remove a dry erase board without wrecking the wall.

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Low tech - I love it! Thank you!

I have various sonoff smart plugs (controlled by eWeLink service), and they all support the "timer loop" mode, which should fit your needs:

https://help.ewelink.cc/hc/en-us/articles/360041366632-Schedule-Timer-Loop-Timer

You have a nice little garage there. Mine was similarly dingy looking, but had the advantage of already having a boarded out ceiling - this makes a hell of a difference, especially for reflecting light down. I painted my bare brick and block walls with standard "trade" paint - think it was the trade emulsion from Wickes. Did one coat 50% water using a spray gun, then one coat over that with a big fluffy roller and a masonry brush. On it's own, this made the whole room much, much brighter and more pleasant looking. Combined with two new 6ft LED batons, it's so much nicer in there.

I also painted the floor using a two part epoxy paint - did two coats of this, after sweeping and hoovering the floor clean, and chipping and scraping off any old residue and mortar from the previous owner's use.

If the garage keeps getting leaves and other guff blown in, you can get weather seal for the threshold which fixes to the floor. Also useful if you find rain gets blown in as well.

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I'm not sure how this sub is for links to Amazon, so the floor paint I used was called "Epoxy Floor Paint by floorsaver". The garage threshold seal thing I'm planning on fitting is called "Stormguard" and can be got from Screwfix or Toolstation.

You can buy "cycle timer" boards for only a few bucks on amazon, or a nicely packaged one that plugs into an outlet for about 25$. You can set interval and cycle from seconds to hours as needed.

Yes, I also thought about a smart plug, but for the schedule I require in a day, I’ll have to set up over 500 separate programs, and I was wondering if the app would even allow that. I’ve never used IFTTT, but it sounds like a good alternative if the former doesn’t work.

Thx. It's important for sure!

You could always use extra thinset to build out the wall the .25" but just make sure they make the right schluter trim to accommodate. At that point i think ordering a larger countertop would be the way to go

My first thought is a smart plug. If the native app doesn’t do it, IFTTT would.

The handedness of a door is determined by being on the side where you have to push it open. If you have to push to the right, then it's right swing. Push it to the left, and it's left swing.

oh. Im on mobile version and just saw one the title pic. Lots of pics and details when I clicked through.

cheers!

texture can mask some pretty huge imperfections...

I did? I show a pic of the wall and it clearly shows it's not and it also shows a header in place where the pocket door was?

pleased check if it’s load bearing before you remove it

If the stone is porous, you can use concrete stain over the stone.

How does it look?

Weak and dangerous.

No expert, but I wonder if he took an angle grinder to the metal tube, then used like a tile saw attach (diamond blade?) and cut the concrete out of the tube? (If there is indeed concrete inside?

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Is it on backwards? The screw slot at the back seems the wrong way round?

You should post this in r/DIYUK. They may be able to give you some more specific product recommendations.

Mixing and matching shouldn't hurt the total capacity, so long as they're never in series.

Just buy square tube that slides tightly over the existing circular tubes and use them as uprights.

Then railings and pailings as usual

is the framing supposed to be floating in the air separate from the base and wall?

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