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I live in the northwest of England,what is the going rate to remove old ridges,and replace with a dry ridge. I've already got a scaffold in place,but I've had quotes ranging from £900 to £2200 to do the job. The roof is 10m wide,with 2 apex' at the front of the house,1 at 1.5m and one at 4.5 m...

It's a flat roof,it's currently asbestos which needs removing and replacing with a flat roof

I'm looking for the cheapest way to re roof my shed.its concrete panel,but im looking at something that I can do myself.i was thinking 18mm Sterling board or ply covered with something but don't have burning gear for felt,what are the other options ?

Im getting quotes for some blockwork, Stud walling,rendering and plastering.also removing windows. The job is basically at my works there are windows 900mm high and 28 meters going around the building.the windows keep getting smashed so they want windows breeze blocking up,rendering from the...

Also theres is a small area which puddles water were there is a low point,will rotavating solve this problem or would some kind of drainage be advised ?

Im about to turf a new lawn The lawn that is down now is weed free but uneven and ive had new paving installed which i want to run level with. If the current lawn is in good condition and well kept,is there any problem with just rotavating it,topsoiling it to level then laying the turf ? Also if...

As a rule of thumb 60 brick or 10 block is a square meter or very close to it

Lime mortar.theyre not tuck pointing it because they are only pointing in certain areas not a full hit on the building so it has to match in with the rest of the building

Cross batton the joists.instead of ripping ceiling out punch holes in it to determine whete the joists run.use lowest joist as a level to pack the rest of the ceiling to.4x1 rough sawn is plenty good enough,cheap and wont be seen.200mm is some slope though,would have to be done in a couple of stages

Would the smaller unit they stock still sit on the biscuit below ? Just replace with smaller unit and point the difference if viable

For double skin brick,its double the first skin ie,single skin 60 brick,double 120

For single skin its 60 brick per m2 For block its 10 block per m2. When getting prices always expect to pay more for an established company with overheads and employees rather than a one man band or a small set up. A larger set up will be paying advertising,staff,admin plus their cut on...

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A fine sand is the only option with the brick pattern anyway.it has been patched in places not too long ago tbh ive got a far better match than what they have used now but still nothing near what id put my name to.its the colour more than the consistency thats problematic but its just a case of...

She said as the dye coats each particle of sand the particular colour of the dye it wont work which to be honest i didnt get but i wasnt getting anywhere.i get the fact if i use a dark sand and add cement it would be hard to make the coulor.but surely if i used a light sand,mixed red and yellow...