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Hi All i need to put down some concrete for a greenhouse base. the base is 8x6 or 2542mm x1920mm to be exact :) . i've dug out a rough trench in my garden and my plan was to put shuttering in, and fill that with concrete. i was thinking of having an outer frame and an inner frame, just to...

Hi All, I was planning on converting my attached garage into an extra room. after speaking with one of the neighbours who had this done, they were told(by the planning people) that they had to pave over their lawn so that 2 cars could be parked on their drive otherwise permission would be...

Hi all, ordered a shed yesterday an 8x6...cleared out the area in the garden that its going to go in..trouble is the clay in that corner of the garden is so wet always has been. my plan was to level the ground and put the shed on a sharp sand and paving slab base. will this be ok considering...

hi all, Im thinking about converting my garage(where my boiler is) into an extra room and i have a couple of questions relating to it. ideally i want to leave the boiler alone and just box it into a cupboard boiler is an Ideal classic Lxff & ff fanned flue gas boiler size ff230 1) Is...

Hello, i'm thinking of having my garage converted into an extra room. I have no experience whatsoever of dealing with builders. how do i go about getting somebody reputable, are there any certs or gov. standards that they should have, also do they need to be paid before during or after a job...

hi all, i'm having a new carpet fitted in my sons boxroom on saturday. its the type that doesnt need underlay, so i didn't order any at the time..besides they wanted £75 for a room thats 9 foot square...but i now think the room would benefit from it,can anyone recomend an underlay that i can...

Hi All, anyone got advice for removing stains from tan leather sofas..basically they are two years old now and if food or drink other than water is dropped on them(2 small kids :D )then it will leave a stain, even when i attempt to clean it, i tried the leather wipes that you can buy, they seem...

hello all, my letterbox seems to be letting alot of cold air into the house, which means my hallway is way to cold...without having to replace the letterbox is there a device i can get that will fit inside to exclude draughts, at the moment there is nothing in there. i've tried wickes and focus...

hi all, this is my first post..thankfully i discoved this site as i am a bit of a diy disaster. :D i'm having a couple of problems to do with the floors in my bathroom and en-suite. in the bathroom (which is the length and width of a bath) the floor seems to have a slight dip twords the middle...