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Hi, any advise on the following appreciated. My house is a fairly standard 1970's 3 bed detached with attached single storey garage/utility room. The side of the house which does not have the garage has roughcast 'blown' presumably water into a previous poor repair and then frost. Builder...

Thanks for the product advice Lorena, I'm going to diy shop tomorrow, so I'll have a look for it. Also Lorena or Thermo (or both :D ), can you advise the best way to give the tree a prune, ie. am i just shaping th eform of the outside of the tree, taking away any wayward stems, or do you...

Hi again! And no, i've never fed it, actually never even gave it a thought. I mean I've put miracle gro and fertiliser on plants and grass and things, but never crossed my mind to do something to help the tree out! Is there any particular product that you might recommend, for early spring use?

Hi Lorena, thanks for replying! The picture in the link you provided, does look my tree in the spring, although I don't think it's quite as full with blossom as that one, but it is similar

Hi folks, Have this tree in my garden, not sure, but have been told that it's a weeping cherry or something. Anyway the things not dead, every year in spring it comes up great, lots of leaves, looks very full and generally healthy. Very soon after however, it loses a large proportion of its...

Thanks for the info m8, I'll get it filled as soon as the weather clears :D

Hi folks, Here is a picture of the roof line of my house - As you can see there is a gap between the face board and the roofline. Is this normal, are they there to facilitate air circulation into the roof space, and should I fill the gap in? I'm also concerned about pest infiltration...

That looks like the thing! Thanks for your help, it's appeciated! :D

Hi, I would say that its about a a metre and a half from the sink trap to the wall, then about another 18 inches on the other side where until it hits the main waste pipe. An the distance from where the washing machine is, to where the sink drain hits the wall is probably about 1 metre...

Hi folks, Hoping someone can help me out with a suggestion for a problem! My mother in law has just moved into a high rise flat, which unfortunately seems to be never have been plumbed for a washing machine. I have found a cold water pipe which had a cap onit, to which I have fitted a washing...

I have tried that, and it did have an effect, in as much as it stopped the noise when cold only running, but the noise is still 75% or so there when tap in center and running hot and cold. :cry: Thanks for the advice anyway m8 :)

Hi again folks, Well success! I have fitted the new mixer tap! Unfortunately it seems to be very noisy. When i turn the single lever to hot, water flows etc, and no exceesive noise, when its turned fully to cold, a bit noiser, but i guess maybe due to higher pressure, but it's definetly...

Thnaks very much for the advice, and the tips. It's appreciated :D

Hi folks, I have a small question regarding replacing some taps, it's probably just me over complicating a fairly simple job, but I just need a little reassurance from the experts! I have a mixer tap in the kitchen sink, beneath which, two copper pipes enter it, 15mm. I have a new tap to...

Hey guys, I have now laid the patio on a bed of sharp sand and sealed the edges where it will meet either lawn or cultivated borders, with cement. I have left the other edges untouched, assuming that the gravel/stone that I intend to lay around those edges will suffice to hold everything in...

Thanks guys, all advice appreciated :)

Thanks again for your advice so far guys, hugely helpful :) One other thing has just occured to me though, that you may be able to clarify or advise on. If this sand base is open at any point, ie say the final slab leads up to a flower border or to gravel, what stops the sand from...

Thanks for your advice Thermo, it's appreciated. I'll do my best to make sure the preparation is up to the job :)

Hi folks, I'm after some advice I you can help. Situation just now is that I have an existing patio made up of 3x2 concrete slabs. As it is just now, it's about 30 feet in length (the length of the side of the house), and about 5 feet wide. but fairly uneven in places. The exisiting slabs...

Hello all, Hopefully you will be able to see from the image what my problem is. Due to an unfortunate incident with a screw through a radiator pipe, I had to lift a floorboard in a hurry. The board was tongue and groove (although had been up before and most of the t&g was already gone. I cut...