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Hello, We started digging out a trench today for a conservatory, not far down and we had water filling the trench, I thought maybe we hit the water table but then again it seemed a bit high even though we are quite near the sea. Dug out some more and emptied out a few buckets full of water to...

Hello. I bought a new lawnmower and on the first cut the blade boss broke, the two little lugs that go through two holes in the blade literally sheared off, I only used it for about 2 minutes before I heard a dodgy rattling noise and then it got louder and went berserk so I stopped the engine...

Hello, Just wondering if anyone can offer some advice please? My wife went to start the car this morning and there was a loud screeching noise, then a yellow symbol lit up with a message saying parking brake failure, the car won't drive and feels as if it's stuck in parking brake mode. Garage...

Hello, I need to make a couple of timber doors for my garage, just wondering what timber would be best without being too expensive? The opening is about 7ft x 7ft so need to factor in a frame too. Any advice appreciated, Thanks

Hello, Taking down an existing conservatory and replacing with a solid roof one with dwarf walls and have a couple of questions:D Do these things require building regs? What's the norm for footings these days? width, depth etc. I was planning on digging 600mm wide until I found the existing...

Hello, we are booked in for a concrete pour tomorrow after lunch and it's due to be really hot weather so just after some advice really. The trench is dug out and is a the ground has a fair bit of clay in it, it hasn't rained for ages so there has bound to have been quite a bit if shrinkage...

Afternoon folks, just after general opinions really, roughly how much would you expect to pay a brickie to lay approx 330 bricks? It's for a small porch, double skin facing brick, approx 1100mm high L shaped wall, 1030mm out by 1230mm across. Cheers in advance

Hello, I'm building a garden room to be used as a gym, there is already a concrete slab in place so I'm going to sit it onto that, trouble is the concrete slab isn't level as it has a fall for rainwater drain off. How can I level the floor joists? I was intending to use off cuts of 6x2 treated...

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this topic so apologies if not, I'm in the process of refurbishing my home office and want to install cat6 and cctv wires into the wall. I just need confirmation of what equipment I need and in which order it goes, I'll have the phone line...

Hello, One of my radiators isn't getting hot, when I turn off one of the other radiators it does get hot but this still leaves me with one cold rad. It's the furthest rad from the boiler, it was the last to be added to the system when I did part of my ongoing renovation a couple of years ago...

Hi I'm building my extension and have got to the stage where I'm about to pour the concrete slab but have a question about the cavity fill. I have filled upto 225mm below dpc with lean mix, construction notes say to dress dpm over inner leaf and down 150mm in cavity then across to external...

Hi all this is my first post and I'm not clued up on vehicle mechanics at all so please excuse me if my post is vague! I recently took my vivaro for an MOT and the garage said it needed new wishbones, had them replaced but ever since the van hasn't been right. I noticed the next day that when...

I'm in the middle of a refurb at home and currently have the hall walls back to bare brick. Just wondering if I should use insulated plasterboard or not? I'll use foil backed for the ceiling screwed to the timber but am not sure about the walls. Would there be much benefit to using insulated...

I'm doing a flat roof extension and the architects papers say I need to fix the 8 x 3 joists down with 3 inch truss clips. I've rang all the local builders yards and they all say they can't get them, only 38mm and 50mm. Tried ringing the architect to ask if there's an alternative but he's not...