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Im sure some of you clever guys know this answer..... Ive had ranges from 44 to 60 per m3. Any clarification welcome.....

Bought it from screwfix in october took the render off of a 3 bed semi, just started to use it for taking some tiles of a concrete floor and it packed in! All it needs in new brushes! Screxfix cant get em, Titan dont sell em!!! So they say i can take it back and get a new one!! Not bad new...

Weve got to mix C40 by hand for a top down underpinning job, as the pins are quite small we are going to mix it by hand, i cant seem to find a ratio for c40, most other mixes, but not C40....any words of wisdom appreciated.

Does anyone know how much an asbestos skip costs in SW London? Cheers

Hi, i have taken over a job from a firm that had fallen out with the customer over the make up of the base of his new extension. It was was supposed to be block and beam, but the builder put down a 100mm reinforced slab over a well compacted hardcore base (so im told!). With a view to...

A client is insisting on reusing the bathroom suite after we rip the bathroom, flooring, joists walls out due to rot. Im not to happy, whats the general consensus......

We have been informed by our private building control firm that our walls and ceilings must achieve a u value of 0.18. I was under the impression that was the recommended for windows and doors. We are now having to fit 100mm inbetween the joist and covering with a 40mm K7 this seems a bit belt...

We are refurbishing a flat and just laid a engineered floor after ripping up a similar floor. The client supplied a high spec underlay. The builder that works downstairs has informed his client that we are in breach of building regs and that we should put..... Rockwall between the joists...

Apparently the IPHONE 5 is a big success in Liverpool! With the new bigger screen Liverpool supporters can see there league position without scrolling down! :mrgreen:

Why do most of the lottery winners seem to overweight scots!? I was having this conversation with my newsagent, he said cos there always in the shop getting mars bars to deep fry they buy more lotto tickets! :wink:

This was reported in the Metro today! I hope the powers that be will treat this the same as other recent events on trains/trams, a short custodial sentence i believe is the going rate for this sort of thing!! Who am i kidding nothing will happen to this woman she will be painted as the victim...

While making scup of tea one of the guys had spilt some tea (without milk) When we went to wipe it after we found it had stained the clients new cream worktop! Any ideas how to remove the marks?! :cry: :x

Well done Nicola Adam, that girl packs a punch! :wink:

What is the best roof covering to be used in conjuction with promenade roof tiles on a small roof terrace? I dont fancy getting the asphalters in! :?

Its nice to see Team GB keeping to the spirit of the olympics and playing like amateurs! Wot a load of tosh!! :?

A friend of mine whos a tree surgeon got a crane to support a tree which had fallen between two houses while they chopped it up. When they were almost down to the trunk there was a wasp nest that had been disturbed so the moved down the road waiting for the wasps to calm down! While they were...

A client has given me plans, approved by the council, in which she has to exit her bedroom through her kitchen, i was under the impression this wasnt allowed. Has anyone got any thoughts on this? :?

My erderly neighbour got a phone call from his bank yesterday to say that his cards had been cloned and his account has been frozen, they then asked him to verify his acount number and details, he smelt a rat and refused. They then told him to check his card for the phone number on the back of...

Oh dear poor brendan! He will be back on the rock n roll by feb! Wont be given enough time! Its AVB all over again but with a crapper team! :lol: :lol: I wonder what Swansea players will go with him? Might reds? Taking swansea best players? Happy days! :lol: :lol:

I have been asked to tank a basement of a school. Problem is they dont want the inside done. (it has been done and is currently letting in water when theres torrential rain). They have all the childrens lockers that they dont want to be removed. There could be a problem with cracked drain...