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can anyone recommend a good (not too expensive !) concrete delivery service for near Heathrow just outside west London, or even a good nationwide service - I need about 5 to 6 cubic metres for foundations for a new garage wall where the lorry can probably get to about 20 metres from the trench...

Hi, I'm going round in circles trying to find best blocks for an external wall to replace a fenceline which will merge with a new workshop to be built from the same - getting muddled info from different builders merchants. I see some nice 'off-white' reasonably smooth ones on some industrial...

Does anyone know any manufacturers of (lightweight) metal roof trusses - I know that wide span, low angle ones are used in a lot of sectional buildings and wide garages. I'm widening my garage and cannot have too high an apex and will be using sheet metal panels. Many thanks

Helping a friend build a 14' x 12' workshop at end of garden using concrete building blocks but never used these before in my very modest brickie work in the past ! He will use it to rebuild engines and wants to put a support beam across to use a hoist to lift them. Height of the walls will be...

I've been asked investigate why some lounge room (only) lights keep blowing. 4 uplighters in the room, every week or so one of the 40W candle bulbs keeps failing - any hints to work out what is going on ? If it's a bulb rather than circuit issue, maybe a change to another type ? Cheers, Joe

Hi all, am part-retired now and want to spend more time tinkering with my old motorbikes in the garage - however am fed up with my awful garage of 25 years now (!) - it's brick built, about 8ft wide and 16ft long with a sloping corrugated asbestos replacement roof that slopes from one end at 8ft...

Hi, not sure if in best forum area for this one. Trying to help an elderly lady 'make good' of a badly fitted bathroom and without going into all reasons am going to fit up a 30mm wide x 10mm thick wooden baton coving between the wall tiles and ceiling. I want to glue this to the ceiling and...

can't find the right part of the forum for this query but guess plumbers may have come across this ! As I go about my normal handyman work I keep coming across new issues ! Got a very loose toilet seat fitting that allows the seat to slide sideways - not good, The fittings appear to be put...

As I go about my normal handyman work I keep coming across new issues ! Want to adjust some double glazing windows do not close properly against the seals which suggest max of a couple of mm gap between frame and window. Finding gaps of up to 6mm (!) at bottom/top ends of some and believe that...

Hi all, Haven't built a wall for many years but due to help friend build a small retaining wall for a 'sloping up' garden. It'll have a couple of bends in it but equates to about 164" long and will be about 12" high, 9" thick (double row of bricks) with bricks on their sides as a top...

Hi all, Can anyone comment on how good these are and what makes/cost to go for. Haven't done papering for a few years and just asked to do quite a bit, and the space available to work is cramped. Many thanks, Joe

Just moved into new home fitted with this type of burgular alarm. Cannot afford engineers visit as out of work at the mo, and they don't want to help otherwise. Alarm panel seems to function in setting and disarming the alarm, with normal tones from the house internal sounder during...