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we are widening the drive. had some ancient concrete slabs - want to replace with gravel and perhaps slab pathways floating on gravel base Actually the old slabs were still pretty level.. I have lifted them and there is some dusty stone chippings - maybe some are 50 mm wide ( picture...

we placed cooker into old fire place. thinking about venting up thru chimney as opposed to into the drive our neighbours walk up to get into their house. tube going up to a "spinning" cowl? or is just gonna be more sensible to make a hole thru back of chimney towards our neighbours drive...

definitely getting a breeze thru the cracks in floorboards after taking carpets up. This is cavity wall 30's/ 40's bay front type house, thinking this could be the holes where the joists go in the walls? could I seal them up with expanding foam? u think there will be air bricks up there?

want to put real floor down over existing chipboard.. I have seen a great deal on some reclaimed wood,, can I stick it down like an old parquet floor? I could probably nail to some of the joists - but will be a bit of a guess where they are. anyone?

I have an asbestos roofed lean to style garage on the side of my house.. I want to turn it into a garden room and utility on the front ( with a big double door should we want to get bikes and what not in ) the roof is pitched onto a brick wall approx 2200 mm high ( including a 6 X 4...

decided to install an island with sink. - we have a new replacement main coming in to the floor void. wondering where to install stop cock? the old one is obsolete. we'd literally be coming up above board level just to have stop cock there is an wall I could have a flap in the skirting some...

suddenly have come to the realisation that the gas meter will limit what we do in the future with our extension. does it take a long time to arrange them to move it. bizzarely it seems the underground gas pipe snakes the complete around the outside of our house.. ( gas meter on front right...

Going thru my central heating system and it seem that the rads have been randomly connected to the flow and return ring.. Actually 2 rads i will definitely reconnect becos they are in series!! I guess ideally I should have all the control valves connected to flow.. but does it make a...

got a bit of digging needs doing. what should I offer for a couple of afternoons digging? ( trench for pipe )

do u prefer clipped or hinged pipe clips? wondering which is "best" I will be running 15 mm layflat cable - for my hot water and radiators. 22mm rigid speedfit from stop cock upstairs on my cold.. any suggestions?

looking for my mains water pipe found a yellow pipe where I thought it would be. gas? also this pot.. its not in line with the clay drain pipes what is it? the dog's burial urn?

dug down on the border of my property - right next to the Stop cock on the public pavement. stop cock was about 30 -40 cm away - and looking down I can see the blue MDPE pipe going out the circular hole straight towards my place it seemed But not there! halfway down to the depth I found a...

doing a lot of DIY on house - we need to replace lead pipe. - 25 mm MDPE - speed fit couplings etc. there are several routes we can take have a list of pro's and cons. ( as I see them ) any one have some perspective for me? 1 in under the front door. then thru hallway void -and...

I wanted to use a white mortar for pointing a chimney breast. closer to the original pointing.. I had a bit of a go before with regular mortar just fine,. But I was advised to go 3:1 on snow crete to yellow builders sand ( B n Q ) but it does seem a bit crumbly 24 hours later.. should I...

Trying to repoint my chimney breast. have used snowcrete to get a whiter mortar = have mixed 3 to 1 with a yellow builders sand. colour is quote light - matches the lime based mortar. But a day later and its quite crumbly not hard.. I was also advised to put a bit of washing up liquid...

front door seems to be swelling - I used a plane to shave a bit off but sadly rain came from a certain direction. whats a good product to waterproof it? saw ronseal at BnQ? does it need to dry out first? its getting really hard to open :eek:

We have a stair way hall - I have been skimming the walls of our place and have steadily improved. ( had to go back to redo the first wall I did only ! ) But there is a hall way that is massive and would be challenging to get up there! actually the skim on it isnt totally dire - but its...

need lead pipe replacing had a range of quotes.. some want to go around the house to the back where the kitchen is, some want to go straight thru the house.. what's best?

bought a house - knew it needed work - but 'simply' knocking the wall down to make kitchen diner has snowballed... had some damp proofing done and the *big* chap found out we had woodworm. Turns out quite a few boards are riddled. what with new kitchen we looking at doing all the...

pics of existing installation - for planned push fit pipes..