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Hi guys, My garage like most has a concrete floor. It's always freezing to touch and dusty etc. I would like to put some sort of covering on it to make it easier to to clean up and also more comfortable to lie on when working on cars. I was going to put a layer of ply down which ticks most...

Hi guys, Does anyone know if doubling up the green fibre board under laminate is acceptable or has anyone done it and now it's ruined the floor? Doesn't seem too make much difference, squishy wise on a few off cuts although that's not the same as really doing it. Appreciate its not...

Hi Guys, I've got 50 sqm of block pavers to remove. I was thinking 2 6yrd skips, does this sound about right? Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Guys, Just bought a new house (detached with double garage adjoining) and seems in good shape, only the soffit and fascias let it down. Currently soft wood with probably one coat of paint in 25 years! I'm a pretty good diyer but the house has three gable ends, two either end (one above...

Hi Everyone, I have a JVC everio HD HM445BEK camcorder. If I run a hdmi cable from camcorder straight to the t.v the playback is very good and when playing it back on my laptop through the everio software the quality is good. The problem arises the moment I save some videos to my computer...

Hi guys, Firstly i know nothing about computers so this maybe the most stupid question ever!!!? I've had Kaspersky on my pc for a few years now, but it very rarely detects anything. I've never had any problems with my pc. I only ever go on the same half dozen websites, banks, ebay, yahoo...

Yes i've gone an done a very stupid thing! I've put 3.57 litres of unleaded in my 2003 skoda Octavia. It all ready had 10 litres ish of diesel in the tank. I managed to squeeze in a further 41.46 litres of diesel once I realized my mistake. I drove it for 10 minutes afterwards and it seemed...

HI Guys, In early 2008 I build a pretty large workshop at the the end of my garden approx 6mx6m, Apex roof about 3.5m tall in the middle. This sits about 1m from the boundary line either side. When I built this i checked the planning portal there was nothing about the height in relation to...

Hi Guys, Just looking at this for the workshop, http://www.controlgeardirect.co.uk/garage2.html The price is £25.69 which includes the 63A RCCB. This is vastly cheaper than anything else i've looked at. Its got all the BSEN numers, but is there a reason for the price, build quality etc...

Hi Guys, Could some one please confirm the following just in case i made some stupid error before I spend £200 on cable! Cable required for workshop at end of garden. I worked out the max power use in the garage would be 8kw (air compressor 2.2KW, heater, power tools, lights etc) I can't...

Hi Guys. I have a ADT alarm in my workshop. The main alarm unit is in the workshop with a key pad and I also have a keypad in the house. Unfortunately I need to extend the 2 cables that go between the workshop and the keypad in the house. Do the 2 cables go between each keypad or does...

Hi Guys, After helping building my brothers workshop he's now done the electrics. Please don't shoot me down about Part P, i have explained this several times to him. He asked me to take a look (i'm not an electrician) to see what I thought. In the workshop he's got an 40A RCD CU, with 6A...

Hi Guys, We want to remove our bathroom wall and replace it about 2 ft further over into our bedroom. Its going to be alot of work for such a small gain but our bathroom is so small it should make a big difference. The house is 1950's. The wall is constructed out of a light weight, dark...

Neighbour came round today to ask me to tune their digibox. They've got no instructions and i've looked everywhere in the menus and can't find the auto tune button. Any ideas?

Hi. A friend has asked me to lay some blocks for a small barn on his farm. The building uses vertical steels (rsj's) to support the roof. The blocks in theory aren't structually relevant to the building, more to enclose the sides and keep the elements of the cows!! The back and front walls...

Hi. I'm currently building a wooden outbuilding approx 6m x 6m, the front and rear walls are 4 x 2, the side walls are 6 x 2 all at 400mm centres. It will be having pressed steel roof sheets with 50mm insulation fixed underneath. The roof is a simple lean to style. Will 9 x 3 (the largest...

Hi, Next week i'll be laying a 7m x 7m concrete pad 6" thick for the base of a wooden garage/workshop i'll be buiding. The area was excavated last Oct, 8" of type1 laid and wacked every so often along with being weathered in. I'm thinking of laying them as 2 seperate pads as 7x7 seems to...

Hi, We've just purchased a built under double oven (max 4800w) and a electric ceramic hob (max 6500w). The original freestanding electric cooker and hob has been running using the usual 6mm cooker cable, but surely this can't be right. With the new max being a possible 11300w then would I need...

Hi, Sorry for the following daft question. Which order to you do the soffit and fascia in? Do you put the starter strip along the back of the old soffit, fit the fascia and then flex/bend the new soffit pieces in or do you fit the starter strip, then the soffit pieces and then the new fascia...

Hi. Hope some one can help as this is driving me bonkers! Our domestic hot and cold water pipes make a faint noise like a fridge humming. If you hold your hand on the pipe especially the cold it feels like water is running through the pipe. The water meter does not move and there is no leak...