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We have a 2m high old tatty boundary wall running down the length of the garden, it's structurally sound but extremely tatty, various ages and sizes of bricks, half rendered, half not. It belong to the neighbours who refuse to do anything with it on our side, so only option we have is to build a...

found some http://www.telext.co/drop-wire-accessories.html

I want to run an exterior grade overhead phone cable from one building to another(across my land), does anyone know what type of plate, bracket or hook to use to secure the cable to the exterior of the building? and where to purchase?

That's a good question. Both actually go onto the conserv roof.

Got the overflow from our combi over the conservatory so it runs into the conservatory gutter. We're wanting to attach a water butt to the conservatory downpipe but are unsure if the added boiler overflow water will be harmful to plants/garden etc

Don't think that's an option really. See diagram, the gap between my house and the actual boundary is just enough to walk down

Sadly we have a 600mm sewer pipe right on the boundary between our house and next door. Previously there had been a tatty old hedge there. Me and my neighbour would like to erect a fence but are unsure of the best way to do it. The sewer is literally 30cm below ground level, it runs the...

it's a pitched roof, if you look at this pic(this isn't actually it but it representative) http://www.k-roofing.co.uk/images/barge_board_eves_gutter_01.jpg the brick wall is the boundary wall and the overhang you see there is the overhang on my land.

I am wanting to build a garage in the back garden and there only one place it can go. The problem is the neighbours garage which butts up to the boundary has an *huge* roof structure which overhangs my garden by at least a foot. If we were to build a garage we would have to considerably cut...

They're not leaking but the bathroom floor is tiled which means they'll never ever by any way of getting to them once the ceiling is plastered.

We're re-doing the kitchen and noticed the bathroom rad above has isolation valves on it in the ceiling void. It was only recently done. Seems like bad practice to me to have isolation valves completely unaccessible so should they be removed?

I accidentally grinded through the phone cable on the outside of the house. It's cut an inch or 2 before it enters the house. The cable is 7 core, (orange, black, white, green, red x 3)... I've done a temporary repair, by reconnecting all the wires except for red and the phones and working...

Since the weather got a little colder our cb28 keeps losing pressure, at least 2 times a day we have to top the pressure up in order to get hot water. Then when the heating is on, the pressure rising too high, up to 3 bar so water is coming out of the overflow. Any ideas what might be...

We have stone corbel's under the gutters on both sides of the house, they're gloss black. On the north facing side I simply touched them up with exterior gloss(not masonry). and they look fine However, on the south facing side the thick gloss paint has cracked and flaked quite a lot so I'm...

Been using some Dulux trade ecosure water based gloss. It's awful to use, dries far too quick, runs easily, shows every spec of dust, air bubbles, brush marks. Only good thing is that it's white. Given some primed MDF skirting 3 coats and it still looks transparent in places. Are they...