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[/url] Yes do not paint it.....Get hold of the correct sealer (try colorpave)and if any of the colour has worn off then you can add some of the main colour of the impressed concrete to the sealer,Color pave may be able to sell you a small amount of the powder dye.i had a slate grey colour...

Hello, I have a very small cottage that I am going to renovate which will include a total rewire (yet to find lecky)and replumb. Currently the kitchen is a very small galley type and will have only a 2m wall that I could have sockets put on, Just two double sockets will be all that I can get...

Hello, Just bought an old stone terraced house. The walls have quite a lot of hollow patches and some mortar has also come away. I was going to hack off all walls and dot and dab strait onto the uneven stone walls, after giving it a coat of pva. But, a friend suggested that the walls should be...

Thanks for takeing the time to reply but as I said I have gone over it a number of times now and still can not see where I am going wrong The alarm goes off because it has detected an intruder on that particular zone ,even though i have put the zones that can detect some one on a timer, in...

Hello can anyone help me please? I have just installed an Accent gen 4 with seperate lcd key pad. Front door on zone 1 which is timed,hall on zone two kitchen on zone 3 living room on zone 4 and back door on zone five,Now the problem..... I have programmed zone 1 to be timed,zone 2 to...

Thanks corgieman and Nige F and Nige F is right ,it is a freebee. :P

Hello, Could anyone tell me if it is OK to use reducers at each end of a pressure reducing valve in order to couple up to 15mm pipe work. Thanks

Thankyou both for the reply and sorry that I could not reply yesterday I have tried the link, so as long as it is big enough for me to turn around in, thats all I am worried about,As long as the building regs officer is of the same opinion I hope It will be OK

Hello, Can anyone tell me the minimum space I need around a toilet /basin and shower.i want to install a small en-suite and am thinking of a corner toilet a small cloak room basin and a 1000mm x 760mm shower tray which I already have.It is being fitted in a new extension and will have to...

Static wrote Hmm.. well call out BC to take a look or contact your structural engineer. BC are normally quite happy to pop along and condemn works. As its supporting something quite major in the building i wouldn't take any chances. __________________ (Any reliance you place upon any advice...

The roofer wrote I think that regardless of the outcome you should at least come clean and admit that you've been pushing at green walls and that's why they have shifted I was rubbing the joint out and noticed the movement in the wall I did not actually push it strait away

Static wrote It also depends on the blockwork your using and location etc etc.. "iv" mortar is acceptable in your situation. but wouldn't be specified for a load bearing pier or retaining wall for instance The pillars will be taking the weight of a r s j which will be taking the weight of...

Static Wrote Mix doesn't sound that bad, more a class iv than a iii. The mortar should always be weaker than the brick/blockwork. Which in this case class iii and iv will be. Can you tell me what class iv and iii are?Do they relate to the mix or the hardness ect and if I'm still not happy...

Thanks I have already spoke to the builders labourer and he said that the mix is fine and that it is mixed weak due to the fact that they are celcon blocks.As for the loose pillars he agreed that they would have to come down and thought that the wind had caught them.He is coming to continue...

:( Hello can anyone give me some advice? I have got a builder that comes highly recommended and has started my double story extension(4mx6.5).He usually uses a team of brickies to get up the blocks but because they are stuck on another job due to the weather holding them back he has started the...