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Is it me or does this isolation valve look on the slant? It's not leaking until the point of isolation valve so all seems ok... Unless it's an illusion I'm yet to fix the taps to it

I successfully got it off using the right tool

Thanks for the input Thank you I appreciate it I've bought a 6" long 24mm socket for the job

What tool do I need to remove this nut at top of copper pipe? I can't get a spanner in there and I also can't get any more copper pipe off Cheers

Hi I finished the project and found it challenging, it was sloped in both directions and was on a curve, the inner side being steeper than the longer side obviously All in all it looks ok but there are 3 slabs thay have some definite lippage on. I started on the left (as you look at pic)...

Big 900 x 600 slab has a very annoying thicker corner which means that it’s not sitting level with the slabs around it, it’s about 6mm higher and very annoying. I am re-laying the customers existing slabs so we have no others. I have bed it on mortar now but it’s obviously higher than the...

I’ll have way too much MOT left over so maybe I should compact MOT to leave a depth of 60mm (20mm slab and 40mm compacted mortar) As a rough guide, will the mortar compact approx 20mm? Should I lay the mortar bed level with the top of the adjacent slab before putting a slab on and tapping into...

Hi, Just before I lay some Indian sandstone, can I just check that these calculations are acceptable? 20mm slab 45mm mortar bed (compacted depth once slab installed/tapped down ) 100mm compacted hardcore type 1 Cheers

I’ve ripped up an Indian stone patio and I’ll be re-laying it I’m using SBR and cement mixed with water as a slurry and then I’ll be laying The patio is on a curve and it slopes in both directions. There are 5 ‘rows’ of slabs as per the picture below I’ve lifted the slabs, dig out the awful...

I’m installing a new gate post tomorrow 2.7m long (90cm going into ground and 1.8m high gate hanging into it with t hinges) It has a slight twist in it, nothing too major Will this be ok to use? Is it more important to get the face of the new and existing post flush or focus on ensuring...

I’m installing a 6 foot gate on 6x6 timber posts The options are 2.4m and 3m 2.4m is too short and 3m is overkill? Would you trim some off the length of the 3m length to make it 2.7m long (90cm in ground, 180cm above ground) or would you just dig deeper and out 1.2m in the ground? Cheers

I am installing some timber driveway gates and the length of the span is 3m in total. Each gate will meet halfway so 1.5m per leaf/gate, and 6 foot high I am concreting in timber posts each side, what diameter timber post is suitable for this type of job? 4x4? 5x5? 6x6? Cheers

I was thinking of around £180-200 Labour? Is this what you would consider appropriate?

Hi all I did the job, pretty happy with how it went once I got posts level They didn’t want a handle or latch on it ‍♂️

Hi, I’m in Leeds, UK One of my customers in my other business has asked me to re point their Indian stone patio (3m x 2m) and lift up 2-3 slabs and relevel What is a fair price to charge for this job - Labour only? I will need to grind out all joints first and I’ll be using sand/cement mix...