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YOu could paint the wall with 'blackjack' , bitumen etc , and blind it ie throw sharp sand into it before it sets. Thsi will give a key for the render. There will be no suction for you , though. You could also tank it with SBR and sand and cement. Thanks, what is SBR? What mix...

Thanks, maybe I could use a lime render as this breaths.

Has anyone got any advice? Would be much appreciated.

Hey I am about to render an old earth retaining wall in my garden and have the following questions: 1) The wall does not have a PVC sheet behind it to protect moisture from penetrating the wall and its not practical to put one behind it, should I treat the wall with some sort or...

Thanks for the help

thanks for the help, could you help with the following aswell please: If I use an intermediate switch as a 2 way switch I will have 2 L2 and 2 L1 connection points, which one do I wire the live and negative feeds to?

I want to wire up a 2G switchs (2 switches on the same face plate ie 2G switch) as follows: Switch 1: this will control one light. Switch 2: this will be the intermediate switch for a 3 way switching set up. My question is do I buy a 2G intermediate switch and the wire one side up as...

thanks i will try that

Could you expand on your answer please, what can I do then?

I Have a Glow worm 30CXI combi boiler fitted in my loft space. All the radiators heat up ok apart from the last 2 on the run and they very bottom of the house one in the cellar and one on ground floor. I can get them to heat up ok if I turn 2 other rads off on the ground floor, I have balanced...

I want to build a curved wall for a planter in the garden it will be made from blue engineering bricks, what is the maxmium mortar gap I can have on the curved section?

How do i wire it so i can control 2 independent sockets by 2 different switchs. So i will have 3 switchs in the room, Switch 1 controls the main light, switch 2 will control a light plugged into 1 5amp round pin socket, switch 3 will control another light plugged into a different 5amp round...

Thanks for all the help, i shall get on with the project now.

Can anyone help with the above, i want to be able to switch a lamp in the living on and off by a switch on the wall. per a electrics book i have it says that i can do this with a 2 amp lighting circuit with 2A round-pin unswitched sockets. please can you confirm that my understanding as...

I have a philips 28" widescreen TV 4 1/2 years old. While you are watching it sometimes it switches itslef off (onto stand by) If I try to switch it back on it goes back to stand by, it can take up to 40 times of keep switching it on for it to come back on. What is wrong with it? Can I...