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This weekend me and my friend are starting to dig up our front lawn area which is extremely compact soil, and turning it into a driveway with a shingled top. The skip is there and the weak hands are hard at work already, but how far must we dig the soil up. 20 cm? Then we fill it with...

I have to drill through plasterboard to hang my pictures. The plugs I have says i have to use 7mm drillbit. Only have a 6 and 8, no 7mm. What do I do now? Also, do I use metal, masonry or wood drillbit?

Hi Richard, It sounds like I have the same idea on my plan. Instead of 1m accross x 80cm to the front grill area, mine is 90cm to front which might be a bit too far out. I shall change my plan accordingly. I assume you made the grill yourself, and the slots are built into the brick sides...

Would I be needing planning permission to build a bbq with a chimney? The concrete foundation would be in the area of 4m x 4.5meters. Wall height from 120cm to 180 cm at bbq end.

I am no builder, but am trying to write up a plan what my bbq outside in garden must look like. Abroad families have great built bbqs with halfmoon walls around for wind shelter and built-in seats. Why cant I find any examples in the UK? Is there anybody out there that has some good...

Thank you for the advice John. Going to get on with the PVA then.

We moved house recently and our first job was to repaint all walls. Upstairs in our conversion the previous owners painted plasterboard walls with satin paint, not a good paint either. Now everywhere there are peelings of paint coming off. Should I just try and paint over it, sand it down or...