Recent content by molenpad

I have plenty of those as I've also knocked down a low decorative stone wall! I was thinking about chucking them in before putting top soil down Thanks all for your help - the soil is not clay like at all, the lawn is already raised so its quite free draining, apart from some rocks and roots...

I want to remove an outside light that is connected to the front of my house. It is wired to a 2 way junction box, the feed (grey cable) coming from the soffit of the house to a junction box. It is then wired on (2 core, no earth) to an ancient lantern light. Question is, can I just remove the...

I recently removed an overgrown rowan and lilac tree from the back of my garden, which has left an 8ftx8ft patch of land which slopes down away from the existing lawn to the neighbours fence, It's a gradual 3ft drop towards the fence. The neighbours garden is higher up than ours, so the concrete...

Given the bad DIY I've found in this house that would make sense. Behind this cladding is just the brick from the house before the porch was there. So whatever it is is just stuck to the brick with what looks like a black adhesive

Didn't know that. I'll have to do it out of view of the neighbours!

It does feel a little like pinboard, my only question on that is why anyone would clad a wall with it! Is that something commonly seen?

Yeah I'm going to get it tested and I've put my work in the porch on hold for now. I know nothing about asbestos or what it looks like, though I know it can come in many guises, so I just wondered if I was wrong and it's actually really obviously something else! Here is hoping!

I'm renovating my porch and wanted to remove the old wall tiles. They felt like polystyrene tiles as they are softish to the touch and can be slightly compressed when pushing on them hard. However I accidentally damaged one when removing skirting board and inside the tile it is yellow, almost...