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Well got someone calling to fit a new fence and metal gate posts next week - several companies didn't reply to emails or bother to turn up to price the job up? To answer some questions - I tried jockey wheels on the previous wooden gates but as the drive slopes slightly and is rough they...

I had a pair of composite driveway gates fitted a couple of years ago to replace some wooden ones that were heavy and old. The composite ones were supposed to be lighter than wooden ones but definately aren't so the wooden posts that were in started to bow. These were replaced 8 months ago with...

I was looking into having the drive covered in resin and getting the slab widened as well but the expense put me off. Having the slab widened i'm guessing will still need a retaining wall and the expense would be way more than just a couple of feet high wall with slabs

The ground is clay under the lawn and the gravel boards will start to fall away which is why we tried with breeze blocks to support them (dug into grass) - this hasn't helped much which is why I'm wanting a proper supporting wall. The last house we had the previous owner made some nice walls in...

I'm wanting to have a small retaining wall built between the garage and lawn with concrete slabs on top to walk along. The wall will be approx 40ft long going from 1ft above ground to 2ft as garden has a slight slope. I'm thinking concrete blocks would be the cheapest option? Does anyone have...

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The "plumber" supplied everything

They have a hot water tank/ cistern? downstairs - in the loft i think there is just a cold water tanks (maybe 20lt) The "plumber" is someone my dad knows from many years ago, he fitted a bathroom to their last home with no problems, took him over a year to actually start this bathroom as though...

My parents had a new bathroom fitted this week and now have really poor water pressure. The "plumber" replaced the bath and used the taps (mixer with shower head) from the old bath as they were quite new, replaced the taps on the sink with a mixer instead of seperates. They have a hot water...

Well after a few years i finally started to remove the woodchip in the bedroom that the last owners put up as i feared it would be a pain so just painted over the past couple of years. Really suprised as it came off easier than any paper in the past as it was put on over painted walls? Apart...

The wooden floor is raised off the ground by a few inches (soil underneath), never had any damp in the lower part of the shed (floor/ walls) It has a sloping roof which overhangs onto nothing so no gutters The drips are all over the inside of the roof - at the lower/ highest and central points...

I expected them to at least suggest replacing the seals as they're so far gone and would happily pay but they never even mentioned them.

I'm not sure? I noticed some wet drips on the shelf tops and thought the roof was leaking, however it isn't but i can see some drips and feel the wetness on the inside of the roof. The thin single glass window (bonded to outside) has been frozen with the cold

No, you can see it dripping from the roof

I'm trying to identify the old windows we have fitted but can't confirm for sure. I believe they're an old Everest which were discontinued many years ago (they were installed probably 50 years ago by previous owner when house was built). I ordered a sample seal/ gasket kit but nothing matched...