Recent content by sleptwithatradesman

Thanks Frank.

I have a wooden garage at the bottom of my garden 6m x 3m approx. resting on a bed of either soil or hardcore (or a mixture of both). Needless to say the plywood floor is rotten and the whole thing is beginning to sink into the ground. The garage fronts onto a side road, and the rest of the...

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Thanks. Will I need to prime it again after rubbing it down or can I go put Satin wood on it? It's had 2 coats of the primer. cheers

Hi, I made a unit using 18mm MDF. I primed some of it (I ran out of the Dulux MDF primer I was using!) using this stuff: http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint-woodcare/primers-undercoats/primers___undercoats/Diall-All-Surface-Primer-and-Undercoat-White-250ml-12858564?skuId=13369271 Some...

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footprints: Can I use the same mortar for sticking down the slabs that will level off, the Edging bricks and the pointing? cheers

Cheers for the replies Gents. Read a bit on that site but still unsure if edging the patio needs the edging bricks to be haunched in concrete or not and if so on a bed of what? I've read a couple of things today. 1 saying it can't be done on a bed of Hardcore and another saying it's not...

I'm after some advice on rejigging my garden. The garden I've acquired is a concrete and slab jungle. I have a little one so I want to put down some turf for the good weather. I also want to keep a paved seated area. It currently looks like this: There's a wooden garage at...

OK thanks, I was afraid of that. A gap it is.

Hi, I'm planning the landscaping of my garden at the moment. Just now it is a mixture of old slabs and concrete. I have a wooden garage at the bottom of the garden with a concrete path running alongside. This path leads to a wall bizzarely and a bit of it is at the sunny corner of the...

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I'm having a loft conversion done. I've had the design and structural drawings done and the building warrant approved. Planning permission wasn't needed as it's Velux windows only. My other half has decided now is the time to look more closely at the drawings. :roll: (This is after we...

This is what I thought. Any suggestion on how to safely identify the bell wire without a meter? I Wont be able to get my hands on one till I'm back at work after the holidays. thanks.

Sorry about my vagueness. To Clarify: The Chime has a built in transformer, I've opened it. It is stamped 'Friedland' Does anybody have an idea why 3 separate cables would have the brown/live tied together and the the 3 other cores going to 3 separate terminals. Thanks.