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laying a 900mm block paving path around a circular swimming pool. One side of the path is the concrete swimming pool the other is a timber retaining wall for the garden. Would you recommend an edging course on either or both sides or not ?

just errected a pergola with 4 100mm x 100mm posts 2.4 high. one of the posts has started to bend. Any ideas how to correct it warping ?

thanks to all for the information. much appreciated

thanks richard. I've read all that . So in your experience would you say a render mix is ok for an open fire not a wood burner? And does a 3:1 mix appear too hard ?

need to render internal cheeks of an old fireplace to make good a recently exposed opening. Thinking a 3:1 mix of render to withstand heat of real fire. Need to dab out by 40mm so thinking that is too much just for render alone. any advice on heat resistant board ?

I've had a new room built with an 18mm weyroc moisture resistant chipboard floor screwed down. I'm looking to fit a karndean floor and the fittinmg instructions say I need to put down a 6mm ply floor first. Has anyone layed a karndean floor directly onto a chipboard floor without the ply? The...

putting down an 8mm laminate floor in a through living room. There's a difference in height half way along the living room floor by about 5mm. I'm laying on top of an existing wooden floor. Any suggestions as to the best way to take up the gap? I have a thin moisture resistant underlay to put...

thanks spark123. I understand what you're saying but the RCD doesn't trip when I have the cooker and 1 other MCB active. If I move the cooker MCB to the non protected side and it is this then will it trip the master switch ?

I have a standard consumer unit with lighting and socket MCB's positioned along the buzz bar. I have an RCD (80amp) protecting 2 MCB's both 32A - 1 for kitchen sockets and 1 for sockets elsewhere and boiler. I have just fitted a new induction cooker rated 45A with a 10mm cable direct back to its...

Apologies for the wrong forum . Many thanks for the reply ColJack

I'm adding a 3 gang light switch to control ceiling lights/wall lights/ another wall light and placing a 2 way switch at the far end of the room. I'm installing 3c + earth wire between the switches. My question is do I need to install 1 x 3c + earth wire for each gang ? All need to be switched...

threshold internal and external finish at same height. I've set the french pvc doors forward to enable the outward opening doors to swing right back. Frame about 70mm thick so no cover over the cavity whatsoever. If I use a concret fill with insulation surely this will form a bridge for any...

built a new extension with a concrete slab floor(insulation underneath). Room has a set of french doors and a back door. Now about to lay tiles but want to know how to bridge the 100mm cavity which exists at the french doors and back door. Don't want to compromise dpc.

thanks nickso. I've investigated further and found the cause of the leak. It's not the condensate syphon but the silver pipe that travels above the syphon. This appears to go all the way up to the top right of the boiler. Out of this comes the clear condensate pipe. However where the silver pipe...

thanks for the replies. There are 3 pipes coming in to the top of the condensate syphon, 2 grey and one clear. Any guidance on what each of these do ? Also, should the syphon be normally empty or full ? I emptied yesterday and it is full again today.