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Great. Thanks for the advice. Given the varying differences of depth, what would you recommend i use as the screed? Should I go for something like a water based self levelling thing ? Olly

Hi chaps, We have a concrete floor in our out-house (soon to be christmas food room for when the screaming hoards arrive). Oddly, the right hand side has been leveled in the past, but the left hand side hasn't. No idea why. Both sides have a water proof layer, though the left hand side has...

other half wants ... " a good job" and to fit in with the existing wood around the garden (shot myself in the foot by making use of decent wood elsewhere) :S

long story !!! Think more maze than fence ! :S

The sizes were just for example, the panels can be any thickness at all. So, given that the size of the groove isnt an issue, any idea where i can get them from ? Olly

Hi chaps. Doesanyone know where to get (in the UK) fence posts with vertical groves on each face ? What I want is a collection of posts, lined up, which i can then drop in wooden panels in between, and lift those panels out when i want to open up sections. If you imagine taking a router...

The house is from the 50's round about, certainly one of those post-war evacuation style houses that you see loads of on former council estates around the south, with sloping sides. The wall is about 10" thick from the exterior to the interior. I have checked for signs of water running...

Theres no sign of water running down the wall itself, and it only happened that once when the rain was literally blowing horizontally against the face of the wall. I will get my camera out later and take some photos of the patchs and the wall itself. Shouldnt a full structural survey have...

I have just finished painting my new study in my new (old) house. About a week after I finished, in the thunderous rain that we had in November, I noticed that a damp patch was appearing on the wall, with smaller ones dotted around it, all coming in from the south facing external wall. They...

the stove we are looking at is £500, so theres £500 play in that price. Dunno whats gonna be cheaper

Hi, Finally moved out of the house of the noisey neighbours. My new house had a gas fire, linked to a gas boiler. Thats all been taken out, but we are now left with a 5ft high and three feet wide hole in teh chimney breast in the lounge. Clearly, to be used as an open fireplace, it needs...

Like these ? http://www.bizrate.co.uk/powertools/oid447013839.html

Thanks. What about if its some kind of tough concrete ? My standard masonary bits dont seem to be touching it. S

I have just spent two days trying to put curtain poles up, and blind hooks, in my new house. However, having gone through two drill bits all ready, and going and buying a new massive powerdrill, I'm still no more than about 1cm deep. I thought the lintel would be concrete and was prepared for...

so, is the handle meant to pull off vertically rather than unscrew ?