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Hi, I had a skip to fill so started taking off concrete cladding on the front of the house (c1920 3 bed victorian terrace), probably put up 20 years ago. Horrible stuff, and not well adhered to the wall (did worry at one point bits might fall on the wife and kids when they started coming...

I've messaged the council. I've stated children could get injured (and in the past have) and also any trees growing next to the wall will in future damage the wall... Hopefully they'll act. We were thinking of buying stinging nettle seeds and sprinkle them in the rec, if there are any other...

I'm not a kill joy, i climbed trees when I was young too... But at the back of work car park, there is a 30m wall 2m high. on the other side is a rec. At one point there is one tree in the recreation ground which forks and is handy for a child to shimmy up. Not mature, at a guess 15-20 years...

thanks, Reading into it, technically building on or over a culvert is actually not allowed... of the water / rivers authority don't generally give permission. I'll have a think about what to do and I have a builder coming in the next week, not that any of the neighbors worry about things like...

I thought there was a stipulation about floor area for wooden construction more than 15 sq m and building regs - but i think re-reading that is to do with garages!

Thanks, I am aware of riperian duties, having come from a house that backed into the same watercourse (not covered further up the road) and read into it (it is natural) What would be the lowest weight non timber construction method to build a shed / outbuilding? There's nothing in the deeds...

Hi, In our garden at the end there is a culvert underwhich is a stream. This was done decades ago. It's raised 50cm from the garden level, about 3m wide, and looks like huge concrete slabs slotted in to place. Further down I can see several neighbours over the years have had fairly substantial...

That's not a plasterer who's touched those walls, or a good diyer! they have some pride / self respect for the work you do. I used someone last year ago who claimed to be good at most things who i thought would make my life easier, he just couldn't see the finishing problems with the work I...

I've just rang the supplier - the turbine oil for the vibrator is already in there and doesn't need topping up - just the engine oil needed!

Hi I picked up a Wacker plate as I have a few things to use it for, finally opened it! Manual says as well as engine oil it needs turbine oil 32. Not sure is turbine oil the same as hydrolic oil or compressor oil ??

I'm doing a room up, it has lath and plaster. I wanted to improve the sound proofing. I've done it before in a room, remove the lath and plaster, put up resilient bars and rock wool insulation in the partition, boarded and skimmed. Does this actually improve soundproofing? I think it does, and...

I think I'll figure out the level once I start tipping in hardcore, but my original question about the gas / electricity iron pipes... :mrgreen: Bedding in sharp sand, sand over the top? any special stuff / i should lay on top?

60mm pavers, 20mm sand, 150mm type1. The drop will be approx 100mm, possibly up to 150mm - I've gone maybe a couple of inches more than needed but the 2 neighbours 1 is high, 1 low, difficult to judge how much needs to be dug out and will get more hardcore as needed. Even if I dug a little less...

Many Thanks all. I think the lesson learnt for me is get the exact job details prior to work starting. I made an assumption when getting the quote, and talking how the tiles were too heavy for the original structure, that a lighter tile was going on (although sure I said about getting rid of the...

I've dug up half my front driveway and filled skip 1, another skip to go. The services to the property are not very far down from the surface, the (plastic) water is around 30cm, electricity and gas (iron pipes) around 40cm. I've done my old drive before and they were deeper than this! You may...

Roof is being strengthened. He explained to me the new rafters (old ones very bowed) and strengthening to purlin and king post etc. Maybe a misunderstanding on my part, I think I assumed lighter tiles were going on (seemed logical to me!). Problem is I was quoted for several jobs, but they were...

Yes I've gone with the x16, i estimate I need at least 20 cameras installed eventually so will get another x16 port as i install the cameras. Just knowing it is the better of the 3 models E / K / I, getting the latest firmare, more POE ports, better throughput and it only costs a little more (at...

The builder + roofer (2 of them) are in tomorrow, I've come back and seen the new tiles have been dropped off. The new ones are double roman concrete roof tiles.. I thought the original conversation I had with builder / roofer was the weight of the concrete tiles was causing roof to dip, so he's...

The door has come out better than expected. Think it had sadolin on it, now has a dark golden hue to it. What's best to fill large holes in a wooden door ? I need a different lock type so the old lock will be removed and a different type fitted. I'm thinking a block of wood to fill a bulk of the...

The cheaper 32 camera system was the mid range "k" range, the 16 channel was the top spec "i" range. they sold out of the 32 camera one anyway which made the choice easy! But if it helps others, it wasn't totally clear on the spec, for Hikvision DVRs the "i" range supports up to 12MP cameras if...