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He's wondering about roof spread (do the rafters and the floor/ceiling joists form a triangle?). Generally this would push the wall plate off the back of the wall and/or push the wall over (hard to tell from the pictures if this is the case) and the strapping suggested would do nothing...

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Bought a car at the weekend that hasn't been serviced since 2017. Runs lovely. I reckon it could have done another year - the oil looked nice and oily when it came out. Haven't checked the valve stems yet but tyres seem to be staying up ok. In my opinion, most problems with cars seem to...

If it says no signal check the sat dish or aerial. If you can watch an existing PVR/VHS recording it unlikely to be the TV.

Gabion baskets probably the best budget/DIY option - AI or some manufacturers may give design advice. The baskets plus at least a lorry load of stone plus the labour of filling them. If stacked behind the wall they would at least prevent a dangerous collapse.

I assumed it's the first floor of a multi-storey building.

I use masonry hangers. I know people do it, but the idea of my floor being held up by a dozen bolts stuck in the side of the building equivalent of Weetabix bothers me. Here's some AI waffle which may or may not be true:

Don't take my word for it, but seems legit.

We want to record stuff on the Manhattan recorder anywhere downstairs and have it available on the TV upstairs and vice versa. We have the same setup at the moment, only 2 rooms not 3 with an obsoleteish hdr1100 and an old 20m hdmi lead from lounge 2 to the ancient bedroom TV (being replaced by...

I need to achieve this: I originally thought a 1 in 4 out HDMI splitter and long HDMI cables but think I was barking up the wrong tree and I should be looking at splitter, adaptors and Cat 6 cables? I think I'm ok with the ir remote extenders (they'll plug into to adaptors). These are about...

Just put some long ducts in. 110mm soil pipe is cheap and easy and you can core drill nice tidy holes to the outside. No need for fans, as said the air just "drifts" around.

Assuming it's deep enough to fit your car, you could just run a edging across the front of your house to form a path and fall your drive out to the street and avoid any "hump".

Knauf Dritherm 32 is a readily available "high performance" full fill cavity batt. Personally I'd see how wide the cavity is (hopefully a generous 50mm) and try to widen it a bit to squeeze 75mm in - you could step out the brickwork by up to 20mm without issue.

I doubt the device relies on a seal between itself and a brick wall to keep water out so I'd just leave it.

When the joists run parallel to the breast like that it's worth investigating whether the joist carrying the hearth slab has been notched and the one against the wall trimmed - without the CB there it's likely the floor will be loaded more.

I believe so, they're new to the house since last November and told me it's on the council tax but I don't know whether the meter was used historically and (unlike UK) people can swap between? Edit - the supply comes from a farm about a mile up the road to their cluster of 3 houses, the meters...

I've told them to call Scottish Water to do a free check. No idea about size of supply pipe but he's spoken to the local householders who've said he's the last house on the supply. Also they have meter which I suppose will need checking, but they pay for water through their council tax...

Pressure is 2 bar at outside tap, dropped to 1.8 when kitchen tap turned on. Flow rate about 4 l/min. The pump does all the hot water taps. This is the business end:

Following, I'm off to Scotland tomorrow and I've promised my brother in law an outside tap - 3 foot granite walls - I've said I'll drill through a mortar joint!

Unless it's the picture the roof appears to be sagging in the centre so probably needs jacking up a bit after you've reinstated the base.