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To be honest I'm amazed by how many cars on auto trader, car gurus for example that don't have a full history or even any history at all. It makes finding a decent car a bit of a challenge.

That's a point the acros might struggle. I don't think three of the five props I'll use have much weight to bear as therye a bedroom window above but better safe than sorry. Cheers

I only heard about these a year or two ago. As the name suggests that are bigger and stronger than the normal strong boys. Apparently they can hold up both walls of a cavity which then means you can work on the outside without the acros obstructing you. I like the sound of this and would like to...

Thanks everyone. Better safe than sorry eh.

So a friend has seen a car online. It's with a dealer who has several other cars for sale. My mate emailed asking about service history and any work done previously to the car. He got a reply saying the dealer was selling for a friend who's in the industry and has done any work himself so no...

Thanks gents. I'll try and get something snug and see how it goes. Cheers

Hello. I need to make adjustments to some mdpe pipe I laid about 6 years ago. Its by a brand called Qualplast but I can't find anywhere selling it. So is there a chance that any fitting I buy will fit? I assume the pipe insert/liner thing would be the problem as things like stop cocks are...

Yes. Is it ok against the building though? It will probably be on the edge of the foundations.

I will probably use Acos as well but I probably need land drains(pipe with holes to let water in and out). To move away water that's already under ground.

Hello. Don't suppose many have had to do this but thought I'd ask. The back garden is at the bottom of a hill and the patio gets a lot of water. I need to get it around the side of the house with land drains but there's only really enough room to have them against the house. I'm not sure if...

Thanks people. I'll probably use a few different ways as it's a bit uneven as well as generally being 30mm out of gauge. With regards to some is these points below I'll use 3:1 as it's below dpc. As for getting back on gauge gradually I agree. But I'd like to do the first course in concrete...

Hello. I seem to remember that 30mm is the thickest a bed joint can be (for building regs). Having googled it I call only find anything that states it in Imperial measurements which seems odd. And they state it at three quarters of an inch. Anyone know? This is to correct an uneven foundation on...

Thanks people. I've been looking for a price for it's value on eBay etc as suggested. I could probably get £450 as a non runner. Fixed up it's maybe worth£1500 but some sell for less some are asking for a lot more. I'm struggling to find anything to buy locally though. I might start a thread to...

Thanks, very helpful. .

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I have to get the walls up to dpc for the carpenters to do a timber frame extension. The bricks are class b engineerings with 3 large holes. I assume you have to drill in to them for timber frame so in wondering if these will be suitable? Cheers

Yeah. Or say I have painted them but you can't get paint that lasts these days.

Hello. The drawings show about 8 courses of bricks with a plinth course along the front of the house with the words "to be painted grey" it seems now it might look better to use red bricks and not paint them. Also the hatchings indicate the porch will be rendered and white. Any chance for it to...

Thank you young man. I managed to find both the relevant bits I think. At least it's an option.

Just wondered if there's anything against render below the dpc in the regs? Avoiding bridging of course with stop end above and below the dpc. This is on a new extension on the side. Thanks.