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So spurring is a bad idea? Would it be against regs? The consumer unit is in a position that I really wouldnt like to get too from the outside....it would be very awkward As weve had everything recently plastered that sounds awful to me too :) nothing has been done yet really just...

Hi Hope somebody can offer some advice. I know doing this is part p and we do have a sparky comming to connect all up soon......I just want to make sure we have everything the sparky needs when he comes and ive done as much as possible (digging up etc) Plan is just to put two external power...

Brilliant thanks for the reply

Hi all Another question :) Putting in a few fence posts in the garden and the last one we have come too keeps half filling with water. Weve emptied it twice however it still half fills Theres a clay layer in the hole so it must be the water table or something like that Just wondered...

Hi all We stripped the lawn back a few weeks back (using a turf stripper) and we have been sifting and then levelling the ground with top soil to make as level as we can....We are on a slight hill so will have to have some slope. Anyway in parts of the garden the earth is very spongy and...

Hi all Sorry to ask this question again.....but just want to find out what the regulations are for getting power to the garden What are the rules for burying cable etc I know it has to be armored cable but not sure wot depth it needs to go We were planning on spurring off a normal...

Thanks the advise guys.....really appreciated

Thanks for the reply We were going to get the scraps of grass up and turn the earth over......thats basically what a rotovator does (i think from looking at vids) Back breaking yes...........the water has now since drained away pretty nice so I think that once we get the soil turned...

Hi all I stripped off the turf from the back and front lawn yesterday with a turf stripper ready to lay down new turf in about two weeks maybe. I have woken up today after the rain and can see pools collecting in the dips on the earth........doesn't look toooo bad We never really had...

Im asking for my father (new to computers) We have damp on an internal wall and couldnt figure out where the damp was comming from......it was around a bay window area (and was more wet than damp to be honest) He has opened up part of the bay to look in the cavity and has done some damp...

Hi all Ive just put a cement mix containing plastisicer and waterproofer on and internal brick wall....(not sure if its just for use on external walls)......we had a slight damp problem (shoud be sorted now) Just wanted to know if this type of cement is OK to plaster straight on top of...

Hi all Just about to buy a central heating based towel rail for parents..........as yet we havent positioned the copper pipes ready for it yet Parents believe that the copper pipes for the towel rail will be able to come up from the floor and then into the valves and then the towel rail...

Hi all Just about finishing up getting the plumbing ready for parents new bathroom. Just have a quick question about pipe diameters and tap connection. They have a gravity fed system with 22mm pipe going to the hot water on the bath...everything else is 15mm.....we didnt change anything we...

Hi We are just about to install a hole in the wall type fire. I have already been told that the chimney breast is likely to get quite hot above the fire. Normal plaster may crack beacuase of the heat. At the moment the wall is back to the brick ready to go. What would you recommend for...

Hi all Looking for some general opinions on the above combi boiler to replace a baxi bemuda back boiler system which is ancient We just moved onto our first house (3 months ago)and every choice we make seems massive :)............its now the turn of the boiler Its a three bed semi...