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Hi all. We have been recommended to overclad a poor condition brick work wall with coated steel cladding. Half millimeter thick if I recall correctly. The wall it self is a unsightly mismatch of standard brick, painted block work, visible lintels (commercial so no-one cared about aesthetics)...

Thanks Westie (apologies for delay in replying). Have asked the network provider to take a look but they confirmed the change in meter. Will be interesting learning about this Thank you

Hi all, Apologies this strays away from DIY but I know some of your know your stuff about these things and I hope it would be of interest to people generally. My business is looking at a industrial property which has a substation on site (serving the property and two additional units). There is...

Hi all I see someone has mentioned below about diy botches to Christmas lights so I been thinking up my own. I have put up some Premier Icicle lights (led) but even though I went for warm white they still look too bright and I want to know whether they can be dimmed. It was fairly easy in...

Thank you Newboy. This is my problem, if I run an arc of 1270 from the hatch I hit the rafter. My only way to avoid this would be changing the direction of the steps which would result in them facing the stairs which would be dangerous if anyone was to ever fall. I think with 710...

Hi all, Please could someone offer some advice regarding loft ladder and required clearance. I am looking at an Abru 3 Section from B&Q http://www.diy.com/departments/abru-3-section-sliding-loft-ladder-3m/30368_BQ.prd and the specs says minimal clearance required arc in loft is 710mm...

Not necessarily. We get on well with our neighbours and wouldnt want that to change. Our plans may also not happen but we bought having the option and it would be useful to understand whether their plan would remove this option. Long term it may be better to move if need the extra space etc. We...

Hi all, I hope some of you knowledgeable people may be able to pass your comments over how our neighbour's proposed extension may effect our future plans. I have drawn the plan below but essentially both us and our neighbour have semi detached houses with adjoined garages. Between our garage...

Thankyou all. We have started our plan today and have half the aurbricks now ducted. Relatively straight forward job actually. Having done some more exploring , cavity appears capped at front both at lower level and at roof line but no sign of lower level capping in rear wall of property (not...

Hi all, Unfortunately, our neighbours appear to have a rat problem which means we have a rat problem. As far as we can tell the main issue persisted next door and work has been done over many months now to reduce the problem (full drain surveys, rectifying action, other investigations etc)...

Thank you all.

Hi all I have begun to look at using the option of worms to help improve our garden soil and drainage. The garden we inherited from the previous owners (elderly), while being maintained, has had little or no real consideration or work resulting in what I suspect is a very compacted soil which...

Hi all, Does anyone have any experience of Kinetic Group's kit? The following camera's have been suggested to us 2 of http://www.kinetic-group.co.uk/kinetic_cctv/products/dome_cameras/external_domes/page3/ or 2 of...

Thanks for the reply. I have considered increasing the height of the floor but this doesnt seam hugely different from a cost point of view. The legs look like they work out at about a £1 each and 12 are needed for each square metre. This soon adds up. Timber isnt cheap either...

Brilliant. thanks tony

Hi guys, I know this topic is probably done to death but having looked around this morning and watched a few youtube videos I am still a little unsure of whether what I would like to do is ok as explained below. Due to the location of the truss members, my intention would be to insulate...