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Hi I have in my shed lots of hardware bits and bobs left over from when I was site managing. I had a back door fitted the other day and the carpenter fitted the sashlock, but called me over to say that to open the levers need lifting up and not down.. we pulled it apart and have concluded that...

hi to all who read this, and thanks in anticipation of some good advice. I have a formed a traditional type pantry in the kitchen of my renovated and extended house, the back wall of the pantry is external cavity wall the one side wall is also a cavity wall but is now an internal wall as the...

Hi to all, Today I find myself installing the pipework and generally studding out in preparation of having a combi boiler fitted, Let me state that I consider myself to be very skilled Diy,er, I have researched the boiler I wish to purchase and have been through all the installation criteria for...

Thanks for the decent array of replies regarding this. We had the meeting and I surveyed the level of the service pipe in each chamber, either side of what will be the new trunk road. Not sure if I made it clear at the outset as to what as been done here, just to hopefully clarify, A friend who...

sorry madrab, if you read you will see that my task is to take survey levels either side of the road to determine the potential depth of the service in the new road surface, I think 35 years setting out construction for both line and level should suffice as enough skill to undertake this. My...

Hello all I am in a bit of a pickle and don't want to let a friend down. in mid wales a new bypass is being built round our town, a friend whose land is being cut in two by the bypass, his 25mm (black plastic) (may be 20mm) the bypass contractor as ducted under the new road and inserted a...

Hopefully someone can help me source some timber cladding at a sensible price and pick up able in mid wales, Shropshire west midlands area. I am after circa 60mtrs of bead and butt soft wood cladding, the sample i have or the size i believe is standard is a 12mm thick (ex 19mm) and width...

Just a quickie.... I would like to put standard pendant light fittings in my bathroom... is this OK?? Russ

Hi All I have posted here before regarding this subject. at home i have put in the following. From sat dish to loft 2 x shotgun wf100 = 4 sat cables From loft to each room, 3 no, i have run 1 x shotgun wf100= 2 sat cables these terminate in the rooms in a single metal backbox. I am now starting...

think its a bit out of order to put the contractors name and number up!! you mention a couple of dips were the car sits, this in fairness is quite common on a driveway were the load is train tracked on the same line time after time, (depends how bad though).

strip is 150mm x300mm x20000mm yes that's 20 mtrs as OP stated, cubes up to about 0.9 m3 approx. 2.2tons of heavily (30mm rebar) reinforced concrete, not just lying there but as a strip foundation, (depth below ground unknown) that is concrete that as been wet poured in situ in the ground. a...

I value Rogers opinion as what he says is correct, Noseall, you really have got this one wrong, I agree a machine this size will pull a piece of concrete of this dimension towards it once its out the ground, but what you are implying is that this size machine will break and dig reinforced...

Right its looking clearer Yes the 2k for clay board is excessive. its 9M2 the board itself should be circa £25.00 M2 making it a £225.00 purchase the dig off for this board is 110mm x 9000mm = less than 1 M3 another £300.00 (MAX) = placing board etc £100.00 Max , so should be sub £700.00 for...

i said that! and the advantage he said would be that it will already be half cut from the speirits ;)

dont know how familiar you are with different fixings that are available. you say you have removed the 2 layers (fire integrity) of plasterboard from the beam (do you mean removed but going to be replaced) if so why not in the area that the pendant is required replace the 1st layer with 12mm ply...

I am uncertain what you are doing? You say the utility WAS built, so is this a stabilization job?? surely you mean the RC slab will be cast on top of the piles? I assume you have a piling layout?? If it is piling within the already built utility then will the existing floorslab be removed...

A friend as recommended buying watering down cheap spirits, and then by way of watering can covering/coating the lawn, especially at this time of year for suppressing growth of the grass. anyone else heard of this??

have you any drawings from a S/Engineer regarding the pilecap, and ring beam, (as a strip foundation) or are the piles installed on a grid with a RC (sub) slab?? Clayboard may need to be installed if the soil conditions dictate.

I cannot see the point of insulating this wall, This was the external wall and is now internal due to extension ( i think) you say it already as cavity insulation, but it is now an internal wall. unless you are planning to have differential temperatures inside the house i would just board skim...

when you say the steel looks to small are you saying in length ?? surely the steel didnt just arrive, somebody measured the span and ordered it? your builder? I cannot imagine he took this of the drawing either, either the SE or the Architects. not sure how far you have advanced but it sounds...