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Hi, a few months ago a tile fell off our roof (well the exposed bit did, it broke in half). The same happened yesterday morning. Pieces of mortar have also come out from the ridge tiles. I'm well aware the roof is 70 years old and coming due for remedial works or replacement, though no leaks are...

Thank you for your reply. I have since ordered more rebar and bought more ballast. B&q has no cement though. I've attached a picture of the formwork I've made. This is just a plinth for the oven to sit on. The oven itself is coming in one piece and will have a bed of mortar under it so it'll be...

How much rebar does suspended concrete need? I'm building a pizza oven platform. It has double brick walls supporting it on 3 sides in a U shape. I've built formwork so that the concrete will be in contact with the top of the brick walls and the formwork will break away from the bottom and...

My honest advice is knock it down and build a wooden shed. You could maybe reuse one of the windows in the new structure. Anything you do with that structure will be a bodge and you are throwing good money after bad. My grandma has that same stuff on her conservatory roof and it leaks...

For a few years now we have wanted to make progress on our garden, and all we have accomplished so far is digging a pond (which wasnt part of the original plan!). We now have some spare money so want to make a start. Here are some pictures. The back of the garden is at an angle of approx 75...

Not sure we're using an architect. We did have one to draw up plans for the original extension but the only thing I need doing for the new extension is a different (smaller) steel calc for the knock through. Is this strictly necessary? Could I just use the same steel as originally worked out...

Thanks for the help guys really appreciate it. We're a way off building anything yet but it's good to have a bit of a clue about these things. I know a builder who does bits of everything (he did all the work in the kitchen) so I was thinking of using him for the bits of this I can't do but...

Thanks for your reply, you are spot on, i am willing to take responsibility for the whole project including legal and planning and building control and managing various contractors. It looks like under PD you have to use similar materials to the existing building so white render would be out of...

A couple of years ago we had plans drawn up for a full width single storey 6.5x2.4m extension with vaulted ceiling, 3 sky lights, and full knock through into existing full width kitchen. Quotes came back as high as £40k (may have included kitchen). This was under permitted development. We...

I've got a beko washer that works perfectly. It's given us 7 years of fault free service so far. Except the heating element. We haven't had one last more than about 3 months at a guess. It's a guess because the washer has never told us in any way that the element has blown. It's never tripped an...

Were they widely fitted to council houses by any chance? Images of elson tanks certainly look similar to what I've seen but the ones I've seen only have one system pump and none of the manifold stuff. There seems to be a gravity circuit from boiler to tank in 28mm or 32mm, which goes onto the...

Two houses I've been into recently to do EICRs have had immersion heaters fitted into an old insulation-and-wood clad square water tank. Both houses had back boilers. What are these tanks called and how do they work? Why did they fit these instead of cylinders? Just curious! Cheers.

Usually on these showers where the cable enters at the top the hole leads straight to the bottom, and the cable turns up to the front of the shower inside where the terminals are. In other words there's usually nothing below that hole that can be harmed by water and any water will drain out the...

As part of the induction for my new job as apprentice electrician I have to attend the above. I wanted to know what to expect so searched on YouTube and came across this: Is this what I'm to expect? I know they take health and safety seriously but I really didn't think it would be so...

Thanks Eric, the company is an ALMO managing 20,000 council houses. They provide power tools due to rules around vibration etc, and supply uniform and ppe, but don't provide hand tools.

Thanks Andy I already subscribe to all those channels they're what inspired me to change career. I have gleaned plenty of nuggets of knowledge from them too.

Evening chaps. Those of you who are long time posters on this forum will know I went down the wrong path out of school and ended up in a career that wasn't for me, and now at the age of 33 with two kids and an upcoming wedding, no savings and a ton of debt I'm putting it right by doing an...

Havent they stopped making them?

Schneider lisse sockets (my favourites) come with two pairs of caps on the back of the double plate accessories.

Thanks. It was a rush job tbh. I had discovered the gulley below was leaking waste water into the water meter chamber adjacent and was also blocked up so decided to go that day and get the pipework to divert it. Unfortunately b&q only stock white solvent weld. The horizontal was a little more...