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As far as I can tell the, water from the down pipe in the picture is already going in the same manhole.

During the heavy rain this week I noticed that water from the driveway is flowing to the rear of the house and to a gully on the opposite side. I am planning on installing a channel drain and guild the water to a sewerage manhole nearby. Any issues with doing that? Very similar to what is...

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That's the sort of setup I'm after, any chance of a picture for reference. Thanks

I want to install a raised bed (one or two deck board height) at the edges of my lawn. But I want to be able to cut the lawn right up to the deck boards, using a mower. Any gardening enthusiasts have tips to achieve that? I was thinking of attaching a small timber to deck board, on the lawn...

Worcester 24cdi combi boiler. Can't see any signs of a leak.

As the title says, we have a long delay (at least a minute) before any water comes out of the bathroom basin hot tap. The bath hot water has instant water. Distance between the two taps is around a meter. Once the water is flowing and the tap is open, the flow is ok. But if I turn it off for...

I have removed the carpet from this room and the edge of the floorboards that meets concrete floor (old terracotta tiles under the lino) has signs of water. I went outside and the wall doesn't look very healthy. Could this be were the surface water is entering the building and then...

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Just wondering if it would be worth installing smart (Hive) TRVs to radiators on my heating system. We have a worcester 24cdi boiler with no room thermostat (we turn it on and off as an when we need the heating), but it does seem to go off at times, guess there is a thermostat inside the Boiler...

We have moved into our new home a couple of months ago and have noticed an odd little fly here and there. Which I put down to hot weather or fruits etc. However I am getting a bit concerned as I noticed around 7-8 in the area around the kitchen sink today. There are a couple of small plants, a...

What is the standard alignment for a kitchen sink tap. Angled to the bowl or straight?

Is there a paint that I can use for both the metal around a fireplace and the coals? Any tips from some who has done something like this before?

I am starting some tiling work and have found a number of part used cement based tile adhesives bags which were left overs from jobs over the years. The packs say an expiry of 1 year, but does it really expire? Or can I use them. They look in good state and still power.

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The TV has only been put There 5 days ago. The marks come off easily if I run my finger over them. It seems like white powdery / woolly dust. Would this be mould? The central heating is broken and the moment and gas fire has been on most of the time, could that have anything to do with it and...

Any ideas on what can be done with these tiles? We have a black/grey theme. Are there any tile coverings that can be used?

Would a damp seal paint stop the patch from getting any worse? Just went to the house and the loudest noise on the meter is on a spot that has salt / white residue mark. Any suggestions on where I go from here?

Further to issues discussed in this thread https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/damp-condensation-on-party-wall.519835/. Which seemed to be caused by some sort of a leak. I now have the wall with random wet patches on the wall. They don't seem to have a pattern ( some are ground level, others a...

I need to part paint and part paper sections of new plaster. I know I Will need to size the wall before papering it. But what do I need to do before using one cote emulsion paint. Also I have a section of wall that had paper on it, but it has been removed and looks like recentish skim. Do I...