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I looked at that Topmix solution. It can only be used in specific circumstances as the underlying sub bases need to get rid of the water to. I would question the ability to resist frost and the literature indicates that so long as there are voids the water/ice has space to expand into. I would...

You will also need some tile and a half. Those are the wider tiles that as their name means they are a full tile and half a tile wide in total. Because you may also need one for the eaves course the normal way is to cut off the bottom bit of a tile and half to make it as short as the other eaves...

After seeing the boot lintel type that Stuart45 linked to I would agree some of the cracking (above the lintels) is probably due to them. However there is additional cracking that in my opinion is nothing to do with the lintels. Fortunately all the cracks seem to be very minor made worse in a...

But have no doubt it will be an improvement on existing even if a SSD does not not realise its full potential

No, you need to know what the connection is. i.e. SATA 3 or SATA 2 they are quite different! Size needs to be checked and not assumed. It maybe possible to use an adapter if size permits, but a SATA 2 controller will not get the best out of a SATA 3 drive, although obviously far better than the...

I forgot to add to my suggestion that on the wall side the odd nail or staple will stop the expanded metal lath rotating out of the gap when you pul down on the string. I have used this method on holes where cutting out for insertion of a new bit of plasterboard is less practical. I would use it...

Put up some pictures of other houses on the estate with those "lintels".

Cut some expanded metal lath into strips (at least twice as wide as that gap) and slot it behind the existing ceiling, then use a bit of string or similar to hold the lath down onto the ceiling while you squeeze some bonding undercoat into the lath. Once set, especially if you left the bonding...

I would say Modem > Router(WAN Port). Your Router will have a hardware firewall on the WAN before you start to send out coms to different parts of your network

The 10mm overhang is no problem. The cavity closer is absolutely fine if the external leaf is low enough for the internal floor finsh. (The cavity closers I have used rest on both inner and outer leaf for support) The only issue I would have is if the oak floor is laid with joints parrallel to...

Cavity drainage could flow along the cavity before leaving via a weep hole. Personally I have closed such cavities as you would close the cavity under a window cill the difference is I want to extend the floor finish across the same as the rest of the floor and sometimes the outer leaf can be a...

One possibility is to use a DPM to line the cavity before packing it with a weak concrete mix. Close off the ends of the DPM to form what is essentially a "bag" so you keep the concrete where you want it. Trim the DPM back as necessary afterwards

If your wireless USB is bluetooth then you need to pair with it in the bluetooth sections of both you mobile and PC. Often when you plug a bluetooth device into a PC you will also get an icon on the task bar (windows) in the bottom right corner of the screen on most setups or look for the ^ on...

I would not use silicone at all as Nige F pointed out one issue paint does not like sticking to it, in fact some paints will react to it going wrinkly when painted over. So once you have the silicone on, any redecoration could present problems. For small gaps maybe a paintable mastic would be...

That is like saying if you lay one brick on wall level and the next one to it the wall will be level - It won't and is why bricklayers work to a string line. Just a small deviation between units be it bricks or slabs means that you can accumulate a large error by the time you get to the other...

Maybe you are using a short level on its own. If so either buy a longer level or use a long straight piece of timber with the level on top of that. The longer the timber the better

As Doggit has said just replace the lintel - Essentially it only supports a triangle of brickwork directly over the opening and even then most of them will stay in place. No fear of any major collapse. To neatly slot in bricks afterwards is an aquired technique but if you are going to plaster...

As an example of a pure block retaining wall without a skin of facings I managed to locate one of the first sites I worked on about 40 years ago! The top of the wall is thereabouts at road level topped by handrails. You can see the top 5 courses are a single thickness of 215mm thick blocks (I...

So long as the cavity closer is not bridged by the cill then you don't need any further DPM. The cavity closer acts as a DPM between outer and inner skins. You don't need weep holes, they are to drain any water that gets into a cavity above and you don't have a cavity above the cill. To be...