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Hi guys, Wonder if anyone can help. Recently moved into a new build. There are airbricks all around the house, I want to start slabbing the back garden but do not know how far below airbrick I need to go. The builders have left a miss mash of levels. The current cheap slabs are 1 brick below...

Would a cement and water mix not work as i have some bags of cement spare

I dont know how i would go about doing this :(

Yes the shed will have a treated wooden base. Do you think it will sit ok on a slight dip in the middle? Is the self levelling compound for external use as I have been looking at these and they all say internal use only.

Hi there guys, I wonder if somebody could help. I have a concrete shed base in place very solid. I took the forms off and there are slight chips on the edges and also a slight dip of about 5mm in the middle of the base (Lack of experience I guess with the levelling). Could i fill in the dip...

Thanks Jim. Give me peace of mind now :)

Hi there, First time I have done anything like this. Over the weekend I laid a 8 x 6 concrete pad for a shed I ordered. Had a complete nightmare. Ordered all the stuff using online calculator. Saturday I started the dig and filled with hardcore (75mm) whackered it down with whacker plate. I...

Thanks for your advice.

OK i'm catching the drift now. Guess its something I learned today anyway :)

Thanks for the advice Dan. Ill look further into these. Basically, i'm looking for a career change, and i'm best doing this while I still have a job to fund the course. I'm not looking to make millions. I'm just looking for work in a new and stable environment. I believe there will always be a...

your so helpful on this site. Does nobody have anything decent to say? Just want a little advice thats all.

Theres me thinking April fools finished at 12, but ill give you that one.

Thanks for the speedy reply. Its good I can get advice from someone who knows something about this. What do you recommend I research into? Just my nievety I guess thinking about becoming corgi registered. Do you no need to be corgi registered to mess with gas?

Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help. Im looking into studying to become a boiler engineer. I have searched the net and there are loads of courses with various prices. I want to become fully qualified to fix boilers and service boilers. I need a course to cover everythign so I could start...

Thanks ill look into this

It's always been an issue since I moved in 2 years ago, it's bugging me now though

Gravity fed :(

Hi there, I wonder if some ody can help. All taps upstairs work fine. Apart from the tap in the en suite. it is a mixer tap and it just trickles out both hot and cold, more so when calling for hot water though. Can't understand why just this tap doesn't work correctly. there are no blockages...

I just had a safety valve refitted on my Baxi Solo 40/4. It was leaking and caused the pilot to go out. I had someone out today to do it as this is hat caused the pilot to go out on my boiler. Hence why I'm thinking about the boiler now and adding cleaning products. Could i just pour a bottle in...

Also just something not relating to the question. But how uch should I be paying for a replacement safety valve to be fitted on my boiler. I just paid £70 is that quite reasonable for the west midlands area?