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Finally getting the garden sorted - sleeper retaining wall 4 sleepers high stacked on edge. I'd like to install some 30mm blue LEDs from Wickes, but was just wondering if there's anything to beware of before I buy. They're described as having 'non-replaceable bulbs' but I guess this isn't a...

And the winner is..... METHS! Basically, the holes are quite small, and awkward to get at - I even tried using a soldering iron at one stage, to no avail. Tonight I went down the meths route with more success - a pipette (length of clear tubing from Halfords) got the meths to the spot...

nice one Burnerman, I'll try that route. Thanks for the advice. MM

I picked up a set of old drawers from the local auction recently - I intend to use them for displaying various bits and bobs. If you look at the pics here: http://www.diynot.com/network/user_album_update.php?album_id=8917 you'll see that it's a small unit and the drawers are quite shallow...

Much appreciated. I think we might be getting people in to quote on this job - I can do some of the work, but I'd rather someone eminently more qualified than me did the retaining wall - it will be safer in the long run!

Having looked at the possibility of using sleepers for the retaining walls we want to build, we now are thinking about using concrete blocks, rendered and capped. We have a main retaining wall approx 14.5m wide down near the house/patio that will be 4 blocks high with a brick capping and...

That's going to be nice when finished. You've had a machine in there to do the scraping - how long did it take to do that part of the job?

[/url] Yes, good site isn't it - have spent hours looking at it but can never remember which projects I like, so spend further hours trying to find them again! The word 'bookmark' springs to mind... Thanks for that, anyway.

I'm fairly close to starting to get our back garden sorted. It slopes upwards from the back of the house by 30 degrees -ish so we're hoping to get a mini digger in (with a driver) to do the donkey work. Basically, we need to remove about 2 feet of earth across the width of the garden and bring...

Yup, will be going up there again later to do just that - would be great if it were something that stupid and basic... Thanks for the tip!

Hey, by the time I get to 'U' it's already starting to go TU.... :D :D

yes, my Son confirmed it's parallel not series... Anyway, I installed the three new 36w T8 units in line and ran the single 2-core & earth cable to the furthest T8 light then daisy-chained to the next T8, then to the original 5ft unit before linking to a final T8 where the cable terminates in...

Hope someone can help: I'm about to add three fluorescent tube lights to the single one that's been installed in my loft during a full rewire a year ago. One light just isn't sufficient. A single flat grey lighting-grade cable goes from the switch to the existing light. What I'm...

Hi all, we moved house a year ago and have managed to get the inside sorted, but the gardens are doing our heads in - very depressing because I'm currently not in a position to throw wads of cash at landscaping, so have to try to do most of it myself. So I have some questions that I'd be...

Thanks for the info guys - I'll see if I can trace the switch cabling back and renew it (goes back to one of 5 downlights). It's all up in the loft, and we're in a bungalow so shouldn't be a major issue. Appreciate the help, Regards Paul

Hi guys, this is probably a ridiculously simple job, but can someone give me a pointer please? Our new place here has been totally rewired. I now need to move the kitchen light switch to the other side of the door, which means chasing out etc. I need to extend the existing cable by around...

Cheers JB. I've been scuffing the web all afternoon (now lost the will to live...), and it would appear that this is the case. It does seem to matter where a stairwell is concerned, but not in my case. Thanks again for the response. MM

Can anyone tell me if there is a minimum floor to ceiling building regs requirement? I think there must be. Problem: We're looking at bringing up the floor level in a 36' long garage to the same as that of the rest of the ground floor, to create a dining area off the back of the house, with...

Thanks for clarification, Assuhors. There was a large food blockage at the top of the matrix, compounded by a barcode label from the bottom of a new dish we washed monhs ago! We managed to clear the majority of the blockage, but there's still some up there, around what appears to be a valve...

just found Sleepyhead's posts about a similar problem: "Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:40 pm Post Subject: Feed pipe from water matrix to the sump of the dishwasher is partially blocked and it's underfilling. May also have some blockage in the water matrix." I'm assuming the water...