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... how deep underground would a soak away be in a 100 year old house? x

Just some advice as to whether this is possible - if it sounds confusing please bear with me. I have a double socket in my kitchen which spurs to another double socket further along the wall. I want to change the first double socket into two single ones - one single below worktop height to...

I won't be doing the mortar bit only the prep - the removal of old mortar... that's what i am after tips on.

The whole back wall of my house needs re-pointing and in order to keep costs down I would like to do as much of the prep work as I can... ... so how do I do that? Do I just scratch out the old mortar? If so to what depth? I have a drainpipe on the wall , can I scratch out behind this or is it...

If I resecure them and pop them back in how do they open once back in the hole? Sorry to be so dim :oops:

I am having my roof re-done and I have just gone into my loft bedroom and noticed that 2 downlighters have 'dropped'. They aren't swinging or anything like that but it looks like the arms that go against the topside of the ceiling have pinged back into the vertical-ish position and the lights...

Bloody hell, my garden is weeny! I wasn't anticipating over £1000 just on labour :o Maybe I can grow to love shingle....

I am trying to get some idea of what I need to budget for a retaining wall approx 15 foot long and 4-5 courses of bricks high (wall will be straight) and also for 2 decked areas (13 foot by 8 foot / 5 foot by 7 foot). I know it's a how long is a piece of string question but am still keeping...

I actually had a very nice roofer round this morning to get details for a quote for my roof - and he was on time, and he was very friendly and informative - am a very impressed (Easter) bunny!!

Sounds good - I have had 3 quotes for roughly the same area and digging downa 2 x2 slope (the slope is only about2 ft at it's highest) and they have all come in between £1600 - £2000! Needless to say I am NOT paying that out.

Following on from another post on roofing I am considering having a ceiling hatch put in my loft room (there will be limited heeight above this of about 4 ft high and a max with of 6 ft usable space but it does mean that some items could be stored away. BUT I would like the hatch to be as...

Hello to everyone :D I am hoping to have my roof replaced in about 3 months time. It's an original kent peg tile roof and most of them are in good condition. My query is about insulation really. There is no access from my loft bedroom to see what the underside of the tiles are like but the...