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I was wondering if anyone can advise on making a restraining hump at the threshold of a gravel drive to stop the gravel escaping onto the road. I’m thinking of making the hump using block pavers (3 rows deep) … my plan was to use 100mm of lean mix concrete laid in a slight hump profile then bed...

I hadn’t really thought about whether it would actually be enforced – no reason to think there will be any problems with the council/neighbours. The only thing I guess would be if it would be highlighted as an issue if/when we were to move house. If I did use type 1 sub base and paved the...

Hi, I am looking for some advice on making sure my driveway conforms to the requirements for permeable surfacing (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7728/pavingfrontgardens.pdf). The front garden is approximately 7.3m wide by 4.5-5m deep, pretty much...

Hi, I am looking for some advice on making sure my driveway conforms to the requirements for permeable surfacing (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7728/pavingfrontgardens.pdf). The front garden is approximately 7.3m wide by 4.5-5m deep, pretty much...

How do I do that? I know where the hot and cold water pipes enter the room (from upstairs) they then go down the wall and under the floor then back up at two points ... 1)the old sink and 2)the washing machine&new sink. I can't disconnect before they go under the floor as this would cut the...

Cheers! Will go for those stop ends then. Yeh, I would ideally like to remove the pipes but it's not really going to be possible to yake up the tiled floor at the moment.

Is anybody able to advise on cutting off the water supply to sink taps? I am redoing our downstairs toilet/utility room and have installed a new sink/taps in a different location (using the old washing machine supply). I now want to remove the old sink so need to shut off the water supply...

Excuse the mess...

Also a good idea! In the end I went for the seam board which is kind of similar except the board is positioned vertically - this merged quite well with the fascia boards around the edges.