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I did some drainage yesterday basically a 1940s built house 1 of the drains completely blocked no rodding eyes or visible / accessible manholes in the end I dug down opened up the pipe about 18 inches from the hopper and 14 drain rod lengths later I cleared the blockage and put the pipe back...

By my reckoning mate with an area of 6 x 6 x 150 your going to want around 5 and half metres of concrete if your going to knock that up using ballast thats approx 11 ton of ballast and around 65 bags of cement for the materials id expect to pay around £600 (west midlands prices) + delivery +...

no there quite good. has anyone used dori blocks

hi the old un I understand what you mean about Blake's but I find with them the lines can be a bit fiddly there's more parts to go missing and mainly there's more chance of them moving out of plumb either by a tight line or in most cases the shoddy knocking them lol I just fancied giving...

hi all I'm trying to get hold of a set of profiles consisting of a length of angle iron a couple of metal corner blocks which sit over the angle iron carrying the line and some heavy duty clamps I'm told there usually made by blacksmiths I've searched Google for them but can't find...

depends on the ground and size of the shed. for single skin brickwork I'd go 600mm deep x 400mm wide minimum with a concrete depth of around 300mm. pad depth 75mm laid on 1200g membrane on 50mm sand blind on 150mm hardcore whackered for cavity wall I'd go 500mm wide with a 75mm cavity.

Hi, Ive noticed the plug and cord on my clothes drier getting really hot lately i burnt my hand on the plug earlier obviously this isnt normal but what are the possible causes?

hi mate, where did you get your white vapour barrier paint from.

digging is never the easiest of tasks but the right tools make it easier proper digging spade I use a fiskars and bulldog pick axe mattock wrecking bar fork axe sledge hammer wheel barrow the gear round the front to the skip or for really poor access bucket the soil out and the...

They,ve been tried by quite a few conservatory / double glazing companies over the years with varied degrees of success however most seem to revert back to the traditional method of building. most recently ive seen a company in my neck of the woods offering diy porches involving a steel ring...

Hi, Ive never really had a problem with acro props other than the chain sometimes snagging when raising the prop, I use them to lift steels / lintels etc but only once in position by some other method either manual or mechanical like a genie lift for example and even then its only to lift the...

Hi im planning to do a flat roof extension on the rear of my property and after being put right about the construction of the roof itself ive started to look at roof coverings the main 3 being. Felt (3 layer system) Firestone rubber Fibre glassing I would like to do the roof covering...

lbc heathers are quite an expensive brick considering a quarter of the pack are usually chipped personally I avoid lbc like the plague lol ibstock and Carlton do copies of lbc bricks I find the Carlton weather's make a real nice job and there a strong brick.

thanks again for the info very helpful

with a house of that age its hard to say personally id do as freddy suggests fill it in and forget about it with a house of that age theres always going to be niggles maintenance is the key.

how long have you been in the house? how long has the hose been rendered? is the property showing any signs of movement e,g cracking up? what you,ll most likely find is your poking into a cavity its highly unlikely your house has been built without foundations and it certainly isnt floating...

Hi the oldun many thanks for the advice. instead of using 12mm shuttering ply would 11mm osb3 be better to use as im told its made for the job for the bottom deck and for covering the insulation prior to laying the rubber. Also is there any structural reason for extending the joists...

liquid dpm versus 1200g polythene membrane = no contest polythene where ever possible is the way to go in my opinion mate.

If it were me id definatly self level 1st liquid membrane after and be very generous with the coats but take into acount when going over the top of it with what ever floor covering you choose it is a membrane and if you puncte it with a nail scratch it with a stanley blade etc it will let damp...

To be honest i think a lot of people get caught up in the ideas projected into there minds by these grand designs programmes etc when renovating / converting buildings into houses instead of looking at the building and going along with its charachter and original purpose im not saying have a bar...