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Thanks. I'll be doing this myself, so thought it would be easier to add a layer of coping stones, in In particular as they rendered up to the bottom of the existing stones and im not sure that I could remove them without damaging the render. It would also be half the cost of doing larger stones...

Hi all. 3 years ago we built a single storey rear extension with a flat roof. It was a parapet roof, with capping stones, finished in a light thru-colour render. Like this: It looked great at first, but after a short time some issues became apparent. Firstly the capping stones didn't really...

Just to close this out... I stayed with Virgin for another 12 months. I went from paying something like £67 a month (plus normally £20 of calls) to £35 a month for the same package but with anytime calls included. They are also sending me a new V6 box which I actually value as it has much bigger...

Thanks. I think I may have more than the basic package for TV, but it is still pretty basic. I totally agree about renegotiating every year but for some reason I just never get around to it with the broadband. I actually had no idea what I was paying for it - I thought it was about £50 but I...

Thanks. I called cancellations. I had a letter this week saying that they will be increasing the bill by £4.49. The pre-recorded message as you go through to cancellations says something like "we see you have been affected by the recent price increase but good news - we can give you a discount...

Thanks all. I am definitely willing to stay with Virgin if they get the price down to something sensible, but realistically they need to half their current pricing and throw in free calls and they may not do that so need a Plan B! I'll try them now though.

Evening all. I've been a virgin media customer for so many years that the frequent price rises mean that my fairly basic package costs about £85 a month. I am sure I can do better and have been playing around with comparison sites but I keep tripping up because I don't understand enough about...

Hi all We had new turf put down about 2 weeks ago. It's taken quite well and has grown so I gave it its first cut today, taking very little off it (it's still probably 5cm long). Can I cut it again tomorrrow, taking it down to say 3-4cm? I am not going to be able to do it for 2 weeks so...

The floor underneath the vertical run is concrete, yes. It is partly why I originally asked them to stick the socket on the edge of the chimney breast! This is a pain. The electrician only lives a few doors away so I can hardly afford to fall out with him, but if the remedial work on an...

Doh! Thanks for confirming - I was really, really hoping you were going to say it was fine this time! Just so I can explain my challenge: why is this wrong? Skirting board not a safe zone? No conduit? Both?

So.... This is how they have fixed it. That's still wrong, isn't it?

Thanks - good question. I will investigate. It shouldn't be a spur, should it? I would imagine that it is best practice to put all sockets on the ring circuit when doing a full rewire, which is the case here. It seems a bit lazy to use spurs, and reduces the ability to add sockets in future...

Possibly. He was very certain that the best place for the socket was in the centre of the chimney - you can probably see the mark on the wall where I had asked for it to be put originally. In any case - even if that was his intention and it is a good one, it is still not compliant is it? The...

Hello all, I'm putting in a new kitchen on the bank holiday weekend. The job for next week is tearing out the old kitchen (which I think will be easy); and re-laying the floor (which I think will be hard!). I've read up and done as much research as possible on how to do the floor and I...

Hi all, I've had a good trawl of the forum but cannot see any specific advice on this. I'm in the process of picking bits for my new kitchen and would like a ceramic undermount sink. Problem is, I'll be fitting it myself and I'm not sure how it's done. The company installing the worktops will...