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Hello, Sounds like a stupid problem, but I am constantly niggled by things that didn't quite work out as well as I had imagined they would around the house. I'm a relative beginner at DIY so there's a learning curve going on, I accept that, but it's hard to live with the results of that...

Thanks Lower Yes I might invest in that, seems cheaper than I thought it would be.

Hello all! Quick question here. A few months ago we asked a builder to connect our rain water drain pipe to the main sewage drain in our back yard. When we moved into the house there was no drainage at all beneath the drain pipe, the rain water was just splashing onto the patio! Once he...

Kind of... I guess what i'm asking is, if there's an ACO drain in place, what is the potential problem with running the fall towards the house? Or to put it another way, what is meant by your comment: "When working with shallow falls like this I think it is much better to lay the last...

Hi all Thanks for the replies. Neo, i'm interested in your comments about fall. My question is, why is a patio with a very shallow fall worse than one with a steep fall? My patio is slate and will have resin pointing. If there's a heavy downpour, the water should run down the patio...

Hello all. After 5 years (!) of saving for a deposit, my wife and I have just moved into our first home, a 200 yr old cottage which is in need of some TLC. The first job was to try to sort a bit of damp we have on the inside of the back wall of the house. My initial thought was to drop the...