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Hi All Need help: One of my new wall has to join onto a pebbledashed wall. Do I need to remove pebbledashing to attach wall starter or would it be okay to attach wall starter onto pebbledash. Thanks in advance

Hi "diyisfree" Sorry forgot to mention steel lentil IS and catic lentils are identical only difference is price. Thanks for putting my mind at rest. I can now get on with my work knowing what to do. Regards.

Hi All I am about to fit lintels in my extension. My question is the lintels have serrated side and a plain side. Which side to outside. Input will be grately appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

Hi All I wish to thank all for your input in response to my problem with my extension. I dug 600 wide X 250 deep strip foundations. BCO passed them. I had them filled with premix concrete. A week later I started to build the foundation wall using foundation blocks to required level. Again...

Hi All My extension is progressing well but one big problem I have is water keeps seeping in through foundations into the new build area. Water seeps in when it rains especially heavy. My area suffers from water table. It is an annoying problem. I have done a number of things to...

You get what you pay for. There are so many cheapies about. People still buy them. I guess they last as long as they do then head for the bin. In my line of work I have been lucky to have had the use of Bosch, makita, wolf ( no longer around). As a general rule of thumb buy a quality tool for...

Hi All Anyone bought Bosch 24 Volt Sds drills. I am interested in Bosch GBH 24 VFR . The machine itself is very good but the battery pack is very heavy. One retailer suggested I go for Bosch GBH 24VF same spec machine but lighter. Yesterday trying different machines I found that mid battery...

Thanks Guys.

Hi All Need Help I am looking for reasonable quality wall cavity closers. Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Screwfix are selling them but appear to be basic. I have 100mm cavity. Await Response. Thanks in Advance.

War talk eh. Like I said the problem is sorted once and for all.

Hi "Fluffster" All sorted. Neighbourly relations upheld. All good.

Hi"JC_Derby" The neighbour started having nightmares simply at the thought of costs of fixing such a complex breakdown. It doesn't bare thinking what would have happened if he had to claim on his home insurance or if had to pay the quoted sum £560 plus VAT for the repairs.

Hi All What would be the correct cement/sand mix for laying concrete foundation blocks. Thanks in advance.

Hi "Dippy" Get a good architect to draw your plans. I did mine myself but got a remote architect to check them and print plans for me. Although planning passed them then I got sting by building regs. I have had to pay additional £180 to another architect who put mistakes right and did...

Hi "Swiss Tony" We are on good terms but there is a limit how far I can go. I reckon if I got water board or drain repair firm in it would have cost in the region of £1500. I told him this couple of times each time his face dropped. Materials have cost less than £200. You rightly point out...

Hi All Urgent Help Please! I have found the leak I have been looking for three days. I thought it was my gully leaking filling my new foundations for my new extension. The leak is from next doors drain. Having spent three long hard days and dug half the drive I have not been to locate...

Hi "static" What a person you are. Second time you have given good advice and the solution to my problem. I was worried of the crack in my wall. Halifix is ideal for the cracks I have. Thank you again.

Hi "static" Thank you. I had had enough of bucketing water out of trenches. I went out and bought a pump. What a pump did it shift water. Half hour to rig it up and 20 minutes to pump 25-30 gallons of water out. Clay tough as it is but it doesn't let water soakaway awful to work with...

Hi "static" Yeah up my little raft extension. Its a big problem for the street. I had waterboard out three years ago. They tested water and came back with results as not mains water but ground water. Apparently there is a water table at back and appears to be a big one. Any one...

Hi "JohnD" I spoke to architect this morning. He suggested same as you to underpin the affected area. He is coming out tomorrow to see me and the problem. Thanks for your advice.