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It's definitely bamboo! But it has just gone crazy and the previous owners planted it directly alongside the patio with no barrier. It works really well as a privacy screen though so i do want to replace it.

I have bamboo in my garden and it is spreading like crazy - and even now popping up through my patio. I've decided to cut it all out and start again using a barrier all around where I plant it. I have two questions: - Does anyone know a place to buy the barrier in London? I've only found...

One final question before I attempt my patch up job... If I lay coping stones on top of the wall would they need pointing? And what cement mix would be suitable for that? I have seen some places online that say pointing isnt needed, but in that case water could just sit between the stones.

Can I use the same 3:1 mix of sand and cement to fix on the coping stones as I use to fill the holes?

I think I'd find it easier to hack off just the worst areas, clean it and then re-render with a cement mix. If I do this as a DIY job I could then lay coping stones on top. Something like this: http://www.albionart.co.uk/assets/images/copingpic.jpg Presumably, if i use coping stones then...

Yes - there are no weepholes. Like many things in the house the wall seems to have been poorly built. Is it necessary for me to put new weepholes in? It's quite a low wall so the water should eventually drain down into the soil behind the wall I'd have thought?

Many thanks for the reply. Sounds like there is more to do than I thought! Would it be better to hack off all the render and render the whole thing again, using plastic angle beads? Or as a half-way fix, perhaps just hack off the top where the corroded angle bead is and replace that. I...

Water runs down off the patio as the garage is lower and there is no lip to stop it!

Water soaks up from the patio so is always damp

At the front of my new house is a low garden wall which looks like it was built from brick and then covered in smooth render. In the last year there have been holes appearing where the plaster has popped off. How easy would it be to repair as a DIY job? I've never done plastering or work...

garden, garage, wall, fence etc

Brilliant! That was it. I had spent hours trying out different things but had never considered there might be a third switch. Went up into the loft today and found it. Switched it on and now all perfect! Thanks for the help. I feel quite silly :oops:

So here are the pics, if this can help? Just a reminder of what I did. 1. Connected together some wires downstairs so that I no longer have to use that switch (replaced with a remote control to new upstairs 2 gang switch) 2. Put in a new replacement 2 gang switch upstairs. All worked...