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hi there, need some advice,i got a wall,3ft high and nearly 1ft wide,its been rendered and painted years ago. I want to build 3 plinths on it,1 each end and 1 in the middle,2 bricks wide and 4 high with a 1ft square,30mm deep concrete pyramind pier cap on top of each. now can I lay the first 2...

the cover i took out must have been faulty,replaced it with another one and it opens fine,job done,thanks all

hi there,hope someone can help,i tried to lift an intregated manhole cover,ie,paved blocks sitting inside lid.got the handles up on both sides but no way it was coming up,ended up pulling the whole frame and a load of blocks around it out. even when i got it all out,tried battering it out from...

looking good dude,well done,and not a paint scrapper in sight,EEK.

I've never seen or heard of anyone applying plaster with a paint scraper if u can let me know where u can get a trowel about 3 inches wide for in between his door and wall,let me know.ive allways found it easy to use a thin paint scrapper to get at the really awkward spots.but if ur not...

wet brick work,bonding coat to brick work out to excisting plaster.leave a day and then skim over the lot,easy,i would leave the bit down the side of the door way and skim over with thin paint scrapper. and when ur at it a light bond over the ceiling and skim aswell

latest update,it was working half an hour ago,just checked and it was stuck again,aaarrrrrhhhhhh,was just about to take the hammer to it when i noticed the thermostat on the actual tank was set very low,about 45,i turned it up to 60 and the hw valve whirred into action :D . hope it lasts,tried...

the motor came with a set of connecters but being a numpty dont know how they connect,not worth calling my plumber mate[he does excist tony]and his name is tony also,eek,he lives about 5 mile away.ive also got another plumber mate and his surname is plummer,how cool is that. about the...

hi guys,ive just replaced the little motor and the little lever goes floppy when the HW is turned on,as it should. 2 little things to help please. 1,i connected the motors 2 wires to the valve using standard electrical wire connectors and wrapped in insulation tape,im leaving the valve box...

thanks everyone,just ordered a motor of amazon,and hopefully get my plumber m8 around sat to try and replace as im completly useless with small fidley stuff, http://www.amazon.co.uk/HONEYWELL-V4043-Replacement-Synchronous-motorised/dp/B00BS6O6ZK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1365016351&sr=8-3

hi gas man,they are honeywell and fitted not even 2 years ago. so im i right it thinking its the hw valve sticking and not opening up when requested. i thoght the prob was with the ch valve with the lever having no resistance,but should they only have resistance when not needed? can i set...

hi again,got a problem and hope someone has a fix. the 2 motorized valves where changed last year,everything working fine until yesterday,no hot water. with hw and ch off,the little levers on the valves have pressure and when pushed fully over they return to the normal setting. when i turn...

strip back all loose plaster to the brick,a coat of bonding,a light skim,when dry paint and rehang the radaitor. external wall, sand/cement instead of bonding

latest,builder coming bact tomorrow to relay the ridge tiles back and rebed my tiles correctly,lets see,will update tomorrow night when i get back from work,lets hope there are no tornado warnings in london tonight

also in this pic,wats to stop the wind getting in below the tiles and the whole foof coming off,at least the middle ridge tiles held and joined the 2 foofs together,also from half way up to the top the tiles not bed together. both sides now have nothing holding down the last row of tiles,only...

tried resizing,hope it helps,cheers