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Cheers - I have uploaded a pic of the cable and box that comes into the garage. http://www.diynot.com/network/lozinger99/albums/21328 The cable runs down the garden, through the house - distance approx 40ft. Hope this helps, many thanks in advance.

Hey Daftpunk/Andy - thanks for your reply - makes sense that this info would help!... I will come back with more info on the distance and the full skinny on the cable/pics etc.

Hi All, I have an armoured cable running down to the garage whcih did supply electricity to a socket/lights until a few years back when it was disconnected at the main box in the house due to the water coming in through garage roof. The garage roof is now repaired and Id like to turn into...

Hi guys, Cheers for this. I do have concrete lintel (in photo also :) but when i knocked the lintel course out and the bricks stayed in situ, I tried the concrete lintel in but as someone said it seemed awful heavy on a single skin of brick, and also the wooden one looked pretty good. It was...

Really sorry to bump, but could really do with a hand with this one. Cheers!

Hi, Have cut a hatch in internal garage wall Have propped up the beams with acrows for the time being while I cut out the hatch. As you can see the bricks above the lintel course stayed in place even after the lintel course removed. Would I be ok to use a fence post as a lintel. The...

Thats great. Many thanks. Now youve broke it down, it seems straightforward. Easy when you know how - as my dad says. :D Thanks again. 8) Loz.

Hey Guys - sorry to bump this - but could really use some advice - cheers!!

Thanks foxhole - ill have a look - I'm def happy to spend the money for something decent. 8) Many thanks.

Hey Ree, Many thanks for the reply :) Yeah, the soil isnt really my neighbours fault as such , more that the guy who built the garage built it right up to their gardens (ie removed the fence) and as such the garage forms the boundary where the fence would have been, so it just their garden...

I’ve had my garage re-roofed but still a problem with damp penetrating the floor. It’s a large single skin brick built garage with 18mm ply decking and EPDM roof. So the garage is definitely as dry as it will get (post re-roof) but there is still damp patches emerging through the slabs and...

Hey all, I've got a good few wood DIY jobs coming up this summer, making a garden table, sanding down an arbour, sanding some painted beams that the wife wants varnishing. Can anyone recommend a good all purpose sander that would do a good variety of jobs. I saw a Bosch PSS 250 Orbital...

Hi all, I'm doing a bit of work in my garage and want to cut a hatch into the internal wall (building a bar area - The galley section will be the working bit of the bar) Please see attached link...