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hallo, bath on ground floor, garden on ground floor. want to use bathwater for the garden. what un-mechanical device should i use to get the water from the bath to flow up and through the window back down into the garden? am thinking bicycle pump-type thinggy to set off water-flow and...

hallo, electric co. changed my meter a while back. i didnt notice at the time that the old one had an on/off switch, new one does not. how do i switch this one off? for the past 25 years i have always done my own simple electric jobs around the house and am not about to start paying some...

dont see why i should see a pshychi....st, it hasn't helped you any, has it? topic finished, have all the answers i needed. many thanks to helpers. karaman

phew, that pavingexpert thing is really good, what a find! - thanks a lot. yes i do like the suds idea, looks really good but you see i aint got the necessaries or i would've got a very nice man in a van to do the whole thing for me in the first place. sofar its cost me £15 for the...

hallo all, thank you for all replies - alarm: i dont like venetians, have considered those. woody : have checked from outside and what richard c says is right, cant really see in BUT its psyhologic/pchycologi cant spell that -- its in my head that everyone can see in even through my net...

thank you oldun and noseall. i think i made a mistake, i should've just concreted the sides like an underground swimming-pool without a bottom. gravestone? - dont give me ideas, got enough silly ones of my own. i think perhaps bricks round the edges and a small v-shaped roof covered with...

hallo all, upvc windows were installed last year. i was so happy lot more light came in BUT my window is very low and everyone passing by oggles in - i hate it so i have the curtains drawn most of the time. i thought i can get some sort of film to cover the window with that will allow me...

membrane was something i had left over from elsewhere (as is everything else in the pit) and is meant to keep the sand from caving in at the sides - poles keep the membrane in place. still dont know which way the sizes go - so the topmost layer is earth then under that is small rubble under...

hallo big-all, soakaway is for roof runoff for half the house about 20sq m roof (its a small house). it has 220 litre + a 50litre water-butts with holes at the sides so when they fill up the water goes into the pit. idea was to fit hand-pump into big butt for use in my garden but i've given...

hallo, have dug a soakaway and filled it with bricks surrounding the sides with wire mesh and damp-proof material. had to dig the thing lower than i first thought. Question how do i cover the pit seeing it is about 18" lower than the surrounding soil and keep the surrounding soil from...

thank you blagard, i didnt double-click on the images thats why they didnt appear ( i've managed to click twice and i've got two of the same images, oops). now i know what to do in future. many many thanks. karaman

hallo everyone, i thought as much, leave as is - will keep an eye on it this coming rainy season and see how wet the ground gets before digging a french drain. blagard, i have done as you suggest - edit ---> show images and i still cant see the pictures from my album. what on earth am i...

hallo everyone, i need some help deciding what to do. house is about 18 inches-24 inches lower than the road which is about 1.5 metre away as seen on my pictures. the house has a damp-proof course just above the level of the walkway. i have removed the earth that was about 8 inches...

hallo noseall, no idea what that means - i believe we are going to use a concrete mixer mixing cement plus pebbly material to fill the trenches, adding rubble and tiles from previous bathroom floor as we go along filling the trenches. the floor of the garage has been covered with rubble...

hallo, dug 70cm x 30cm garage foundations. the floor has been covered by rubble for a year so it is well settled. builder wants to concrete trenches and floor of the garage at the same time. Question is it ok to carry out work at same time? should the concrete in the trenches not dry...

hallo everyone, no pics as my 10year old friendly camcorder got stolen and im lost without it - camera pics turned out rubbish but i will try again. no idea what wood the beams are - will try for better pics and post them have done as suggested with screwdriver, beams feel solid and...

hallo everyone, have house - stood sad and lonely, cold, damp and empty for some years. lovely beams, currently painted dark brown in an attempt to hide the traces of woodworm (owner thought i am blind) that were its only inhabitants. fell in love with place, had to have it. woodburning...

thanks again. ive had to mix manually as mixer at rental place is broken so work taking lot longer than thought. finishing tomorrow - friday, in sunshine. rain is forecast for saturday. should i cover it up as it will not have set properly? cheers karaman

thank you PrenticeBoyofDerry, did the 1:3.5 version. thought 1:6 wasnt right. finishing job today. thanks, much appreciated. karaman

hallo all, newbie here - in at deep end - not looking forward to this, scared. have to make a 1.5 yard walkway around house. three days no rain predicted so hiring cement mixer for the job. was told i need a mix of 6:1 gravel to cement. seems insufficient cement and why no lime? i...