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Hi, I need to lay foundations for a shed. Problem is the garden is only 1ft above the natural water line so as I dig the trench its half filling with water. Is there some kind of additive I can add to the concrete mix to ensure it sets in such wet conditions? Also, any advice on best mix...

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll post pictures once I get started :D Cheers

Hi, I'm building a block wall as part of a shed. I've calculated I need about 12 sq m of block work. I found a calculator on line for amounts of sand and cement needed and it reckons I need just over 500kg of sand and six 25kg bags of cement. Does that sound right? By my calculations...

Hi all, Just starting to prepare for my summer project - a new shed! I pulled down the old one at the end of the garden when I moved in to the house a couple of years ago as. It was a case of pulling it down before it fell down :) The rear and right walls of the old shed still remain...

Ah yes! good idea! I've got a fan heater on the floorboards and joists where the washing machine was and they seem to be drying nicely. I'll use the old torch and mirror trick to see how bad the rest of the under floor is and pull up other boards if necessary to throw down the sand...

Hi there, Not sure if this is the best topic area for my problem. I've got a washing machine where the waste pipe has become blocked. It's been blocked for some time judging by the amount of damp under the floor. The question is how do I dry out the floor under the floorboards? Its...

D'oh! See your point! :lol: In that case I'll tell him to leave it. Thanks for the advice

He wants to remove the pipework going up past the bath so he can move the location of the bath. It's a small bathroom so every little helps! Can this valve be fitted below the cistern level?

Hi there, My mate is looking at refurbing his bathroom and has asked me for some advice! :shock: At the moment he has a downstairs loo directly below the bathroom. The soil stack is inside the house and rises up from the downstairs loo, through his bathroom, up in to the loft and out...

Hi there, I'm looking to buy an electric screwdriver. I don't want to spend more than about £80. Whats the best voltage to buy? I want somethig that is powerful enough to drive large screws in. I'm happy to use a drill shaped driver. Any recomendations? Any I should steer clear of...

well it took 2 days but I got the eventually! Thanks for your help Damian. :wink:

I'm not having much luck here. I haven't tried forcing water through from the mains yet. When you attach the hose to the drain valve its not very secure and I'm sure that water will shoot everywhere if I try and force mains up it. Also, the valve is on the inlet side of the pump yet the...

I've still got the old manual valve installed here. I moved it over to "heating and HW" and it gurgled for a bit and settled down. I then moved it back to "water only".

Sorry, what's an MV

The pump is housed behind the time switch and I can't shift the screws on the plate holding the switch :cry: I think I can see a large silver screw on top of the pump but the pump is sitting about 1" below the bottom of the boiler so I can't get to it without removing the pump. Going to...

F&E tank is definitely full. I watched it drain when I emtpied the system and fill up again when I turned it back on. Oh, and yes, it has a ball valve. Think I will try forcing water back up to the tank using mains pressure if that's safe to do...

I did try draining it via the valve but not much came out TBH. I would have expected quite a flow from it but it was more of a fast trickle...

It's a Servowarm Elite 50. The valve is on the inlet side of the pump. I can't see any other valves anywhere so wouldn't know how to bleed the pump itself

Hi there, I drianed the system today to change a rad. I've topped it back up but the boiler won't start. The pump kicks in and the gas ignites and then 10 seconds later the gas cuts out. According to the instructions this is due to over heating. There's quite a lot of gurgling going on...

Hi there, just fitting a new bathroom.. I've just fiished all the plumbing and turned the water back on and there is no water coming out of the hot taps. I'm guessing there is an airlock in the HWT but I don't know how to clear it. Can anyone give advice on this please? Thanks very much...