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Correct, building inspector was fine with that

Finished it, and it was a whole lot easier then I thought it would be IMG_0189 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0188 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0192 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0193 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0209 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0210 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0225 by...

I just installed in a house arround 100 soffit lights (very large house) but make sure you do not make it to bright, otherwize it will look like a spaceship taking off is there enough room between your soffit and to top of your window? Put them on a timer, or night to dawn switch Or...

Most of these camera's only record when there is motion. (they have a pir inside them) so you are not burning hard discs for the fun of it You will be fine with the distance, As they have night vision in them, you can see the little red glow of the led's next to the lens

By pouring the pad, there will be a better weight distribution over the existing bricks,

I will be pouring a number of concrete pad stones in situ These pad stones will be according to the building inspectors spec, however, what is the best way to do it, make the pad stones at perfect height so they will take the RSJ and are at the perfect height, or do I make them about 10mm...

As a rule of thumb, by how much does a catnic lintel need to rest on the wall is it 200mm or 300mm or more Thanks Chris

I'm doing a side extension and have 5 airvents which need to be bridged to the new outer wall as the new extension will have a solid concrete floor and the existing house has a wooden floor with crawl space The building inspector told me to put a pipe in from the existing airvents to the new...

the benefit of screed is that it is a dry cement mix, and therefore much easier to level then concrete with all the stones in it that is why they do a screed floor then it is as smooth as a babies bottom you will not get that with concrete

forget get it the breaker you are looking for to break up concrete of about 20cm to 30 cm thick is arround the 400 mark - cheaper is crap (I followed about 10 to 20 ebay auctions) rent the hydraulic one for the weekend will cost you not more the n£50,- (did it last weekend) and you will be...

could be wear on the door handle, the square pin between the handles could have worn down

If you buy normal fence posts 100 by 100 en then 240 long they will be fine set them for 60cm in concrte en they will outlast you but do not forget gravel boards so i would go for 150mm gravel boards then the 1800 fence and the rest of the post in the ground, so your fence will be...

I build an 3 bay car port with hipped roof, Rather then putting a full slab in, i went for 1 meter diep 40cm wide pile foundation, so the 10 poles of the car port are resting on these pile foundation, all with leveling feet. Then in the carport itself it is just pea shingles on a bed of type...

Yes that is possible why the change??

Of course this is not standard, I would speak to the neighbour and explain that you would like it changed. This should not be to any cost to you. Give him a time frame by when you would like to have it sorted check if there are no other shared services between the houses ie...

I would do 3 or 4 of those, as most of the weight is on the top, i would space them out more to the top then bottom so 1 on the bottom, 1 in the middle and then 2 at the top, just make sure they are not going to be in the way of the hinge

I'm thinking of replacing a number of MR16 12v bulbs with the new 3w led however it says that the transformer needs to be a minum of 3w. the transformer i have is 10w-60w and minium load for dimming is 35w I'm stating the obvious here, but still would like it confirmed Thanks

I'm thinking of replacing a number of normal gu10's for the led GU10 3w's some of these resellers say that these bulbs cannot be dimmed by a halogen dimmer. what does this mean. what kind of dimmer are we speaking about Thanks

That calculator is really handy Thanks

You are right about the solarblock - wel spotted so the grooves on the outside will not help the render (isn't that the hole point of the grooves so the render stick best) Wavetrain, So rather telling me what cannot be done, what would you recommend as a solid block in combination with a...