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I want to add a path using 450mm paviours x2 wide along the base of a gable end house wall, to give a walkway. The ground slopes away from the wall. I am not sure how to edge the paviours. For the edge: hardcore or concrete then build 2 courses of bricks to level . Then not sure how to finish...

My bungalow shares the water supply with one house. The water pipe is 350 yards from the Bristol water mains on the road. The flow rate is about 10litres/minute measured by the time takn to fill a 1litre jug. I get low flow rates occassionally so considering a water pump. The plumbing system is...

I am after suggestions for driveway gates on a shared entrance to define the boundary . Slope is 7 degrees. Maybe two gates for cars or one for cars and one for pedestrians? Wooden I guess as a fencing is added to either end of the gates for the boundary. In the pic between the edge of the house...

The water pipe from the road supplies two properties, but no meter or inspection chamber on the road, it is charged on rateable value. The pipe is 1" class D black alkathene from the road to my mother's house and 3/4" from my mother's house to mine. The new pipe will be 300m long, through an...

I built a shed and moved an external socket within it. The socket is fed from the main cu on a 16A mcb via 2.5mm armoured cable. What is the best way to add lights and a few socket in the shed?

3mx4m shed onto blocks on the flat, floor is going to be 47x125 x4m C24 joists onto joist hangers on the 3m length. Then stud walls and pitched roof. The blocks are laid onto sand. Blocks are three high on the RHS and two high on the LHS. I thought of repeating the middle section at each end...

A planning application for a shed/office (50msq) in my garden has been made, with a view to conversion to a house in 10 years time. So want to trench new electrical supply to the electcity pole under what is the garden of my mother's old house, which is for sale and under offer. Easier now than...

The exsting windows are small and on one side only so the room is dark. Trusses are 400mm. I have seen pictures with Velux spanning 2-3 trusses but with no noggins. So do Velux make bespoke windows such as 400 wide, as the std ones are 550 minimum, or is it best to span more than one truss?

The ply of the valley board is rotting where it protrudes from the wall under the lead, due to the weather. I did it this way to support the lead at the end of the valley to get the water to flow into the gutter. I did not think the verge strip would be strong enough to support the lead. So can...

Fitted in 2005. Serviced annually. Expansion tank replaced two years ago. Seven day timer. Converted to a system boiler in 2020. There has been a lockout 3 to 4 times in the past year and after a reset it has worked fine for 3 months or so. Now it is in lockout and the burner will not fire. Say...

External wooden door is warped so considering replacing it with a composite door. The wooden threshold sits on a concrete pad, which I am not sure whether to remove or not? Do I remove the concrete or not?

I removed wooden windows on dormers. The wooden frame of the dormers are rendered over. I cut back the render on the sides of the windows to be able to remove the windows. On the top of the old window was a flat render bead holding the render. Removing this has left a jagged edge on the...

I want to replace the existing wooden door because it is warped and daylight can be seen through the gap. So considering a Composite door. The floor is Rubaon quarry tiles then a 20mm high x 110mm deep concrete cill, on which the door frame rests. For a composite door, I am not sure what I...

The last foot or so of a rafter has rotted away and is held in place by the lead flashing. The asbestolux eaves strip is hanging down. The rafter runs up the side of a dormer to the ridge. So does the whole rafter to the ridge have to be replaced?

The kitchen sink mixer tap is leaking at the joint between the base and the swivel head body. It is 15 years old, is it easy to repair with a new seal/O ring? If a replacement is required, the house plumbing is a vented HWC and an AGA which uses gravity to heat the water (no pump), so the hot...

I have a pair of wooden gates made by AJ Charlton of Frome. They are at the end of the garden to access the geese paddock. They are about 20 years old. The top rail on each is rotting but the other parts are fine. So I am considering replacing the rails. They are mortice and tenon joints. The...

Got to replace the manhole cover over an old klargester. The old one was rusted as if the fumes from the klargester caused the rust. I am going to use 3:1 mortar, but this does not seem to last. tends to crumble away. Thought about using adhesive but it wont stick to the polypropylene base of...

Swivel spout. Water pooling at the joint with the sink. Water seems to vent from the spout and no more, rather than a leak. Tap is ten years old Repair or replace?

This was the kitchen but still has an oil boiler in it, (far from ideal). currently tiles, but prefer to use wood flooring. Is it sensible to have a section of the floor with tiles for the boiler and the rest wood? Or is lino on top of the tiles better, apart from the boiler area? Or other...

Trying to find one this small with two immersion heaters. One from PV and a standard one. 200l is available but not seen them in this size. Any suggestions ?