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digging a hole for a red robin tree and found this iron (I think) pipe in the way. It’s at the end of our rear garden. Any ideas what it might be and level of risk if I decide to grind it out?

Hi All, We are having our detached house renovated an we have been asked about which thermostats we want to go with. The whole house consists of 5 bedrooms (with en suites) and a large dining/living/kitchen area, study and utility room. The house will have wet underfloor heating throughout...

Hi All, The situation so far: Kitchen 5m x 5m Suspended floors (5 ft). The beams are quite thin and had supporting wall 1/3 of the way from one end so quite a lot of deflection. So, we went under the floor and built a wooden frame to support the 2/3 of the remaining beams. Also added...

We have a wet system installed between our suspended wooden beames. The installers placed reflective insulation and the plastic pipes over the insulation and boarded everything back with the old boards. Due to the state of the boards, i want to replace them with 18mm plywood and tile. I would...

hi All, We are opening a shop in March and we want to install a rough looking 'tavern' grade oak floorboards. The base is concrete and MC is unknown for now although I will confirm in a few days when I visit. Assuming the MC is below 2%, is there any way that I can get away with laying...

My father in law, who was an electrical engineer for many years (now retired) is in the process of rewiring his sons house (1950s). Does the consumer box has to have an RCB for all lighting circuits? He has been calling around and been getting differing answers. anyone here know a definitive...

Hi WoodYouLike. Been trying to catch your attention with not much luck. (sniff sniff ;) ) Subfloor: Pine Wooden floor (30 years old). MC of 13% - 15% but very few boards at 17% (no idea why but could be to do with the plastering we did 3 weeks ago and the removal of the radiators). I will...

Ok, 2 weeks ago, as part of our front room renovations, i removed two radiators and capped under the floorboard. I then re-filled the system but have held off putting the inhibitor stuff in as i wanted to make sure everything is working fine before i do and replace floorboards. A few days...