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Forgive my nativity guys, I am an engineer and like to have all of the answers, no matter how silly the question. Should I put the "flagstone" material straight onto the existing block and fill with mortar or onto a bed of mortar, and then place the padstone onto a bed of mortar also...

Hi there. Thanks in advance for assistance given. I have removed the brickwork to install the padstone. Padstone size is 420x220x100. Working back from the joist to the existing wall I have 470. Steel is 202, padstone is 220, leaving a nice 50 mm to fill in. Am I best filling this with a...

When I replaced the cord and got it going it rev'd very high so I stripped the carb down. Ill do it again and check the diaphragms for holes.

Trigger throttle is not stuck. Tick over screw is fully backed off. There is a joint/diaphragm. Could this be the cause?

Thanks for the reply. I have checked the accelerator flap and it is free. Any other ideas.

Hi guys. I have a petrol flymo strimmer. Which has been great for a couple of years. The pull cord snapped so I've replaced that and after fiddling with the spring for a while I got that sorted. The problem now is that when started it races at full revs until it is screaming and then it...

Hi guys, A nice easy one for you. My Mrs Megane driver wiper has broken. The pivot joint between the drive shaft and the wiper itself has seperated. Upon inspection it looks like a bush or bearing has failed and fallen out. I have no doubt that my local Dealer will supply us the part but my...

I had a silly fault with my Renault megane windows a while back. They would go down and up but no all the way up to close. It turned out there is a sensor set up on the windows and when the battery went low power it got confused. I found a simple reset instruction on the net which sorted it...

I'll get some tomorrow. Thanks

Any more helpful comments would be appreciated. :)

Hi guys. This has confused me so hopefully someone can explain. This is a typical 3 bed terraced, 2 living rooms. The tennant has moved out this week so some superficial renovations are being done. I knew we had a damp issue in the back room which I assumed would be the open chimney...

I have cleared the neighbours gutters and I am fed up of doing it. I should have pointed out that the gutters do not go around the bay they go straight through the bay and the bay runs backwards toasted the gutters. I do not intend to block off the neighbours entry into my gutter (...

I own a property which has old cast guttering fitted. It is probably orgional and getting for 100 years old. The problem is this. It is a terraced house and 3 houses share the down pipe. I am in the middle of the three and niether of the neighbours bother to clean their gutters. When we...

Well it has been about 6 weeks now. It is not the best time to lay turf I know. The weather has been dry and relatively warm. But I have been watering the lawn regularly. I have cut the grass height down gently and now it is down to the level where I want it. The problem is that there...

Nice to know ! :lol:

So if I leave it as it is it will be fine ? As it is I don't have any soil and I don't want to go and buy seeds for the heck of it, so if it will be fine I will just keep on watering it. Saying that, we might be having a "hose pipe ban" round my area so I will be doing a lot of watering...

Hi guys, I have laid some new turf in the back garden. It went so well we did the front garden as well :) Of course now we are having our summer, lovely and sunny for us but not great for new turf. I am watering loads. First thing in the morning and last thing at night. I have pulled a...

Do the cut edges need treating also. If so I will need to remove the "picture frame" to get full access.

Why don't I want to look after them ? Coz I'm bloody lazy :lol: . I guess I'm gonna have to oil the deck aren't I ? I was hoping to get away with it, never mind.

I have installed some decking in the garden and it looks great. However I don't want to treat it I can get away with it. So do I need to treat it ? Will it rot if I don't ? The frame underneath has been treated.