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Ive need to build a three foot retaining wall, probably 20 meters or so. My plan was to use blocks and then render or clad it with tiles, but seen some mortar free walling that looks nice. Difficult to price compare as I have zero idea how much I will need. In general can anyone help which one...

So decided to convert my detached garage, got a CCTV company to survey my property and they said the drains were 2 meters away from the garage, PERFECT easy tap into them. Started digging last week, 1 meter down, No drain, 1.5 meter down no drain, called the company back but they could't come...

Got a bit of a nightmare situation regarding electrics done In my new extension. The electrics in my extension were done by a friend of a friend who is a qualified electrician who works on commercial buildings. He has completed all the work and advised me to get a PIR done by an electrical firm...

I've taken down my porch and the exterial bricks have been painted with white and then red paint. I've used B & Q paint remover and tried nitromors but the paint is red accrington bricks are still someway off. Anyone recommend any products that could get the paint off? This is...

Is there anyway i can overide a wireless stat? I've accidential broken my wireless reciver that connects into my valient 824 boiler. Now i have no heating although i do get hot water however no heating. Is there anyway that i can tell the boiler to ignore the stat and use just the buttons...

Just looking on some advise on the best place to get bricks from for an extension that i'm building. I need aboout 500 stock facing bricks and then about 4500 others (Cheap ideally) Then need to be 73mm. Whats the going rate per 1000?

Just looking for some advice, just started digging the foundations for a new extension and come across some drainage issues. I though that we had a direct access to the main sewer however it appears as though our pipe goes into neighbours garden before connecting into a man hole on their...

Just looking at my plans for my extension and the architect had put a brick wall downstairs rather than a stud wall. Would I be able to change this with the building inspector or would it have to stay? Not sure what it's down in brick, most people have got their internal walls done using stud.

Well further to my previous post i'm now in my new home, that has a some damp issues. The survey has said it's rising damp and that it needs to be investigated. I've stripped the walls and exposed the plaster and the damp is clearly viasble as it's the salts coming through on the chimney...

Just about to buy a house with some damp issues. The whole donstairs has a concreate floor that appears to be rising up is several places. I've noticed that there is damp on several walls including the internal wall that seperates the dinning room and living room. Now the exteria bricks...

My house has an old 1970 pre fabricated garage connected to it that is badly in need of removing. The panels are cracking and the wooden roof timbers are rotting away. Ideally I want to knock the garage down however the problem I have is that the gas meter is installed on the outside of this...

Any ideas on how i can get rid of this monster?

Any idea how much the DNO charge to change meter tails and the time taken for them to do it? Also are electricians allowed to change the tails?

Just about to buy a house that need quite a bit of work doing including a full new central heating system. I'm thinking of doing the pipework myself and then getting a professional in to install the combi boiler. How easy is it to instal the pipes for a novice? I know the basics but it it...