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We have a 2m high old tatty boundary wall running down the length of the garden, it's structurally sound but extremely tatty, various ages and sizes of bricks, half rendered, half not. It belong to the neighbours who refuse to do anything with it on our side, so only option we have is to build a...

I want to run an exterior grade overhead phone cable from one building to another(across my land), does anyone know what type of plate, bracket or hook to use to secure the cable to the exterior of the building? and where to purchase?

Got the overflow from our combi over the conservatory so it runs into the conservatory gutter. We're wanting to attach a water butt to the conservatory downpipe but are unsure if the added boiler overflow water will be harmful to plants/garden etc

Sadly we have a 600mm sewer pipe right on the boundary between our house and next door. Previously there had been a tatty old hedge there. Me and my neighbour would like to erect a fence but are unsure of the best way to do it. The sewer is literally 30cm below ground level, it runs the...

I am wanting to build a garage in the back garden and there only one place it can go. The problem is the neighbours garage which butts up to the boundary has an *huge* roof structure which overhangs my garden by at least a foot. If we were to build a garage we would have to considerably cut...

We're re-doing the kitchen and noticed the bathroom rad above has isolation valves on it in the ceiling void. It was only recently done. Seems like bad practice to me to have isolation valves completely unaccessible so should they be removed?

I accidentally grinded through the phone cable on the outside of the house. It's cut an inch or 2 before it enters the house. The cable is 7 core, (orange, black, white, green, red x 3)... I've done a temporary repair, by reconnecting all the wires except for red and the phones and working...

Since the weather got a little colder our cb28 keeps losing pressure, at least 2 times a day we have to top the pressure up in order to get hot water. Then when the heating is on, the pressure rising too high, up to 3 bar so water is coming out of the overflow. Any ideas what might be...

We have stone corbel's under the gutters on both sides of the house, they're gloss black. On the north facing side I simply touched them up with exterior gloss(not masonry). and they look fine However, on the south facing side the thick gloss paint has cracked and flaked quite a lot so I'm...

Been using some Dulux trade ecosure water based gloss. It's awful to use, dries far too quick, runs easily, shows every spec of dust, air bubbles, brush marks. Only good thing is that it's white. Given some primed MDF skirting 3 coats and it still looks transparent in places. Are they...

Started using dulux trade to do some ceilings. First I used a can of trade pure brilliant white, it was this tin: http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-3149-Dulux-Trade-Vinyl-Matt-emulsion-Pure-brilliant-white-5-Litres-for-interior-walls-and-ceilings.html The paint was so thick it...

The supply cable to our property is surface mounted, clipped to the wall of the house every 200mm onto of the existing render. We need to have the house re-rendered, are we allowed to unclip the cable or must it be done by the supply company? I imagine for them to do it, unclip it and...

We're renovating a small 2 bed terrace, to make things easier old CH was removed and new being put in. Electrician ran all cables for first fix. Plumbers been here for a while already and today suddenly says he needs to install a thermostat for each floor and 2 powered 2 port valves as it's...

Previously I've always used cheap emulsion water down as mist coat on new plaster. Today I tried trade vinyl matt (watered down 5:1) and it went on a treat. However, just come online and keep reading that vinyl matt shouldn't be used as the first coat...why exactly? One room we've done...

I'm trying to level a kitchen floor, half is floorboard over joist and the other half is asphalt on top of concrete. Plan was to plywood the wood half and use self levelling screed to level the concrete half up to the plywood. Problem is levelling the wood half is proving very hard. So...

Just had a couple rooms plastered a month or so ago (skim coat over dot/dab plasterboard + boarded ceilings) I can see some hairline cracks where the joints in the boards are. All joints were mesh taped prior to skimming by the plasterer. Dried out too quick perhaps?? would you try and...

I'm planning to dry line(using battens) and insulate the external solid walls in my house. House is old, bricks are knackered and not at all level. Problem is knowing the most efficient, cost effective method. There seems to be a couple of ways. 1. Batten out with 3x2", insulate between...

Trying to connect an timed extractor fan for the bathroom. Fan requires Switched Live, Permanent live and Neutral. Rigged up an FCU on the upstairs ring main, connected the fan to it. Fan comes on but it switches off when turned off(ie, timer not working). Checked permanent live, it's ok...

Are these type of lintels usually bricked up? or packed out with wood and then boarded/meshed? Walls are to be eventually bonded, then skimmed. I'm not doing the plastering but will be getting the walls ready for the plasterer.

What's the best type of bolt to fasten a decking joist to hollow engineering brick? Drop in anchor + bolt?