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Evening all I'm currently planning to build a metal clad and framed garage/workshop/storage shed at the back of my property. It's on a sloping site, there is about 50cm height difference between two diagonally opposite corners. The access is at the high point of the site, so the rest of the...

Hello I have a leak coming in around the windows in my bay window. This part of the house was built about 50/60 years ago using poured concrete. I have identified the location of the leak to be penetrating through the concrete where it is thin at the point that the windows butt up against it...

Hello all I've just been looking at my heating circuits (I have all electric heating with storage and panel heaters), and I've noticed that I have 3 panel heaters running from the same mcb. They're not in a radial or ring circuit - each heater has it's own 2.5t+e coming from the same mcb...

Afternoon all My house has a pebble dash style render over it all and it has had plenty of coats of paint in the past. In a lot of areas paint layers are flaking off. I plan to remove the paint and repaint the place. I have started in one area to remove paint with a wire brush. I'm...

Hello all I've currently got 16mm² t+e feeding the CU that does my sockets and lights. I'm guessing this isn't very good, am I correct? Should I get it replaced with 16mm² double insulated and a 10mm² earth? Or is 25mm² generally the standard? It's an old wylex board with fuse wire, so...

Morning all I've recently made 2 small rooms and a hallway into one room, about 4m by 4m. The floor is concrete and is not level - it ranges across the room to about an inch difference in some spots. The previous owner just had chipboard down over it, which left a lumpy feeling floor...

Hello all I have a bathroom which has insulation backed plasterboard on the ceiling, I'm going to need to put new plasterboard under the existing plasterboard. What would you suggest I use to fix the new board to the old one? I'm guessing a screw just through both bits of plasterboard...

Hello all I am looking to fit an electric boiler to supply hot water for a central heating system in my house. I currently have an immersion heater in a tank for my hot water but might want to have hot water for the taps supplied by the boiler as well. What electric boilers are on the...

Hello all The glow plug light on my renault trafic van has started to come on after I have been driving for a while. Some times it comes on soon after starting the van, some times it takes a while. It doesn't matter if the van is cold or hot. The vans temp is normal. I can not notice any...

Hello I've recently layed just over 1m square of concrete ranging from about 30mm to just a few mm in depth because of the very uneven floor level. I'm going to need to use some self leveling compound (a cement based one) over the top. How long should I wait for the concrete to dry out...