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Going to be laying a few rows of granite setts as a rumble strip at the entrance to our driveway. I already have a compacted sub-base of crushed concrete, which I'm going to lay them on. What mix should I use for bedding them? I've seen different opinions - some use a lean mix of sharp...

My Grundos Alpha2 pump seems to have developed a fault recently. A couple of times a week, when the heating comes on, the pump doesn't get going. The light display just flickers extremely quickly. The only way I've been able to workaround the problem is by turning the entire heating system off...

Setting up a small workhop in my garage, which already has a couple of standard 13A sockets. I've bought a planer thicknesser which requires a 16A supply and type C breaker. Is it possible to just take a feed from a 13A socket to a 16A socket and replace the breaker with a type C? Or will it...

Built a shed over the summer. Concrete slab and then 3 course of blocks (rest was timber framed). The exterior of the blocks was clad with a slate cladding left over from another project. Just noticed I have water seeping into the shed floor after all the rain we've had these past few days. It...

I've got a basement garage with a Hormann door. We've had two flash floods in two years, the last one the other day resulted in about an inch of water in the garage. We were away when it happened so couldn't do anything about it. We have a drainage channel outside the garage door but I think...

We have three 2-way valves in our system - one each for hot water, upstairs heating and downstairs heating. Noticed that the downstairs heating not working and narrowed it down to the valve. I've bought a new motor from screwfix, which has made no difference. I've then changed the entire...

Had a new stairway put in and we're going to use the void underneath as a cupboard. But do I need to plasterboard the underside of the stairs inside the cupboard to meet building regs? I had a feeling it was a requirement but having googled it, can't find an answer.

Serious question. Ready to paint our extension but no heating so it's not much warmer than outside in there at the moment. Want to crack on with the mist coat and then a coat of Matt on the ceilings tomorrow, but as it is so cold, can this cause problems with the paint?

Hi I'm thinking of changing my boiler to a Greenstar 40cdi boiler. I have an unvented indirect hot water cylinder. No cold water tank. Is this boiler suitable for my system? I thought it was but I looked at the product info document on this page and the diagram shows a vented cylinder with...

Hi Recently had a new central heating system installed - something is not quite right with it though. I've had a heating engineer out to look at it twice but still not resolved. I have a Drayton MiTime T740R programmer with two MiStat N1 10R thermostats - one for upstairs and one for...

I have 3 Duravit undermount basins that I bought cheap brand new off eBay. Plan was to buy the Duravit vanity units and use these basins but Duravit refused to sell me the vanity unit without the basins. So I have now have these 3 basins left over but still have 2 bathrooms to kit out. So I was...

Should I apply a bead of silicone where the shower tray meets the floor tiles? The gap has been grouted already. Thanks.

Currently renovating and extending our house. Had some quotes in for Parex render from approved contractors but my budget is tight. Thinking of getting my plasterer to do the job - he is a quality plasterer and takes time and care to get things spot on. He has done sand and cement render before...

I'm a novice when it comes to carpentry but I want to have a go at making a birch plywood cabinet, which will not have a door. Roughly 2.4m long, 60cm high and 50cm deep. I will then divide it up into 4 sections, by spacing 3 dividers equally. I don't want to be able to see any fixings at...

Having problems with my hot water - sometimes when I put the HW on, the black plastic lever sticking out the top of the actuator (BGMVSP-2) doesn't move across so the valve doesn't open and the HW doesn't come on. However, if i apply some pressure to the lever, it moves across and the HW comes...

I need to fix a couple of 75mm x 75mm fence posts to a brick wall. I've read some recommendations for thunderbolts. What length of bolt would I need to get a good strong fix? I've also seen hex head bolts in screwfix - would they also do the job?

This is probably a really stupid question but anyway... I've got a new picket fence arriving soon which I will prime and undercoat and then gloss white. I have a tin of standard dulux gloss in the shed - can I use this or should I get some Weathershield exterior gloss? Thanks.

Anyone know where I can buy a white wooden picket fence? I've searched for ages on the internet plus in garden centres around where I live and can't find any! I didn't think it would be this difficult to find! The only alternative is to buy a stained wooden picket fence and paint it white...

Renovating a flat at the moment. It has an engineered pine wood floor down in the bedroom and lounge. The previous owners didn't take good care of it - lots of paint, deep scrathes, scuffs and grime on it. I'd originally planned to rip the floor out and put a nice new dark oak floor down...

Renovating a flat and planning to paint walls and ceiling white. I've read Gliddens Contract Matt is a good trade white paint to use, especially to cover over bright colours. Just wondering, does it provide a good finish as a top coat or should I use another paint for the final coat?