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Hi, I currently have a single FCU, which spurs some outdoor lights from the ring main. I Now need a single socket in this location. Is the such a thing available that can do both and is single gang, noting that the fused element would be for the outdoor element of the circuit and not the...

The picture below shows the side in view of the garage - the built up level would be approx 2.3m down the side and then across the rear. Overall length of the garage is approx 6.7m The garage is double skinned for a section in the middle, and each of the rear corners

Is there likely to be any issue with the weight of the built up soil against the single skin wall? From current ground level the should be about 70cm up the wall?

It's single skin. Plan is to build earth up about 50cm, which would make it approx 35cm above dpc

Thanks Is there anything in particular I should look for in choosing the dpc to make sure it's durable, other than just not getting the cheapest one? Sorry to thick, but what exactly do you mean by lapped under the dpc? And is there anything in particular I should be doing to fix it to the...

Hi, I have just started a project to put in a patio, and then re grade the remainder of the garden that slopes quite badly back to front and left to right. I am going to build a sleeper wall across the back of the house, but the garage borders the garden on the right hand side. To get the...

Excuse my ignorance, but am I meant to? This is not the foul water drainage, just the run off from guttering etc.

Thanks. I guess if those are the solutions to get it back together - then the answer is I will need to saw through the existing to get into the pipe, rather than take any of the existing joints apart?

Hi, I'm about to lay a new patio, and before I do, I want to put some drainage in. I'm looking at connecting into the current underground drainage, but looking for some advice on the easiest way to do that. The current set up is as per the picture - I would be adding another junction next to...

Thanks. It just swapped the screws around, and got one of the sockets on properly, so fingers crossed its he same issue on the other side too!

I've just been trying to replace a couple of sockets to finish off a newly decorated room. No issues with any of the wiring, but I'm struggling to get the faceplates back on tightly. In both sockets I'm getting the screws in so far, and then one side is just spinning and not going any further...

Thanks - will give it a go! Would I get away with trying to fill it flush, or should I overfill slightly and sand it done again (with a finer paper..)

hi, In preparation for painting a wall, I sanded out some defects and the darker test patches. However, I've obviously been a bit heavy handed as I'm left with some quite visible 'scratch marks' now the first coat of paint is on. What is the best / simplest way to deal with this before I...

So this afternoon my wife managed to drop a glass bottle onto our new(ish) tiled floor, and has left a pretty obvious imprint on the tile that took the impact. Is there anything that can be done to repair / hide this damage, short of replacing it?

I'd love to, but ours was one of the last houses on the development and the site management are long gone....

One of the large electrical contractors, apparently!

The outside socket / power to garage was an optional extra that we didn't spec, and so all the houses are different. From what I can gather, the electricians started installing this then realised they weren't meant to be so stopped. The site manager described it to me when we moved in as "the...

Could be - but no harm done if I take it off to check?

Thanks - glad I checked! This is what it looks like outside.... I've taken the fuse out for now to be safe, and will test it (the fuse) when I get chance later. I'll also check under the black tape - now you mention it I wouldn't be surprised if there's damage. You can see a scuff in the...

Hi, I've moved into a new build house recently, and the builders have installed cabling ready for an outdoor socket / feed to the garage, by installing a fused spur and running a length of cable through the wall. The cable outside the wall has just been left coiled up. I had assumed that that...