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Dear All I am about to put gravel down on my front driveway and can't work out how to calculate the right amount to buy. The space is quite large, around 50 feet by 40 feet, so does anyone have an insight into the volume of gravel I should buy? I'll be using a larger type gravel and not...

Hi All I have an enormous concrete driveway, a legacy of a previous owner, and I would like to gravel the entire area as it is quite handy having this much off road parking. In the attached picture, the only one I have - hence it being from November 2010, you'll see the size of area I'm...

Hi My shower pump has stopped working and now only hums when switched on. It's now started leaking through one of the plastic covers over one of the twin impellors. I suspect the leak is a washer problem, secondary to the fact the pump isn't pumping (I live in a house full of fun and...

Hello! My front garden was sadly covered over by previous owners with 4 foot thick concrete, and measures about thirty feet by twenty feet. I would like to chuck gravel on it until we form a new front garden, as gravel will at least be more attractive than concrete. Is there a problem...

Hello all, happy new year. I have tiled the board behind my loo and the only flusher that will now fit is a push button, so I am not left with a huge hole in the mosaic tiles. Can anyone recommend where on line I can get a push button flusher with a long rod attachment? (This will be going...

Hello I have a front 'garden' which is completely covered in concrete. The area is approx 20 feet by 30 feet and the concrete is about a foot thick (I know this as I have drilled down to check). What would be the best tool to hire to break up the concrete quickly? And I intend to use...

Hi I'm fitting a new hand basin in the downstairs bathroom, but there is no cut off valve to the hot water tap (i.e. there is no valve on the pipe). How do I turn off the hot water? Will I have the turn off the HW to the whole house? If so, this will mean emptying the cylinder...

Hi all Once again my CH has stopped working, but I still have HW. Pump running ok, HW comes on when called and fires the boiler. CH does not come on or fire the boiler when called. I installed a new mid position valve in August, and the system has worked fine until two days ago...

Hi all I'm about to lay laminate flooring but I really want to avoid having to put scotia or edging round it - I would like a flat finish right up to the skirting boards. I know I need to leave an expansion gap, but what is the smallest recommended gap AND what is the best product for...

Hi I've just had walls re-plastered and am wondering if I need to apply a special coat before emulsion? Or Will normal Homebase OneCoat emulsion suffice? Thanks, Tom

Hi I have hot water, and the boiler fires up to replace it when I use the hot water, but I have no central heating. I have put the boiler to max, the heating thermostat to max, and CH and HW to ON on the control panel - but still only get HW and no CH. I recently replaced the...

Hi I've just fitted a new Honeywell mid-position valve to my heating system. The new valve came already attached to the three-way pipe fittings so I replaced the whole apparatus - which meant I had to drain my hot water cylinder. In doing this, the expansion tank emptied so I bled every...