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I need to build a brick pillar in an existing window opening but I can't work out what kind of brick pattern to use. Basically I'm taking out an existing UPVC window, building up a brick pillar in the middle of the opening, ideally about 1 brick width across, and then fitting 2 new smaller...

I seem to be spending all my time running round replacing halogen bulbs at the moment, G9, G4 and MR16. I put a new one in and within a few weeks it goes off again. I'm not even convinced they are blown as sometimes they come back on after a poke, although usually not. Is it cos I'm buying...

I've got a dusty brick garage that I'm trying to tidy up with a new lick of emulsion paint on the walls and some floor paint on the concrete floor.  The dust on the walls is mainly brick dust from building work that we've had done, but the concrete floor has always been dusty.    Whats the...

I have a drain gully at the back of the house which is just used for sinks to drain into, but recently it has started to bubble up a couple of times whenever a toilet is flushed in the house. I'm not sure if this is relevant but I've tried poking a stick into the drain and it seems to have a...

I'm planning on moving my sink in the bathroom to be near the bath and I want to connect the sink waste to the bath waste to reuse the same outlet through the wall for both. I'm worried that if I do that, when I pull the sink plug out, some of the water will wash up into the bath through the...