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Hi all, I had a new cooker delivered, but they wouldnt install it as my earth resistance was over 200mohms (like 275 or so it was showing). Its likely that I've simply not connected the earthing rod correctly when we knocked it down for a concrete path (unfortunately connection was under the...

Hey, hoping someone can shed some light on this issue. The rain water gullies from the roof at the front of my property are 100% blocked with soil. My neighbours are the same and I think their pipes feed into mine. After a hell of a lot of digging (I'm also doing a driveway), I found that the...

Hi, I'm building a new driveway at my house and came across a gas pipe warning marker, just along the top corner of where the proposed driveway will be. The path outside my house is about 1m higher than the road, so the plan was to build a small retaining wall alongside the grass to hold this...

HI All, Somewhat of a random question so don't shoot me for asking! I am building a retaining wall to form a driveway next to my house (its about 6m from the house). The height being retained is about 1m in existing made up ground forming a bank to the field next door which is about 1m lower...

Hi, I am in an interesting position where a developer is looking to develop land next to my house as an extension to an existing village road for the construction of 60 hours (phase 2 perhaps 100 more). Due to the narrow opening to the land ( about 7.5m) I negotiated with the developer to...

Hi Guys, I'm going to be getting a patio door from a friend. To save the hassle of sorting out a van I was thinking of taking the doors out which will fit in my car fine, but then for the frame I was thinking of cutting these at the corners so it will go in the car and the reassembling at home...

Hi All, A situation I was expecting when I bought my house has now come about - I have a large field next to my house which is being included within a LDP for housing. I've been approached by an agent for the land owner to get a feel of my position with regards to the sale of a portion of my...

Hi, I bought a house with a large extension. The extension part of the house is prepared for a loft conversion ( suitable floor joist, veulux window, dorm windows, plenty of hear height), however the only place I can make access to the attic space is from the existing house due to room...

Hi All, I want to put a driveway in my property, however I don't have the funds currently for a fully paved driveway, also the slope is approximately 1 in 8. I was considering just pouring 2 400mm wide concrete tracks for the cars to park on, with grass in-between until I had funds for...

Hi all, I've tried searching but couldn't find an answer for this. Basically I have installed my nest device, but I can't get the two units to connect wirelessly. I have tried re-setting both units, tried repairing the two units, I moved the thermostat to within 20cm of the white box, and...

Hi, i'm looking to install a large, 3.8m wide, triple glazed sliding door into my garden shed. The shed is block construction with a flat roof above. The shed is about 6m long and has a central timber perlin halfway along its length supporting the rafters, and the rafters land on the...

Hi All, I am considering my option/ the cost of installing retrofitting an underfloor heating system in my conservatory. The conservatory is about 5 years old and has a tiled floor with a single radiator. Its quite small at around 8m2 floor area. My current thinking is that, could...

Hi, I am redoing my garden at the moment and through work I might be able to secure a delivery or two of free topsoil that I need for the garden (I need between 10-15 tonnes). I don't have a driveway, so the only option would be to tip the topsoil outside my property, onto the pavement/ road...

Hi, Having abit of a disaster with the wooden floor in the house I bought. The previouse owner put a wooden floor down in two rooms downstairs, however these have expanded alot (there seems to be abit of a random damp problem in one of the rooms) and in one room it popped up about 3-4 inches...

HI, I've bought a Honeywell DT 90 thermostat as recomended to me in another thread. Looking at the wiring diagrams (below), it seems that all I need to do is wire the BK2 on the boiler to 'A' on the thermostat, and then BK1 to 'B' on the thermostat. Am I correct, or was I about to get it all...

Hi, hope this is the right section. I bought my first house and the main kitchen sink is two belfast sinks next to each other. These are a laminated worktop, so, due to the holes being cut for the sink the chipboard stuff is on show. There is also quite an ugly gap between the sinks, that I...

Hi, Hopefully someone can help. I bought my first house and it has the Baxi duo-tec combi 28 HE boiler installed. At the moment it only has the standard mechanical clock for on/ off heating times. I can live with this, but it doesnt have a thermostat which I would like to have. I've tried...