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Hi, I am looking for a company that specialises in a sort of a roof related product that I have heard exists but don't have any details nor exact term for it. The setting is as follows: it's an end-of-terrace house, of which the roof uses horizontal beams running mid-height of the loft, with...

Hi, I've been looking for a Mediterranean style garden sink in the UK, but so far have not found a place that either manufactures or sells them. Two examples of what I have in mind are shown in the photos below. It can be a simple concrete cast as in the first example, or as in the...

I want to run a water pipe to supply my back garden. I live on end of a terrace house, neighbouring with the communal green area that stretches to the main road. I am wondering if just running a pvc pipe off a tap I already have in front of the house, placing it deep enough below the ground...

It's one of those neon light indicators that should come on if the switch on the socket is in the "on" position. However, the light on this socket comes on only if I press the plug hard, when it is already in the socket. The appliances work all the time, regardless whether the indicator is on...

Hi, I'm trying to interpret a bulb's data sheet. It's a 50W GU10 halogen: http://www.osram.com/osram_com/products/lamps/halogen-lamps/osram-halopar/osram-halopar-16-gu10gz10/index.jsp Elsewhere, I've read that typically this type outputs >800 lumens, while in this specs it claims it's only...

Hi, I'm building a small retaining wall, only 6 rows tall, double skin. I have already done first 5 rows so I am now at the point where damp-proofing should be done. I have bought a membrane, 1200 gauge, for the external (earth) side of the wall, but I am bit puzzled with how to lay it -...

In the back garden a have a manhole that I want to build some sort of boxing around it, probably something with railway sleepers, but in a way that is accessible from above (so, a box with the top open). I was wondering what kind of regulations apply there? This manhole is very shallow, has a...

I live in a house that has had underpinning work done, so there's history of subsidence. A year ago when I bought it the surveyor did not find any evidence of recent movement, but in 1 year I have been living here I noticed hairline cracks on the newly painted walls. Also, the garage, which...

After stripping off the wallpapers in my living room I found these connectors on the wall surface: Surprise, surprise, there are fasteners on the connectors that are live! So I would appreciate to hear some suggestions what to do so it is safe and invisible. I am replacing those...

While removing wallpapers in a house built circa 1970, underneath it I have found a layer of what seems to be some kind of glossy paint, that flakes off at some places but in most is stuck firmly on the plaster. I have sanded where it flaked off and applied two coats of matt paint. Now before...

I was wondering if I can add the R values of an air gap and celotex above like in this: [code:1] ~40cm between joists 10cm | celotex | 5cm | air gap | plasterboard ----------------- [/code:1] So if I have an unvented air gap of 5cm at the...

Anyone knows where I can get a hold of a just a handful of parquet flooring tiles of 1150mm x 220mm in individual tile size? I have a couple of gaps next to a wall that I want to fill - probably caused by the structural movement of the house (yes, had some subsidence problems in the past)...

I have the following "problem": I have 3 layers of glass wool insulation on the loft: 1x15cm (the original - probably 40 years old) 2x10 cm (put in 2007.) The joists are 15cm tall, so to avoid layering several levels of chipboard/insulation/chipboard, or adding another level of joists...

I need some advices related to the future replacement of a hot air heating system. Soon I will be moving into my new house that currently has a hot air heating system. I am going to give it a trial first during this winter, as I never had one of those, however I am aware that hot air is not...