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After the recent hosepipe ban I'm left stuck with no way to jet wash my patio...or am I? Will my jet washer work with very little pressure from the hose end if I connect it to the butt? (without damaging it of course!) Also, I am toying with the idea of connecting a pump to the water butt so...

Right, here's the conundrum. I have just installed a new roof along the rear of the house. It's like a lean to over our patio, and butts up to the rear wall of the house. I have used bitumen sheeting, 2000X900 sheets. I now have the problem of flashing them against the wall. I want to use self...

I'll be laying turf on Saturday for the first time. I'm doing the sensible thing and removing the top 3 inches of old soil and replacing it with topsoil. The old soil is full of stones and isn't very nice overall. I'll then be leveling the topsoil and laying the turf. Now, can anyone in...

...and the person who solves it gets a bag of smarties and a noddy badge for "outstanding achievement" :D :D :D The problem is a smell in the downstairs loo. Every now and again we get the most awfull smell in the loo. It smells like bad fish or worse! It doesn't happen that often, once...

I'm not sure if this is in the correct forum, it seemed the best one for the subject! I am building a brick barbie and I want to cast a slab over the top of it. I'll then build another few coarses of brickwork to take the grill etc. I really need to know how to go about it. I know I need to...

Well, I have taken the plunge and I'm re-decorating the garden. The first main worry is that I have an underground stream that flows right past the fence (outside my garden) The problem is that my garden is always wet after it rains and that it doesn't drain properly, probably because it is...

I am planning re-routing my arial straight into my digi box and then have separate cables going out to the lounge, kitchen and bedrooms. This way I can get digi TV on all the tellies. I really don't want to use the junction type adaptor that you can buy in the shops, because it is going to be...

Right you lot, after a couple of hours and severly sore arms from working overhead :( , I have revised the junction box in my ceiling space and sorted out all the earth issues. Please take a peek: The wires are all trimmed back, every single wire is now connected to earth and is sleeved...

I've just rewired my living room lights, and seeing as I don't have any formal training in wiring (although I think I'm pretty competant) I'd just like some input from you guys so that when I call the inspector in he doesn't laugh at me and tell me to rip it all out :D ) The general idea is 4...

The missus recently took to the walls with a knife and started hacking all the wallpaper off, so I decided it was time to do the project properly. I also wanted to do something slightly different, so I had a dig around in the shed for a ceiling grid and some tiles I had doing nothing :D...

Well, last weekend I built the nipper a hutch, it's all finished bar the roof. I have built the carcass but haven't clad the roof yet. See the pic below: The question is, what can I cover the lid with to make it properly waterproof? I have some roofing felt, but it's really thick and...

Right, I see there are loads of topics on felt roofs, but none answer my question! I built a felt roof on my shed (rather a large shed though!) and I built 2 skylights as well. One of these is leaking like a sieve, so i want to remove it and patch the hole. I don't want to redo the whole roof...

Hi all, Just a bit of Christmas DIY, my shed has been leaking for ages now and my tools are all staerting to go rusty. Not good. Anyway, what I wanted to do in my last week off work was replace the asbestos (yuk) roof with plastic sheeting. There are trusses which go up and down the slope...

Hi all, I had to make some drawers today to go into the study. I also built all the units in there a while ago, but hadn't quite finished the job! There has been an ugly hole where the drawers are supposed to go ever since. So here goes. I built them using 18mm MDF and 3mm hardboard from B&Q...

I recently resealed my shower with a silicone that is water based opposed to oil based (when it's wet, you can wipe it off with a damp cloth, you don't have to use white spirit) Anyway, 2 weeks afterwards I am now noticing that it's starting to come off and go all flaky! It also didn't go off...

Hi all, I have just stripped out all the silicone from around my shower tray to redo it. I have scraped out as much as I can, and I'm now applying a coat of Polycell silicon remover to get rid of any residue. Now, the question is, once I have removed that, what do I use to finally wipe down...