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    Pergola roof advice

    Hi! This winter I made a sort of pergola/lean to on the back of my house, it's about 2.5m high, 5m wide, 3m front to back. I put a white tarp roof on just to get me through this year, and as expected it's sagging and going green with moss etc where the water gathers I'm going to take it...
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    Fence height

    Hi There It's my understanding that you are allowed to build to the standard fence panel height of something like 6 foot. However, at the bottom of my garden, there are some steps down from the level of the grass, about 3 foot, to a gravel pathway that goes from one side of the garden to...
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    Leaking shower waste

    Hi There Bought a house last year and put a new bathroom in, Dad fitted everything and it's all been great. However, we lost him last year just before he was going to finish a few bits in the bathroom, one was some sealant around the shower waste which needed re-doing to tidy it up So I...
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    Garden lighting switch

    Hi Complete novice, I'll get that out of the way first! I bought a house in the summer, the guy had 2 external security lights fitted one at the front and one at the back. These looked like pretty crappy installs, i.e. the cables weren't tidily pinned to the walls, just a bit of a slapdash...
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    Wood flooring edge trim to bullnose stair

    Hi There Am about to buy all the materials to lay a floating engineered wood floor in my living room. I have allowed for the quadrant edge trim all the way around the perimeter. My stairs start in the living room, and the bottom stair has a curved end to it, so one end is square against...
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    200mm "worktop" wall capping

    Hi I have an L-shaped half height brick wall separating my kitchen and lounge, and I'd like to cap it with a piece of wood 200mm wide, bullnose finished on both edges, mitred at the turn in the wall, with a groove cut in it to take some LED tape lights Can anyone recommend a company or the...
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    Changing dishwasher waste hose

    Hi Complete novice, so be gentle. :? Just lost my dad, so am having to help mum with problems round the house. The waste for the dishwasher has been chewed by a mouse or similar so I've bought a replacement which seems to have a push fitting on the end It's identical to the one I've...
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