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    which paint?

    It's those proper little pebbles, what do you mean by PLIOLITE stuff? do you mean the sandtex paint? and while buying the paint one of the person recommended I also use the "Sandtex Stabilising Solution" was he just trying it on, or should I do that first, thanks again.
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    which paint?

    Hi thanks for that, can I also ask if i should do anything before using the Masonry paint e.g like any sort of primer? or can I start straight away, and also how many coats do you reckon I will need on the pebble dashing? for a good finish, thanks again.
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    which paint?

    [Hi, I'm about to paint the front of my pebbled dash house, what will be the best reasonably priced paint. ________________________ moderator please note 17 which is here your post has been split
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    Painting over Pebble dashing.

    Hi, We've had pebble dashing for years and years and it's going black in some parts, I want to paint over it, can some one tell me the correct way to tackle this job, thanks in advance. 8)
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    Right Price for Scaffolding.

    Thanks for that I'm fairly handy at doing jobs around the house, but with the added safety of the scaffolding I should manage it, I'll be using wood for the S/F to match it with the rest, the scaffolding is coming Thursday or Friday and they said I can have it for 4 weeks which is the standard...
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    Right Price for Scaffolding.

    I've got a front porche which sort of rules that out but surprisingly it was more expensive then the scaffolding :shock: :shock: , but if anybody knows will it be fairly easy to change the F/S board?? and do the tiles sort of rest on the F/S board?? many thanks in advance.
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    Right Price for Scaffolding.

    Hi, I've got a qoute for Scaffolding for the front of my house for £250.00. it's for Painting and fixing and clearing gutters and replacing about a metre of Fascia and Soffit boards I just want to know: Is that a good price for the Scaffolding. Is it easy to change the fascia and soffet...
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    Need Advice on Wall Socket.

    Hi, will I need to wrap it with insulation tape afterwards
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    Need Advice on Wall Socket.

    Hi, what do you mean by JB and spur to the socket?? Will crimping be safe to do? or how about the terminal Blocks? I could use them under the floor boards.
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    Need Advice on Wall Socket.

    Hi, I've got a double wall socket it's mounted on the skirting board not inside it (if you know what I mean), and the problem is it's mounted to low, we had new carpet fitted and it's made it even worse we can't plug anything in it, I want to move the socket on top of the skirting board, but...
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    My Front down pipe is well and truly blocked!!

    :oops: :oops: once again thanks for your help, I will do this on the weekend.
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    My Front down pipe is well and truly blocked!!

    Thanks for clearing it up for me on the soakaway issue, but just one more thing do I just lay the DPM on top the soakaway hole? isn't it a bit risky some could fall into it, or is there a safer way of doing it, thanks again.
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    My Front down pipe is well and truly blocked!!

    Hi thanks for the reply, sorry to be a pain but what is a soakaway? and you say it has to be 5 m away from the house but in my garden on one side I've got the main water pipe and on the other side the main drainage manhole cover, it's a small garden, and 1mx1mx1m is that 1m square going in the...
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    My Front down pipe is well and truly blocked!!

    Hi there, My front gutter down pipe is well and truly blocked with what looks like to be MUD with a very dark reddish colour, it's so bad when it rains very heavy the water goes back up the pipe to gutter on the top and it overflows, I spent the best time of 2 hours getting the mud out but I...
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