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Hi, we have a groundwork project which is nearly complete. It's a paving area with grey millstone flags with uneven edges. To infill the joins we need to find a sand as would be used for block-paving of similar, or maybe even a fine gravel of 2-5mm. We've tried all our local suppliers and...

I am installing a combi boiler in our loft, which will be commissioned by a Corgi-reg plumber when complete. The manual references adherence to regulations when sited in a timber framed building. It makes sense that this also applies to my loft. I understand these are primarily to do with...

Not quite a DIY question, but - I will tackle most things that don't include heights. When it involves messing around at roof level - I prefer to call in the craftsmen. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing the same thing, but the prices have gone nuts compared with just a few years ago...

I've heard of these, but can't find anything on the web about it. A government grant apparently, for replacing old boilers with condensing boilers - Local plumber calls it the "A1 boiler scheme". Anyone know anything about it?

We have a 1930's house with two chimney bre@sts. Downstairs only have openings. In the front room, there is a back boiler and gas fire, in the kitchen there is a gas fire. Now, I will take some fairly advanced DIY jobs, but don't know too much about gas appliances, and safety is an issue...

Hi all. For my first post, I'd like to propose a problem. We have a 1930's property with a mains sewer at the rear. The guttering at the front of the house empties into (we presume) a soakaway blocked this long time and beyond clearing due to a winter jasmine growing up the house. The...