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Anyone recommend were I could get some brown engineering bricks from?

I'm wanting a garden wall built with approx 3400 bricks , pillars and footings dug, about 20m long, what sort of price would it cost for just labour ?

Had some building work done, and after installing various lintels, I was greeted by a downfall of polystyrene beads that had been used for insulation at some point, lost quite a bit from the side and rear of house. Question being, how can I replace this? Do I need to get more polystyrene...

I have 200mm knauff rockwool insulation between my joists in the garage with bedrooms above, its not plasterboarded yet, would you think thats sufficient as its all I can fit in the joists or would you recommend adding further celotex then plasterboard it or am I wasting time/money? I also...

I need an entrance mat for my polyfloor/karndean style flooring its around 4/5mm thick. The mat will cover the first 1m of the entrance, would I be better off with the coir style matting or ribbed style? I knowm if I fit coir I will need to recess as its pretty thick, but the ribbed would not...

I have purchased some oak veneer doors from B&Q and would like to know the best product to finish them with.. I've had a quick look on the new and osmo polyx looks to be popular.. Also would a matt or satin finish look better? Thanks

I have an integral double garage and require the roof space of the garage insulating, above this is the bedrooms, the joists are 8"x6" timber.. Would it be ok to put standard 200mm rockwool type insulation inbetween these held up using this netting...

I've added the below photo of a wylex consumer unit. How would the configuration be changed to add either an unprotected MCB or an RCBO. Is it a case of modifying the busbar or adding a separate feed wire for the standalone mcb/rcbo.

I need my garage wiring and know theres a few options, but I'm unsure which is the best way to go about it. The garage has a consumer unit with 40A RCD and 32amp and 6amp MCB's. Do I Clip the 2.5mm direct to wall without no additional protection? Run 20mm Conduit around the garage...

I need to wire an adjoined garage to my existing house. Whats my best option and way to go about it. I have a consumer unit fitted with two RCDs on two seperate banks of MCB's. Do I wire directly off one of the MCBs of existing consumer unit to garage or is it better to run off existing...

Is there a regulation on the height light switch's have to be, what's the minimum and maximum allowed, as looking at the rest of the lights, I need one adding and to match the height, theres a stud in the way of it..

An electrician has done his 1st fix in my house and joined into the exisiting upstairs ring by drilling through a backbox with a hole saw and now there is 4 wires coming from the box... Is this an ok way to join to a ring, I take it he will join one of the new and one of the old together...

I need to run a 13metre length of soil pipe, that toilet and sink will run into. What gradient do I need for this horizontal run from the new manhole I'm fitting into the existing manhole 13 metre away.. I read somewhere 1:80 to prevent things getting stuck then other information advised...

I'm getting a garage 8m wide by 7 metre long, question being when its laid..do I lay the floor level or wih a slight slope, if a slope is needed what sort of drop or gradient is needed from the back to the front... Thanks

I'm getting a garage floor laid in concrete soon, the size of the garage is 7metre by 8.5 metre, do I require an expansion joint or can this be laid as one slab, I'm unsure as its farily large and wouldn't like any cracks forming at a later date..

I have just had my house retiled... My problem being, the roof was retiled and new dry verge plastics put on.. BUT my upvc fascia is different depth either side.. When I asked the roofers they said its just the way the tiles end.. Basically one side of roof ends on flat of tile the...

Could anyone suggest the best way of going about supporting a canopy over a large span, on the attached drawing it shows gallows brackets, but these would be insufficient to cover the weight over the span or would need to be very large and look stupid.. Are brick piers the best way, do I need...

Would 6mm2 twin and earth cable be suitable for a 32amp electric oven? Thanks

I have x4 oak doors to fit upstairs to my door frames, the walls are stud walls.. these things are real heavy compared to other doors I've used, am I ok hanging these on my stud walls, I'm used to lighter doors, should I change them for a different door, or is it no problem fitting these...

I tried some of the screwfix self levelling compound in my 2m x 2m toilet, which had a concrete floor, I needed to raise the level and also level any deviation on it.. Problem being when I put a straight edge on it now, its not level and the side are a fair bit out pushing 8mm... I'm not...