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Finally got around to tiling the bathroom and now all i need to do is move the sink and toilet out to tile behind them... It'll be one job at a time lol...What advice i'm after lads is what size are the water pipes ( are they 13mm standard ? ) and can i use a braided hose fitting after i've...

Anyone used fake turf for a lawn on here and what did they think ? I've currently built up my front garden , placed in hardcore and chippinds and whacked it down nice and tight. Got 2 rolls of terram ready to lay down ....so now im contemplating either.. 1 . its going to take 5 tons of...

Ive got a real ugly white stain seeping out of one course of bricks i've laid... i'm told it's effervescence from contaminated sand....it's started to calcify now and looks real unsightly.. I've tried a wire brush..no joy...anyone know of anything that will remove it... Cheers Mondy

I've just finished building a wall out of 4" rockface and on one course about 6 up for about 6 bricks in length this ugly white stain has seeped out . It's started to calcify now , i tried a wire brush on it today but cudn't shift it. My mate reckons it's due to a bad batch of sand and its...

Hi all I'm building a retaining wall around a section of my front garden so i can lawn it for the children. I have one long wall left to build from my pillar on my steps to the boundary wall pillar. Unfortunately the neighbours tree has totally cracked the pillar off the wall as it is...

Well it seems like total war has been declared by next door since i complained to him about the water draining onto my lawn through his illegal run off pipes... He's torn down his old , battered privet hedge fence at the back of the garden after some horses got into his garden ( Lol me and...

I moved into this house roughly 2 years ago and got on well with the neighbours. I spent a lot of money as the house had been empty for a year on renovations etc and a new garden ( lawn , fence etc ) A few months ago it rained heavily and i happened to notice that he had 2 pipes through my...

Our boiler started leaking from the base earlier this morning ( just after ive finished a night shift ..typical luck ) I had a bit of abrainwave and thought maybe the condensate pipe is frozen so ive just come down from the ladder and the pipe is frozen solid all along the length where it...

Yesterday the downstairs lights tripped and now when i changed the bulb and flicked the on / off switch back to on nothing happens. how does that circuit breaker come out from the fusebox as it seems wedged in there solid and is there a fuse inside of it or is it just a changeable part as ive...

I've just opend out under my stairs in the hallway completely , painted it and i'd like to finish it in wood cladding or similar with a nice oil stain. this is where the wife plans to put my new computer and desk !!! ( yeh thats what i thought !!! tuck me bloody away while you can watch...

A few days ago i noticed that the concrete around the soil pipe where it goes under the ground by the side of the house had started to collapse... So i lifted some up a few hours ago and had a look...( wish i hadn't !! ) The old metal pipe ( ex council house ) where it goes under the...

I've been offered cavity wall insulation for free as it comes under a local grant by the council.... I've heard good and bad stories about it..i don't want to ignite a huge forum debate from all the builders out there but whould you recommend it or not...? ive got 28 days to reply lol so...

After all the recent rain i was in the garden earlier , our lawn is flat and level , next doors has a raised section at the end of theirs about 5 ft high by 11ft width and i noticed a small square ( 2" by 2" ) pipe coming through the dividing garden wall about 6 inches from the bottom of the...

Borrowed my m8's mitre to cut dado for my living room ( 3" width on dado ) but the damn thing will only cut mitre cuts to 2 and 3/4 " ....for **** sake , seems at the moment im having a horrible week and i want to curl up and die...nothing is going right...Wheres that whisky and...

Got up from bed this morning and found the wife has emulsioned on new plastered walls...it could have been a good thing to get her painting if it worked.....but......sadly it didnt... Shes left huge air bubbles under the emulsion using the roller...i rubbed one earlier and a huge piece...

Ive read about people putting foil screens behind their radiators....im taking all mine off soon to plaster , are they worthwhile ?

We bought an old council house built in the fifties early last year...There's 3 worksheds adjoining the house with a 3 ft walkway/alley in between ( All the house in the row are like this with 3 outbuildings ) Ive just used them for storage a the moment but am not sure about the paint thats...

Ive recently noticed over the last few week that upstairs on the ceiling edges of the weather facing walls ( we live in a semi ) there are small black spots starting to appear. ( got to be damp ) We moved in last summer so obviously nothing was showing...So i went up into the attic and...

Help please.... How do i cut the straight section from the hallway to the angled section that travels up the stair wall.....because the stairwall dado is already angled at 45 degrees im having difficulty getting them to join without the dado pattern being out of line ....anyone ???? worst...

This might come across as sounding stupid lol...but what size anchor bolt do i use for the 3" x 3" bolt on met post...There are so many i cant work out what size would suit me.. Im putting a fence up on top of a 9 ft wall ( the wall is 9" thick )on one side is my garden and the other is a 6ft...