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Hi all, I've been having a recurring problem with my WB 240 RSF, she's a little long in the tooth now i know but other than an intermittent pump problem has been great. What happens is when the hot water tap is opened, the boiler starts, and very quickly a plumbers hammer type noise appears...

hi all, i need to do a bit of filling in round the edges of the base ive just put down, so need to mix a little amount of concrete. Is pea shingle ok to use as the aggregate in say a 1:2:3 mix? I know it'll be a little 'fine'...

Hi all, Ive got to cut up around 10 slabs to match a taper in the garden, the stone cutting disk on my grinder is worn out so its needs replacing. Now, do i buy a diamond tipped cutter or go for the standard stone wheel? If i go diamond wheel, i was thinking of this one...

Hi all, My pre-fab is being put up in a couple of weeks time so im keen to get the bits and pieces together for a gate. The garage is on the right side of the house, with a walkway thats probably 900ish wide inbetween the house and the garage. I can attach the gate to the wall of the...

Hi all, Poured my slab at the weekend and all went well, levels and finish is good so im happy with that. Thing is, i didnt cover it up, it was a cool day all day with virtually no direct sunlight, took ages for the water to disappear. Misted it on the night time (saturday) while it...

hi all, On saturday i will be having the ready-mix delivered to form the base for my new pre-fab. Ive done all the groundworks, blinded it, added the DPM and some re-bar so its good to go. Shuttering is up and level all round, ive just got a few questions regarding levelling the...

Hi all, Im nearly at the dpm stage of my build and the visqueen looks to be only available in 25m lengths, so i wondered if anyone had an offcut knocking around they'd sell? I need approx 7m (by 4m which is standard width i presume?)

Hi all, Ive got my garage base footings and floor dug out and ive exposed a 4" soil pipe that looks to be solely taking rainwater away from the house; i contemplated getting rid and re-jigging the guttering outlet to the rear of the house but it looks like it goes forward onto the drive and...

Hi all, I need the kerb dropping outside my house to allow access to a planned driveway, the price ive been quoted is extortionate in my opinion, is there any other way of getting it done or does it have to be by the council?

Morning all, My latest project on the house is to put a pre-fab garage on the side of the house where previously we had a shed and nowt else, currently looks like this: Whats worse, is that as yet we have no offroad parking to the front (we have a good size front garden) and no...

Morning all, Ive been browsing the forum for some time now trying to tie down the details of the necessary spec for a garage base i'm looking to put down on the side of my house for a prefab approx 8ft 3 by 20ft 3. Side of the house is here: Ive read conflicting suggestions as to...