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I have a large patch of artificial grass at the back of my house. One side of it is contained by some thick wood beams due to the fact that the other side of it slopes away in to next doors garden. During the wet weather we’ve been having I’ve noticed that the top layer of sand appears to be...

We have a long Tarmac drive that meets the cobbled main road by the side of the house. We are going to have sliding 3 ft high gate across the entrance but after digging out the plans for the house it would seem that every water/gas/electricity pipe in the world runs under our drive. The Tarmac...

I have the above boiler which was installed about 2 years ago and we've never had an issue with it. It's installed in a cupboard and today I noticed something on the control panel. The central heating is set to a target flow temperature of 75 degrees. However the display shows around 48 degrees...

Hello, I need some help from traders on here as I'm a bit confused. My father needed a garage splitting in half to create a utility room. I used rated people to find a local builder who came out and measured up and sent me a quote of £1350. This included some other bits that were written on...

I'm hoping this is the right place for someone to help me. I've got a 6 foot long planter that I have waterproofed and turned in to a bit of a water feature. I want to add a fountain but obviously it's very long and narrow so the usual circular fountains are no good. Ideally I want a long bar...

Hello, My dad currently has a Honeywell T40 dial thermostat that is now in the wrong location due to a house extension. The plan is to change it for a Horstmann HRT4-ZW wireless one so he can pick where he wants it to go. I thought it would be a simple changeover but the old Honeywell has...

I want to replace out ancient timer for the boiler. I've taken it off to have a look at the wiring and it's just a simple inline neutral switch. From what I can see the timer is wired to the Live, neutral and Earth. The live and comm 1 are then connected with the neutral wire going to the...

I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I'm having with my garden. It's only 10m x 4m and was originally paved with concrete slabs. I took these up last year and found a hardcore base left over from the original build. I then added about 3 inch of top soil and turfed it all. I thought 3"...