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Brilliant. Cheers!

My toilet is leaking. From what I can tell it's from the dodgy looking sealant between the pan and the plastic pipe. Hopefully you can see this clearly enough from the photo... From googling it seems it's a bit of a bodge job using sealant so am thinking of having a go at taking it out and...

Thanks. The garage is close to the house so I guess cement sheet it is.

Thanks all. I was initially thinking those coraline sheets, but they are quite flimsy I think hence the roof frame would need some work. Steel sheets could be good. I will contact some local roofers and see what they say.

Hi all, The (probable) asbestos cement sheets on my garage desperately need replacing as they are cracking badly. Am in a bit of a dilemma about what to do. There are several nationwide specialist garage repair firms which all want approx. £2k to remove and replace with plastic coated metal...

Thanks, they are softwood sleepers new from a garden centre

Thanks! they are not retaining anything so the mortar plus possibly a couple of stakes should be enough

Hi all, I want to use a couple of softwood sleepers to edge my pond. Plan is to mortar some paving slabs on to the liner to form a base and then fix the sleepers on top of that. They will form a right angle so I also plan to put a couple of screws in at the corner. Do you think that will be...

Thanks Just had a thought though, they would be on top of the liner. Can I just mortar on top of it?

This is the sort of thing I had in mind if my explanation made no sense.... http://www.earthdesigns.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Pond-with-railway-sleeper-edging.jpg

Hi all, Hoping someone can give me some advice... I'm digging a small wildlife pond this winter using a liner. On two sides, which will border a gravel area I want to use sleepers as an edge (just cheap softwood ones from the garden centre, not real ones). So the two sleepers will form a right...

Thanks, it might be worth a try although brushing it on without falling through the roof might be a challenge!

Hi all, We have an old asbestos sheet corrugated roofed garage, which is leaking quite badly. The sheets have sort of cracked and you can see daylight through it in some places. I got a quote from a firm recently who wanted £1700 to redo the roof with upvc sheets. Is that about right or would...

Hi all, I'm putting up a 6ft trellis at the back of a bed, just the one so only 2 posts. My question is can I dig the holes without a special post hole digging tool ie just a regular spade? Need to go down 2ft or so and am planning to use postcrete. The soil is going to be fairly soft I think...

No chance of moving it. Would be far more work than the guttering is worth! I'll try and drill it from inside somehow. Thanks!

Hi all, Trying to put guttering on a metal shed which is clearly not designed for it. One of the corners where I'd need to drill into to attach a bracket is too close to the fence to get a drill to. From inside I'm not sure I can drill cleanly through as there are several layers if that makes...

Thanks a lot 3/2/1 it is. Got a load of leftover sand and cement anyway so the more of that I use the better!

nice one cheers, I'm thinking a ratio of 4 gravel/2 sand/I cement ?

Hi all, Need to fill in a 10cm gap between pavers and house wall with concrete so that I can build a step on it. For making the concrete can I use the pea shingle that is already filling the gap? or should the aggregate be more crushed? Thanks!

In your opinion. Plenty of others say they will last forever with a bit of maintenance. I'm still undecided, but either way I'm not going to rip out a year-old worktop because of one slight blemish am I?!