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Hi all Really need your help. I’m laying a patio at the moment at the back of our garden. The plan is to have a garden room in the middle of this section (blue on pic). In preparation for this, The guys who did the groundwork’s dug a trench for services (electrics, water, waste pipe with...

Hi all Garden is in a jock after the builders were in doing the groundwork’s for a patio that I’ll be starting to lay in the next few weeks. Who knows how long it’ll take me. Anyway - I really don’t want the grass to grow. The so many rocks and stones, and mounds ….and one mountain. I have...

Hi all My understairs strip lamp has a pull chord. It’s acting up - hard to describe. The chord isn’t taking. Sometimes it pulls down but doesn’t click as it normally does and the light comes on. It flickers a bit. Could someone kindly advise how to progress please. I’m sure it’s something...

Hi all, Have my plumber coming out this week to have a look but wanted to run the following by you guys: Flexicom 18sx - installed 11 years old. Annual service up to 2 years ago. Problems with pressure drops since the install - we only ever have hot water on (1 hour in morning every day and...

Hi Builder just finished side access with concrete - using cement mixer. As you can see - lots of ponding and it’s going up the wall. He said an external floor levelling compound would do the trick. I’m a bit worried about it and would be grateful for a view.

Hi all Would really appreciate your advice on how best to finish this wall. Ive just finished the ground works done in preparation for a porcelain patio. As you can see, I’ve chased the electrics (swa). I’ve also taken out an old concrete step which has left an uneven finish. I’ll be putting...

Hi all Any advice on beat way to block chimney flue with insulation? I’ve a bit of insulation in the attic and thought I might use it to block the flue at the bottom and see what difference it might make. I know that to do it properly I should cap the chimney and fill with loose EPS balls...

Hi all The water pipe that feeds the toilet cistern leaked a few years back. I popped a flexible pipe on it, it came with a shut off valve and simple for me to fit. However, it’s started to leak again. The washer is worn and I swapped it out ( with a fibre washer that I had). Still leaking...

Hi all We had windows and doors installed a few years back. Great lads, great jobs - no problems. There was a concrete step flush with the exit to the utility so the French door doesn’t have a drip edge. But now I’ve removed the step - putting in a patio and wondering what the best advise...

Hi all We had windows and doors installed a few years back. Great lads, great jobs - no problems. There was a concrete step flush with the exit to the utility so the French door doesn’t have a drip edge. But now I’ve removed the step - putting in a patio and wondering what the best advise...

Hi Stupid Question: How do I put together these slots drains and corner unit, where the corner unit acts as an access unit. Background: I have approx a 10m stretch of patio that I want to put a slot drain in and access at the end. The landscape company that I bought from only supplies the...

Hi Question: How do I go about blocking up my flue with EPS balls? Background: Standard, 1950s, semi-D, with four chimneys (2 up, 2 down). Upstairs ope blocked years ago. I’ve read that you should block the bottom of the flue with a piece of wood, send EPS balls down the flue, and then block...

Hi all Is there a straight forward way to kill this line please without all the hassle of draining the system. It was put in despite not wanting it. Need access now for something else. Many thanks. https://ibb.co/2vt2Gdj https://ibb.co/b3fqT1L

Hi all I’m struggling to find an attractive, tall, thin up light. I’ve a very dark area of the kitchen but very very little space for a lamp. I’ve searched high and low and wondered if anyone can advise. Many thanks

Hi Question: What size/type pipe do I need to supply water to a garden room. Background: I'm about the dig up and lay a new patio/drive. While I'm at it, I'm laying cable, waste and water in a trench for a garden room that I might put in in a few years when I win the lotto. Its a pipe dream...

Hi all, Question: Can swa be laid so that the end point in the run is a garden light? Background: I'm getting the patio/drive excavated in the next few weeks. I'm will be laying swa and cat6a in a trench for the planned garden room. No problem there - have previously been advised. However, I...

Hi all, Question: Can I cross an swa over or below a gas line Background: So I'm about to lay a new patio and new drive, so am laying an swa cable for a future garden room. I had planned to bring the swa/Cat6 out the side of the house and down the side access. However, this will bring it out...

Hi all, Question: Can I use an PIR sensor as the only switch for exterior lights in my front drive. Background: I'm about to start groundworks on both the patio and the drive in the next few weeks. When I win the lotto, I'll be putting a garden room at the end of the garden - which is about...

Hi all I’m planning to lay a porcelain patio but I’d like to edge it flush in granite. I can’t seem to figure out how to do it and wondered if you could advise. I’m laying a 20mm porcelain slab on a 40mm bed of mortar on a 100mm bed of type 1. I really like sawn granite setts - I think the...

Hi all I’m planning to lay a porcelain patio but I’d like to edge it flush in granite. I can’t seem to figure out how to do it and wondered if you could advise. I’m laying a 20mm porcelain slab on a 40mm bed of mortar on a 100mm bed of type 1. I really like sawn granite setts - I think the...