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Hi all I’ve just pulled out an old 1970’s fireplace and have been left with a wall down to (very rough) brickwork. I could use some advice please. Would you:- Plasterboard where the fireplace was and skim with plaster? (Does it matter that the brickwork is rough?) Plaster straight onto the...

Hi all I had a pest control man around who put rat bait (blue pellets which he said are an anticoagulant) down rat holes in an overgrown area of my garden. I'm now clearing the overgrown area and digging it up to remodel the garden. My question is, are the poison pellets water soluble and so...

Hi, I'm in the process of hanging and wiring in a chandelier to a ceiling rose. I think that the wiring is 'loop' type. I've got three problems with it:- 1) The chandelier will be supported by a metal bar which doesn't fit because of the ceiling rose. I've drilled a couple of holes in it and...