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I have done French drains at my previous property but no working on a property with a retaining wall which needs a French drain to the fore of it to take away the water from this area However i am not sure if this time i should go with either fully perforated or semi perforated and is 4 inch...

Renovating a house Gas is switched off. Come across an old gas pipe which fed a cooker. Still live It's slightly smaller then 15 mm so think it's imperial so thinking half inch tried a 12mm stop end on it . I suspect a 15mm stop end will be to big. Am at a loss at finding a stop end of it . Any...

We are renovating a house and it has woodworm in the loft Had a quote to do the wood worm treatment @ £903 + VAT I dont doubt there is woodworm to be treated as the surveyor stated there was active woodworm The question is should i just pay a company to treat it or should i do it myself with...

Moved into a terraced house. Old victorian one Noticed in June a damp patch where two microbore pipes run. So thought a leak in pipe work. Ran new pipe work away from area and new radiator fitted..all old pipe work drained and no longer active Damp patch is about half a meter of the ground.no...

To increase the size of the bathroom we want to look at if its possible to change the stairs so we can remodel upstairs of a house we are buying. As you can you from the photos its goes straight up. but we want to change this so the stairs turn right (to the right of the top of the banister, do...

To increase the size of the bathroom we want to look at if its possible to change the stairs so we can remodel upstairs of a house we are buying. As you can you from the photos its goes straight up. but we want to change this so the stairs turn right (to the right of the top of the banister, do...

Just brought a house and I assume what is in the photo is some kind of magna clean type thing. In previous house have turned valves of and then unscrewed the cap. and took out the magnet Can someone confirm if possible how I do it with this one? Thanks in advance

Can anyone tell me what type of stone this is?

Can people give an honest opinion of these roofing system replacements for conservatories. Had two 2 quotes both in the 11K range (have a very very long conversation which runs lengh of house Because of size of this the rest of the houses gets rather hot, i have read about these and how they...

Hi I am looking at using some fittings on central heating but will need some Soldered joints above the floor boards, can anyone advise me how far down the pipe it will get hot (i am not doing the soldering) before it could be a risk to a speedfit fitting, I have 3.5 inches between where the...

Hi everyone Sorry reposted as posted in wrong section originally. A friend has had a floor screeded over a wet UFH system. It is a sand/cement one. The screeder said leave it of until the weekend but I've seen a month or so ? I would have thought the warmth from it could crack it that soon...

Hi everyone A friend has had a floor screeded over a wet UFH system. It is a sand/cement one. The screeder said leave it of until the weekend but I've seen a month or so ? I would have thought the warmth from it could crack it that soon? So what is the ideal time that it should be left...

I have had an ongoing problem with salts on a certain section of brick work over the last two years , constantly having to use some chemical to remove , it has eaten a little bit of brickwork over time. The thing is it has been going on for such a long period of time, it is not a new build and...

Hi Relatives have moved into a house with suspended floors. They used to have a wood fire in their old living room. Is it possible to have a fire like this put in a room with a suspended floor? I have googled this and I can't find anything. I assume it would need a hearth putting in?

Can anyone tell me which way the mains flow please? i have a feeling its to the left of the picture but if anyone could confirm that would be much appreciated :) I am trying to work out which is the service pipe to the house . Not very straightforward because of the pipe arrangement Thanks in...

Hiya! We are looking at having our drive redone in the spring, (tarmac) and our water supply runs under the drive, last year we replaced the pipe that went into the house to just outside the house with MDPE pipe The pipe that runs in the soil is copper, with a new boundary box put in by ST, so...

I have quite a lot of fill to out behind a retaining wall made of sleepers below the soil layer. I am loathed to use recycled hard core and am thinking road stone. It's going to be in the region of 10 tonnes of material. Would road stone be best ? Or should I look at something else? Also am I...

We have a water on our allotments with MDPE pipe which is 22mm. The supply runs slightly down hill from the supply. At the bottom of the supply the pressure is pretty decent, at the top end near the supply the pressure is useless and has got worse over time. When a tap is on at the bottom of...

I am trying to find out of this brick is from the 50/60s.I don't think it is but wondered if anyone could have a guess? It's got round holes in middle with a smooth red face. The pic shows the back end it it. I realise its such a rough guess but trying to discount something

We are thinking of redesigning our garden and part of this involves this patio area which has a decent drop into the main garden. Our plan is to create a slope with the step free path. As you can probably tell the house is built higher up (although it has a suspended floor and the foundations...