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Hi I'm trying to level this garden in preparation for either turf or fake grass, I haven't decided which yet but either way I need it level and firm. The garden used to be all concrete so this was all smashed up and dug up back to the clay/mud that you can see now. It's basically a large mud...

My mums house still has the old metal soil pipe outside and leading to the toilet, it's leaking quite badly where it meets the toilet and also looks abit of a mess outside. I'm going to change it all and replace the toilet at the same time, can I just cut the old metal pipe towards the bottom...

I'd like to redo these tiles on the front of my house as they are a mess and it's very cold and mouldy inside that bedroom. Here's some pics: How would you go about it? I'd like to convert the porch roof to a pitched roof at the same time and tie both in together. Is this easily done? Any...

I have finally got my garage base ready for the concrete to be laid and just wanted to check a couple of things first. Here's some pics: That is the MOT type1 compacted down. I have the damp proof membrane to go down and then the concrete. Now I'm only going to fill the concrete about 4...

Hi, I should of probably made a WIP thread but hey, following on from other posts I've put up i'm now near enough ready to start sorting out the concrete base. Heres some pics: I just need to do the back wall and then i'm ready to sort the base, so looking for abit of advice on the best...

I have the founations done for my garage and not sure how to lay out strings etc.. to make a square corner inside the trench? For the concrete blocks. I know if I were doing it on the normal ground level I could use wooden stakes into the ground with string etc, but not sure in the trench...

Just a quick one, what type of concrete blocks should I be buying for my single skin garage build? I know I need the Dense 7N blocks for upto DPC, but then what to use above? I can't actually find any 'Normal' Concrete blocks? I have a selco account and Bnq trade point and they both have the...

Hi I have just had my foundations dug today and just finished off tidying the edges up ready for concrete. Now I need to put the wooden stakes in now but not sure how to get them level all the way round is there a specific way of doing this? Here's some pics: The trenchs were meant to be...

Im planning on tiling the kitchen floor which is concrete. I pulled all the Lino up and it had some sort of old vinyl tiles stuck to the floor. I pulled them up and most of them came away very easy but others have left a slight film of rubbery adhesive there. What I want to know is would it...

The walls in my house are brick downstairs then wooden stud walls upstairs, I plan on making a large hole 1500mm x 1981mm in my bedroom wall that leads to the bedroom next to it. Is this date to do? I will be framing the hole I make with timber to keep as much strength as possible. The whole...

Hi, about to tile my kitchen which has a concrete floor. Have read many threads now and most say Mapei is good adhesive to use but I cannot find the right stuff. I can find lots of the rapid dry but not the normal setting stuff. Any idea where to go? Im using porcelain tiles on concrete...

Following on from my other thread regarding a garage. Ive decided to build a single Concrete block garage with pillars. I have drawn up this diagram to show what I think I need to do: The plan Is 22ft x 12ft garage, Dig down 1 metre deep for foundations and 450mm wide, fill upto 750mm then...

I'm currently in talks with my mate whos going to be building me a garage. I want the garage to be roughly 22ft x 12ft, if I have read it correctly then no planning persmission is needed so long as the walls are no higher than 2.5m which is fine. I want it made from concrete blocks and then...

I have noticed quite abit of damp/mould coming into the main bedroom which is behind these tiles, one bit of the wall can get literally wet as if the tiles are letting water straight in somewhere. Here are the tiles in question: They were like this when we moved in, now winters here...

I have been looking at this space and wondering if anyone has every used it for some kind of storage? And pics or ideas?

I have finally got this room ready for some lining paper now. Its got 1 complete new stud wall skimmed with plaster and the other 3 walls also have a skim of plaster on most of it. So i need to know what order to do it all in and what exactly to do next? I have read that i need to seal the new...

I am currently decorating our back bedroom and came to the wall with the window fitted. All the plaster around the window frame was very loose and also abit of mould on the top left corner. So after a quick google i decided to remove the lot and do a proper job rather than having to redo it a...

Hi, new to the site and my house is also our first which we are slowly making our own so any help is much appreciated :) I have bought some UPVC patio doors to replace our back window with in the lounge. The window is allready a upvc one and the new doors i have are the same width but will...