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Hi Guys, After some advice if possible... We have a 1960's house with a confirmed Asbestos external soil pipe. Said soil pipe is now leaking in a couple of spots and needs to be replaced. I had quotes to remove and replace and they were eye watering. As a competent plumber / multi myself I am...

Hi All, Wondered if anyone might be able to give me a little advice if possible re a very small 'extension' I am looking at building myself. Quite hard to explain, but essentially what we have is a 1960's linked detached house where our garage is essentially attached to both my house and my...

Hi, hoping for some help with LED lighting for a bookcase I have made. I have made two bespoke bookcases to go either side of a chimney breast. Each bookcase is approx. 2M x 2M and both have 4 runs of 2LM that need to have lights installed. That equates to 16LM of LED lighting required. As...

HI Guys, Looking for some advice if possible with regards to a 1960's original fireplace hearth... We are having a new logburnner fitted in the chimney recess and I am not sure what to do with the existing battered and bruised hearth that extends into the room and meets the floorboards. We...

HI All, Just after some advice on what people think is the best thing to use on plasterboard joints in a shower enclosure / area? I have used water resistant boards anyway, but as I have some joints where I needed to allow for a shower niche to be cut in I am unsure what do with these joints...

Hi There, I have a suspected asbestos soil pipe to my 1960's built property in Bristol. I have two questions.. 1) Is there a sure fire way of telling if the pipe is made of asbestos without going through the cost of having it tested? When tapped the pipe makes more of a hollow ringing noise...

Hi Guys, Wondering if any NICEIC registered engineers (or anyone who isn't but is ofay with the regulations) might be able to help.. I work for a small property maintenance company who use contractors for specialist trades, electricians being one of them.. I am having problems with...

Hi All, After some advice if I may regarding taking power to my existing outbuilding.. I already have power to the shed, but it is done a very crude fashion and I am now looking to do the job properly. At present I have an armored cable essentially plugged into a kitchen socket, taken out...

Hi Guys, After a bit of a advice if I may... I have a gravity fed thermostatic shower with a salamander pump giving the shower some extra 'umph'.. Now we have always had problems with this shower from the day we moved in! In fact, in 6 years we have been through 3 pumps! Something clearly isn't...

Hi Guys, was wondering if anyone might be able to suggest an alternative to plasterboard to be used on the internal walls of a small outbuilding I am in the process of building? The structure is timber framed and the material will be secured to studs as you would with plasterboard. I was all...

Hi All, After a bit of advice if I may... I am about half way through building a timber frame shed / outbuilding in my garden. I have decided that I would like some sort of electrical connection in the shed, ideally a single socket and a single fixed light. Am I right in thinking that I...

Hi All, Wondered if someone would be able to help me out with the above? I am in the process of building a basic outbuilding in my garden. The building is a timber framed built on a timber raised deck type base. I had purchased some very cheap second hand UPVC windows from Ebay with the...

Hi All, After a bit of advice if I may... I am looking for help in planning a shed I would like to plan and build in my garden. I have become very keen on furniture making of late so would like a combined shed / workshop, idea being I don't have to carry on working on the pub bench we have...

Morning All, Hoping someone may be able to help me out here, have looked all over the web and am getting a little lost to say the least! Electrics are not my strong point.... I am looking to build a new garden shed, what I would like to do is incorporate some basic electrics to allow me to...

Morning All, I am new to this forum so please go easy on me! Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place.... I am thinking of building a small garden out house. Literally had the idea this morning, so very early stages! We have an area at the bottom of our garden that is approx 3 x 2M...

Morning All, I am new to this forum so please go easy on me! Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place.... I am thinking of building a small garden out house. Literally had the idea this morning, so very early stages! We have an area at the bottom of our garden that is approx 3 x 2M...