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Hi, Since we moved in to this bungalow four years ago, I've done the following electrical work: 1/ Ran armoured cable from house socket with RCD up garden to shed via two weatherproof boxes containing outdoor power sockets, and with a socket and lights in the shed itself. 2/ Installed several...

Hi everyone. I've just replaced a wall extractor fan which was operated from the light switch and had a run-on timer. It was a simple replacement, the new fan being a Vent Axia Quadro with run-on timer. The one relevant difference is that the Vent Axia has an integral pull switch. According to...

Hi everyone, I'm using SBR/cement paste in joints between the slabs of a new patio. I paint it in and then fill the joint with 3:1 mortar. But by the time I've done a few slabs the paste has gone hard in the joints still to be done. I fill them anyway and hope for the best. Sometimes I don't...

Hi. I'm going to build a garden retaining wall and facing wall on the same wide foundation and with a gap or cavity between them. My question is easily stated: Would the two walls be stronger as a single unit if, instead of or in addition to using wall ties, the cavity between the two walls was...

Hi. I'm terracing my garden, which slopes steeply up from the house.The diggers have just removed the heavy clay soil from the area in front of the house. This leaves a rectangle 10 x 9 metres, the back of which is a clay cliff 6 feet high, in front of which I have to build a retaining wall...