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I’m widening my driveway so my partner can park her car on it but need some guidance of the amount of sand and type and cement I need to undertake the job The size of the area is 3500mm long 1260mm wide And want the 180mm deep Any help will be gratefully received thank you

Ok need some help please with the above controller dialer. It no longer dials out nothing has changed in the wiring and you can dial out manually it’s fine, it goes to the number stored and says the alarm announcement. So there are 2 wires go into the controller dial we x1 plugged into the...

Not too good at woodwork but in these lockdown days I’m embarking on making a Dove Cote. I need to make a Hexagon but unsure how I should measure it out on a piece of 12mm ply ready for cutting. Any help appreciated . thank you

Hi A little bit of education please this led driver comes off a street light, mains voltage in but I’m guessing mains voltage out DC. What does a led light like ?

I'm about tile a floor in my dining room using ceramic tiles, I have fixed hardboard down to the exsisting floorboards screwing every 4 inches to make sure its nice and flat, now I have been told that I should put a watered down mix of PVA to stop the wood being so porous is this right or just...

I’ve just got into upcycling furniture using Annie Sloan and Rust-Oleum chalk paint then waxing, I’m very new to this and although I’m happy with my results I’m not 100% happy owing to the following reasons. When I get a piece of furniture I prep it properly it rub it down, wash etc etc then...

I’ve just got into upcycling furniture using Annie Sloan and Rust-Oleum chalk paint then waxing, I’m very new to this and although I’m happy with my results I’m not 100% happy owing to the following reasons. When I get a piece of furniture I prep it properly it rub it down, wash etc etc then put...

Pressure washed my patio Saturday but the pressure washer struggled on paint, what's a good thing to soak it with ?

I have to install an outside socket attached to the property wall, I plan to break the 32amp ring circuit which is also protected my an RCD and go to the outside socket using junction boxes in the loft, is this ok ?

I am making a dovecote and have a question about making Hexagons I know how you use a compass and mark the lines then join them up but a little unsure about sizing, I have put a picture below basically each side 270mm and top to bottom 468mm Help please

I have to cut a hole in a ceiling for a new self contained loft access and ladder as pictured but have a concern I have had the ceiling boarded with plasterboard and plastered. The board is attached to the existing ceiling of lath, I plan to use a jigsaw to cut this but have concerns in what...

I'm doing a job for someone where a new summer house is situated behind a garage out of view of the main house the customer would like to keep an eye on the house while in the summer house and would like a small wireless camera to do this, they have a spare to set they can use at the summer house

Soon to be undertaking a home project to supply a summer house with electric. And mains water, is there a minimum distance that the swa cable should be from the blue plastic water pipe?

I'm thinking of purchasing one of these sockets but a bit worried how safe they are, I have been told that they are permanently on if so what are they pulling power wise ? Also they catch fire

I'm in the planning stage of opening up a chimney Breast fire place to make a open fire place , what I have at the moment is a fire box which has a legacy of an old back boiler, I can tell this by 2 old redundant pieces of pipe work going in, looking up into the chimney there is a lintel with a...

Pictured you will see a condenser mic which I want to connect to a dedicated micros CCTV recorder, I need some kind of pre amp on this mic, any recommendations?

I need to do a small amount of cementing on my front drive but need to know when depth I need to put hardcore down first ?