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Hi, EDIT - Title should say Dry Stack, not Dry Stone. I hope someone can advise. I have purchased 2 tonnes of black limestone walling, and have divided it into its respective course sizes. These will be dry stacked around a breeze block wall and back filled/back mortared. Each slab in pic...

Hi all, I have built and outdoor oven last/this year, and during which time I decided to rip down an existing shed, and build a new one in it's place. The project got bigger and bigger, and I decided to lay a multi-level deck around the who area. I built the frame for the deck, then decided...

Hi all, I wonder if someone can please advise? I have built a pizza oven which sits on breeze blocks, and am now at a stage where I need to tidy things up a bit and wrap a wall around it which will allow me to place a ledge around the oven too. I am looking to buy some black limestone walling...

Hi all, Wonder if someone can advise? I have built an outdoor pizza oven, and am at the final stage of finishing the dome. The dome has been finished off with an insulation layer of vermicrete (vermiculite/cement 8:1). The approx sq/mt is about 5. I have purchased three bags of K-Rend...

Hi all, I wonder if someone can help? *Apologies for my poor upcoming terminology* I have a shed at the end of my garden which I need to dismantle which has power going to it. The previous owner wired up the garden and didn't label things all that clearly, so I have been testing trip...

Hi guys, I'm hoping if someone can please advise? Spec: 3 bed semi 1 bathroom (we only ever use power shower (salamander pump)) 2 d/s rads 4 u/s rads Mains output is fairly low 'Generally', only use one hot water source at a time Cold water tank, and small (c/h?) tank in loft. 4"...

Hi, New bathroom suite being fitted, bath taps just been plumbed in but the water flow from them is pathetic - would take 30 mins to fill a bath! Plumber said that the taps I purchased (chrome 1/4 turn flat spout mixer), have the pipes inside reduced too small. Querying whether or not...

Hi all, Hoping for some advice. Old Apollo Myson boiler in house I moved into last year. Four out of six rads replaced last year in rooms being decorated. All rads worked perfectly previously, new ones are all fine (apart from one which I keep having to bleed every couple of weeks!)...

Hi, Having replaced several single and double sockets, I am testing them all with a socket tester - the one I have is basically a blue plug with an orange neon. I have had this for many years but never had any lamp indication readings. Every time, the neon glows bright orange and all is...

Hi, Decorating a room and replacing all old switches with new ones. Previous owner had a switch (with neon), operating a couple of sockets. I don't have the same switch to hand, but I do have a fused switch. Image below, can I use this fused switch in place of the neon one, and am I...

Hi, I am papering a bedroom wall tomorrow and need some advice before I start. The paper is from Beauchamp Wallpaper Printworks, and is paper, not vinyl. There are no directions on the label, and need some advice on what paste to get and what the soak time would be (or how to figure out how...

Hi, Bit of a dilemma. I am wallpapering one wall (see all measurements in picture). From two rolls of paper I get 8 lengths, which is pretty much the exact amount I need, too exact maybe? A few questions: How difficult will it be to paper around the corner section with the...

Hi, After some advice. I am papering one wall on a fresh skim of plaster. All walls have been sealed approx. 80/20 with a full undercoat on top of that. On the one wall which I will be papering, should I apply another coat? Would paint suffice or use a specific product? Also, there is...

Hi all, I am re-wiring a wall light of which the upper lighting is protected by a 6 amp circuit breaker. The lamp will be using 2 x 250v 25w bulbs in parallel. Q. To connect the light wiring to the t&e in the wall, can I use American 16 AWG stranded wire? US 16 AWG - 0.0508" US 16 AWG...

Hi all, I'm after some advice. I am converting a US wall light to UK wiring, but as I can't get the correct type of bulb in the UK, I would like to try to add two. Back of the light in it's current state below: Diagram below is the current wiring (wire colours not necessarily...

Hi all, After some advice on a bit of a dodgy ceiling. New house, doing lots of redocorating. I have just removed some cupboards from a bedroom, and they were hiding a bit of a problem with the ceiling (see picture). Over a 2' section towards a wall edge, the ceiling...

Hi all, Recently moved in to a property and the front door handle broke on the day we moved in. It is a upvc door which looks like the handle has previously been replaced. The handle on the outside is not like a proper handle, but like a long panel of metal to grip to open the door with the...

Hi all, hope someone can help. I am replacing a very old MK grid switch with a varilight one and am in the process of re-wiring. The old 6 gang grid had no labels on any of the wiring so I am doing a like-for-like swap, but the last switch I cannot figure out. Can someone tell me from the...

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Hi all, can someone tell me if these are damp spots or not. Plaster is two weeks old, rest of room dried out between 4 - 9 days and has none of these marks anywhere else. It is a brick wall (adjoining neighbour), no pipes I know of immediately above it. The spots haven't changed...