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Hi all, I'm looking to do something about an ugly black cable on the rear of my ~1958 semi-detached house. It starts from a black disc-shaped box on the corner of my neighbour's house, runs along under the eaves all the way to the corner of my house where it drops down a foot or so, begins to...

I am running a cold water feed to my shed, about 10m from the house. The house already has a cold water tap on the outside, and I intend to plumb into it (keeping the tap for garden work) but having a permanent feed to the shed. I am digging a trench to the required depth (~750mm) but within...

Hi all, I have recently completed a doorway widening project with a Catnic box lintel: It has lots of pre-drilled 5mm holes, presumably for fixing stuff to: What is the best way to attach plasterboard/fireboard to box it in? Should I use fixings? What fixings should I use? They would...

Hi all, I have widened a doorway in a solid partition wall that "tied" (*) in with my side of the party wall, essentially removing the partition and leaving a gap in my leaf of the cavitied party wall. All blockwork is 1950s/60s cinderblock, with slotted voids running vertically inside the...

Hi all, I'm building a large shed/workshop/man cave in my back garden (I only moved in over winter). My garden slopes down on a slight incline away from the house (which is good in my opinion), but 3/4 down it raised back up so that in the wet winter it flooded in the middle (Sussex clay...