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There are so many roots I can't get anything in or around the ground near those trees. I was thinking bolt downs, then maybe us a strap around the tree and then strap around the post, but I guess that would move in time.

That concrete footing is very hard and about 500mm deep, there was a brick wall built on it, which was leaning, so we took it down. I'd like to put a new fence up but I can't get the posts in behind the footing because of the tree roots, and I can't put it in front of the footing because I...

Of course, I was over thinking the problem. Thank you.

Has anyone got any ideas how best to skirt the bottom of our window frame please. We will skirt the rest of the room but of using 18mm skirting along this edge will look cumbersome. Thank you in advance.

Easy when you know how. Thank you.

I want to lose one of the rads in our lounge, and make the other bigger. Can I just remove one and cap it off, or are they connected, so if I remove one the other won't work? Thanks.

Thank you for your replies. It is not above a takeaway or restaurant, external extractor or anything like that. And I'm not sure how ventilation can be improved on an external window sill, however, it is this line of thinking which has led me to the answer. The sill is about 12.0m long, at...

I painted some external window sills at 1st floor level only about 5 months ago. Black mold has formed across some large areas, we can't work out what has caused it. It's on a busy street so my best guess is, it's pollution. Has anyone come across this before? The blue thing is the shop sign...

Ahhh, I wouldn't have thought they would sell that. Never mind, thanks anyway.

I'm just outside Norwich. West of Norwich.

Thanks guys. After a search around Norfolk I found some of the 0.75mm2 coil. I've wired it all up and it works a treat. Much appreciated.

I just want to test the strip light to see it's colour and test a few positions. So using the 2.5mm will just be for testing purposes until I can get some of the correct wires. I'm guessing it will be okay to use the 2.5 for testing?

Thank you. Screwfix and Toolstation don't have any of that cable in stock, can I just strip down the 2.5 mm two-core-and-earth, and use those wires instead?

Thank you. I bought the transformer and the strip light on-line, what cables do I need to go from the switch to the transformer please (they didn't send one)? Also, the cable that runs between the socket and the switch is 2.5 mm two-core-and-earth, I hope this is correct? Thank you.

Can I do this; run power from an existing double socket up into a one-way, one gang light switch. Then connect from the switch into the transformer, which then powers the LED strip? Thank you in advance.

Good spot, it is full of vegetation actually.

Thank you.

Thanks for your reply. If the leak is down to the failed sealant along the seam of the roof and the wall, what would be the correct way to seal it?

Thanks for your reply. What if I flash band it, then see if that works. Using flashing tape is not the wrong thing to do, is it? Of course I will check out the window frame etc when I have access.

Water is making it's way through into the room below, and although I can't get close enough (because I don't want to climb on that roof), it looks like the silicone (or whatever type of sealant they've used) has probably failed along that aluminium roof edge (under the sill). And when I can get...