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Hallo. My boiler's flue, looking at it from outside, visibly slopes down into the inside of the house. The wall it's on faces west. When it rains heavily from a SW direction (which is the prevailing wind here on the coast, like today), water ends up dripping out of the bottom of the boilerl. I...

I'm about to put add some wall coping to a wall. I could only buy light gray. Is there a stain rather than a paint that I could use to darken the colour to charcoal/dark gray? Thanks

I have a Skoda fabia (W). I believe the skoda radio is a Grundig 'MS 402 A'. After a new battery, and entering the code all was well for about a day, but now it says 'safe' every time its turned on and if/when it gets to the enter code stage, enetering eg 1 for the 1st character makes eg the 3rd...

Hallo chaps I'm wanting to install some electrics in the back garden, which will involve (hopefully) 1 plug socket outside the house, 3 plug sockets in a greenhouse (and possibly some low level lighting). I already have an armoured cable buried in the garden. To try and keep the cost down I...

Hi, if its not too silly a question:- I have a garden that falls a little. At the top 1/2 I want to separate the soil borders on either side from the grass with block paving. At the bottom 1/2 I want to level it off, which will mean a small retaining wall 3-4 bricks high. Can I use the same...

Hi. I want to fix a 2 foot high (x6" x4") wooden post in a greenhouse which has concrete flooring. Do I screw a shorter piece of 6"x4" wood to the concrete first, then fix the post to that using something like 2"x2" supports? Are there special 'brackets'? Or is there a more professional way? Thanks.

Hi. I plan to run an armoured cable from a plug socket in the house to a greenhouse:- RCD plug + cable to IP56 junction box on outside of wall; armour cable underground to IP56 junction box in greenhouse; junction box in greenhouse will be connecetd to a) IP56 twin socket b) IP56 one way...

Hi, I want to run some cable from my house to the bottom of the garden where I will soon (I hope) have a new greenhouse. I'll get someone in the do the electrical bits, but in preparation I want to dig a trench for the cable to lie in. The top half of the garden is (and will be lawn). The bottom...

I want to put a greenhouse (aluminium, so lightweight) on top of an existing paving slab patio. As the slabs were not completely level & some were loose, I thought I'd re-lay it. The foundations are concrete (of varying height) from a previous building. I used the 5 spot method, and sand &...

I have a 3 bulb light fitting in a bedroom. I want to replace it with a single bulb fitting. I have a new rose etc, but... there appear to be 4 sets of wires coming out of the ceiling, & I think all have red, black & green/yellow wires (its a bit difficult to be sure as there seems to be some...