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Another post about spotting oxbow lakes reminded me of a conversation last week... Everybody knows that there's gold at the end of the rainbow but what's at the other end? More gold, something nasty? What happens if two people head off for different ends - who gets the gold? Best to be...

I was a bit hungry a few days and had a strangely healthy urge to eat some fruit, so I went around the corner to the local shop. Outside the door they had a fruit rack. It all looked pretty cheap so I thought I might as well stock up and take some home. We tend to eat apples and bananas so I...

Anybody had any experience with building a staircase from scratch? I've got an existing stairwell -all trimmed out etc. but it's a tricky space in an old house with nothing straight and a 5 step double winder (ie: U shape). It's also small -140cm at narrowest part (the winding) with a well...

Hi, I have an old shed that used to be a garage. It has a concrete base and the walls are made of concrete sheets (500mm x 1000mm approx) bolted together on 3 walls, with the 4th wall being a wooden garage door (so you could get the car in :) ) This wooden door has now rotted away to...

Hi, Does anybody have any experience with casting their own concrete counter tops? Mix tips, additive sources etc. all very much appreciated.

Hi, I've got an ally around the back of the house, 15m long by 1m wide. It's made of shattered concrete and soil and looks a mess. :oops: Any tips for a cheap resurfacing? It's behind an old house in a natural stone area so anything i do needs to be in keeping. Seen any bargain...

Hi, I need to build a solid block firewall between two halves of my old house. I've got the blocks but after carrying them from the truck to the garden I've got scared that they'll be too heavy for my old walls! :oops: The walls are natural stone with lime and mortar, about 80 to 60...

Hi, I'm planning to open up an existing window into a new main doorway (interior to exterior). Other work in the house mean that I'm loosing my existing front door so I want to make a new one into my sittingroom. I think that one of the windows in the sittingroom was once a doorway...

Hi, I'm adding a small roofed porch to the front of my house - it'll be about wide 1.4m x 1m extending off the front of the house. The house is pretty old so I'm planning on building an inner single skin block wall and then facing it with local stone. (The wall will only be half height...

Hi, I'm having a new mains connection made to a new house. Anybody got any experience of the prices involved? I'm in the North West and the prices I've been quoted are between approx £4000 and £2300 depending on the delivery mode (overhead, underground etc.). This seems a lot compare...

HI. I'm renovating a house and need to put a new stairwell in going from ground floor to the first floor. I need to strengthen the joist which the stair will lean on. What's the best way to do this? (a little detail: I'm actually re-opening an old stairwell so there is already a trimming...