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Ok i lost the good weather due to a delivery of bad flag stones, i had originally intended to mix the dry sand with cement and lay the flags on top. However as usual we had a few days of ****ty weather and my sand has got damp/wet. Can i still mix in the cement as if it were dry? and...

I have made a pitched roof yesterday or should i say i have cut the rafters and attached to a ridge plate. I have some 18 mm stirling board to go on. does the stirling board go right to the end of the rafter and at the apex do i just butt the two sheets together. after do i just lay the mineral...

I have a concrete shed base but its not level. I would like to make it level by adding sand and then using paving slabs ontop. do i need a mixture of sand and cement? also guidance on quantity would be helpful the area is 14 x 9. i have 30 bags of sand so far. regards in advance

HI I have a danfoss rx1 with the rt51f thermostat. I am not in in the day so i turn the boiler off completely to save energy. when i get home i tun on the boiler and the thermostat indicates a call to turn on the boiler. the boiler wont switch on. if i press the ch1 button on the rx1 the...

Hi have bought some marble floor tiles to go in a basement. The floor consists of concrete with delta ms 20 damp proof membrane and then t&g 22mm chipboard. (could not screw this down to avoid damage to membrane). the marble adhesive says it is flexible. My wife says that in spain the grout...

I am just building a stud wall on top of some damp proof membrane. the wall will have some kitchen units on it but we dont know where we will buy the units from yet so my question is at what height do i put the horizontal stud onto which the wall units will hang? I purchased a new scaffold board...

All fixed and working fine, its a mystery as to why it took six months to do this as its been working fine without the check valve BUT nevertheless THANK YOU so much its nice to have hot and cold together again. regards

does that isolate and only allow in one direction?

I have a relatively new 1yr old monobloc tap that worked perfectly. I have an older type gravity fed system. suddenly we could hear water flowing and the tap had condensation on it. The tap appears to work ie move left hot comes out right cold and up/down to increase decrease flow. If I isolate...

I have fitted two base units with the intention of a worktop and then two 300mm wide wall units on top of these. does the worktop span the base units completely and then put sit the small wall unit on top of the work top or do I attach the wall units to the base units with the worktop in...

I have sealed and fitted the new bath and want to fit the shower screen, it has a channel of aluminium that fits against the wall. The screw holes are within a few millimetres of the edge of the ceramic tiles if I try to drill the fixing holes will the tiles crack or should I move it a little...

everyone has made very excellent points and all are correct I would guess. I laid laminate in an entrance hall that then followed open plan to a lounge but laid with the longside against the wall as it was a long wall and the entrance hall was much shorter and the planks would have looked silly...

I notice that the ranch style I have isnt true to the stair strings. The house is a terraced with the stairs going though the middle of the house from left to right, across three levels there are two staircases one above the other. (hope thats a helpful description). I am doing the basement...

Thanks guys I will use an electric planer and take a little off at a time, I tried using my friends circular saw once and its a horrible piece of kit in the wrong hands always wanting to jump about all over the place. I dont want to end up like the Kenny Everit character always cutting body...

I have a staircase that is ok but the posts and handrails look like they eminate from the 70s ie posts are chamfered on top with some strait planks from post to post. I would like to remove these and buy the components ie 4 posts and top and bottom rails with the smaller posts in between. I...

thanks Iandb half inch off each side it is then. one last thought do I mark up either side and cut with a fine jigsaw or buy an electric planer? regards Peter

thanks Breezer I will take your advice. its not as bad there as the tradesmen dont charge the sorts of figures they do here. Having rewired here I can see how bad the flat is there with no earths to speak of. Something probably to do with the Franco era! regards Peter

I need to fit new doors but left these till last whilst renovating and didnt consider new frames as they were ok, I just chucked out the old doors as the previous owners left them in an appalling state. most bar one are 78 x 30 so no problem there plus I kept all the hinges so no problems...

I have just rewired my house in the uk and was doing some repairs to my inlaws flat in Granada Spain. it has no earth on the lighting for sure and neither on the radial circuits. has anyone rewired in Spain and how easy (being the optimist here) is it to run the cables through from the...

Before you all choke on your cornflakes thoughts please on this brand. It was sold to me at £70 inc vat and inc of mcbs and rcd type A 30ma its a ten way. Thought I would ask before its fitted in case I have been sold a dud. Regards