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I have an outside loo, probably the same age as the 200-year-old core of the house - brick built and concrete floored. On two sides the ground outside the walls is higher than the loo floor. The brick on the inside of those walls is degraded and porous and when it rains the water leaches...

Job: sanding down 2 dining tables. One is two and a half feet square, the other 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 feet. I need to sand the tops and eight (3-inch) legs. I have an old cheap orbital sander but wonder if it's worth buying a belt sander. It would initially be a one-job tool (though I'd still...

My front doorstep is flush with the drive and with the internal floor, and very heavy rain leads to flooding. I want to fit a removable flood-resistant board, not more than 15cm high. Floodgates UK sell a gate that would do, but it's £300+ and much higher than I need. Also, the Floodgates...

During the past 2 years I have built a patio and installed a pond. I need the following wiring up: 2 sets of patio lights; low-voltage in-pond lights; a fountain; a pond filter (external) and filter-pump (in-pond). 12 qualified electricians considered the job. Two declined; 5 said they'd...