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Lad I know lives above the shop, there are two flats. He has the 1st floor and for years his meter feeds both flats and he gets the neighbour to cough up half the bill. Rightly he'd like to on his own meter, and the neighbours get there own. Problem being that the network cable to the...

Its a 2 bar ST Monsoon negative pressure pump, about 8 years old. About 1-8 times its used it will fail to pump, normally when you've done an initial rinse down and have a pile of shampoo on your noggin. Always seems to start, when it fails to start up the shower will drip for 1 to 3 minutes...

London terrace property with difficult rear access. I'm considering a large rear ground floor extension, extending 6m back and 2m out on the side. So the new footprint would need 6m + 4m (back face) + 9m (return to main house body) of trench work, likely 1600mm down. I'm I being daft to...

When ever you use paint stash the colour / code / type and makers detail in a home projects note book (or pc / ipad file). Then in 8 years time when you want to redo the job in the same colour, your be able to

i've been asked to do a couple of porch areas for clients, both have feature wood work similar to this (see picture). Nothing is rotten, and the existing paint is dry, and flaky. Anyone got any handy new age methods to prep the spindles ready for a full Weathershiled system re paint. I...

Heres some work I've done recently. Patience, multi cutter and the smell of rotting eggs (wiffy 2 part epoxy). Dulux trade oil TC and UC (2 coats each). Zinn cover oil primer (dry in an hour).

Log cabin on order 4.5m x 4.5m, what recommendations do you have for a pale blue or grey finish. Prefer a one pot solution and would expect to lay on 3 coats. No issue with product cost I just want to make sure it's a decent product with a 6 year plus life

Pretty much as the title. The rules for a shed over 15m sq requires a 1.0m boundary, this can be broken or ignored which the structure is suitably fire proof. I had assumed this meant a brick, concrete slab, cement based sheet type structure ONLY. Reason I ask is my intended 5.0m x 5.0m...

I've got 4 sash windows in the upper bay and since the front needs a redec I'd like to improve the sashes insulation. Found dozens of brush strip and brush parting bead suppliers, I'd just like some "I've done that" type comments on methods, pitfalls and generally stuff to watch out for...

Neighbour two houses down has 12 panels, there's an occasional buzzing that is loud enough to be heard when Im in my garden. Any ideas what it is, so I can drop a note round telling him what may be the problem. They are 80+ yo and he has prostrate cancer, so the reason for some fault ideas...

Our property rear is South facing and has the sun for 10 hours plus (when its its sunny :lol: ). What are the best painting products for longevity given the very high uV levels? The render skirt paint is weather shield masonry and seems to last well, the stone sills are ws trade oil...

Is there a minimum water pressure I can demand from the supplier. Simple test for a mate, who wants to revamp his bathroom revealed a lowly 5 litre a minute flow rate from the water main. The in house solution would be to store water via a tank in the loft, better still I've picked up...

Hi guys I posted in the loft section, but wondered if you have more appropriate knowledge :D There's no point in repeating the post in full, if you get a moment and have roof structure knowledge could you comment...

Hi Guys, about 8 years ago we had a loft conversion. We always planned for storage but I nver got round to doing it, and since SHMBO wants the loft decorated the time is ripe so to speak. Here's the external view, the area of interest is the inside of the front gable. Here's a very...

To avoid the debarcle of having to re paint the ground, first and second floor skirts and architrave (again), what works and lasts without the dreaded Y for yellowing? It's stairs (30 odd spindles) skirts , dado, and architrave x six doors, 20m of dado, 40m skirting that's 9" high, so goodbye...

Heard a radio advert earlier. HMRC are doing what they did with the plumbers via Gas Safe / Corgi. The advert goes that 'we' have until May to volunteer any undisclosed earnings, otherwise they will come after 'us'. Sounds like they have been auditing scheme providers and will use the...

One of my early 17th ed cu pictures post on DIYnot has been borrowed by a female spark advertising on Gumtree in London. I'm sort of flattered, but she has described herself as honest working, and headlines her advert with someone else's work! What woul you suggest I do? Shall I ask her...

Is the payment on the energy generated or the energy genrated and shipped to the network? Someone suggested you could generate 10 kw and use it all, and still be paid for it ?

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