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I want to remove my crumbling, powdery, cracked, un-level and un-even concrete garage floor and replace with quarry tiles. Is it just a case of digging out all the old concrete back to earth and pouring some more, making sure it's flat and level this time and of a decent quality mix, then...

Anyone on the flooring screed stuff?

Today I was able to complete the boxing in of the RSJ and plaster boarding of the old wall slot. However, I wanted to ask advice on what to do about this..... As you can see, where the wall was lies a layer of damp proof course above rough hard ground. Either side, you can...

Thanks, your input was most helpful. Sadly, he didn't even look at the calcs - just put them in a file, checked the size of bearing, went upstairs to make sure the offset wall was stud and not made from lead and tied into all my neighbours roofs and said it was fine. I trust then that...

Council inspector passed it off, despite making a comment that the pad stones are usually bigger... Hooray! Can I used mild steel for my 2mm thick shims? Slate is too thick and I haven't got any stainles lying around. Any shim advice?

Got the beam in today.... ....through a hole cut in the louge wall! Tha pad stones are sitting nicely on a bed of mortar with a 1-2mm gap that I'll shim with a couple of bits volkswagen rear quarter panel :D The mortar isn't as deep as it looks, I just couldn't help but...

What a day.... didn't have any help, so some tasks like getting the plank and acro props up by myself was exercise in inginuity and patience! The pics will speak for themselves, needless to say, it was hard work, especially carrying the 'wall' outside. But as I type, everything is back...

I've got two applications. 1) THe lounge has 6 GU50 halogen spot lights run from the one switch. 2) The new kitchen diner has a standard 100w bulb on the diner side, and a spot light cluster that uses 3 x GU50 halogens. I need to find a single dimmer for the 6 in the lounge, and a...

Thanks.... Tried to find the sticky about power ratings for dimmers, but could only find 1 dimmer related sticky which didn't mention anything about power rating. What power rating dimmer will I need to run 6x50W GU10s? Thanks

Right then, just gearing up for the job on Wednesday and wanted to check a few points. Firstly, as I'll only need a little bit, I trust a tub of ready mix mortar (just add water) from Wickes will be sufficient? What order do I mortar the engineering brick in? I'm picturing having the...

Oh, and whiles I'm on the subject, the last one I bought from Homebase for my lounge blew up (not literally, but went pop) after a couple of weeks.... Turns out it was only rated for 250W and was dimming 6x50W GU10's (300W) so my fault! I saw one in Wickes today rated at 400W - I trust...

Right, so if I want one plate on the wall with two dimmer knobs side by side to control lights at each end of a knock through kitchen diner with the switch in the middle of the room I need a 2 gang(two different lights), 1 way(only opperation) switch as there will be no other switches for those...

I want to install a new light switch which is a single unit with two dimmer knobs on it. I understand the principals and theory of electrics, but I'd feel more confident if someone could explain exatly what 'gang' and way means and how differring combinations will affect functionality. For...

All I can say is this. Before you do something for the first time, you need to know how to do it. Once you've done it, you learn and move on to the next challenge. You gain knowledge and experiecne along the way. When I first bought my house, I had very little plumbing experience, but as...

Ok, so I can get a handle on things as I don't want to break the law, fracture it, or give myself any greif further down the line from a paper work point of view... ...how much (if any) of the work can i do to reduce the cost of the pro install? Why will my boiler likely fail from being...

From page one.... "also that old solo prollie wont take kindly to be moved and will probably let you down onc you have moved it"

Fair enough, no problems. Any clue on typical costs?

I take on board what you say about re-using the current boiler - I didn't realise that moving them caused them to be likely to fail? Re the flu, I was intending to carefully chip away the mortar and remove the the current flu, bore another identical to the one currently used but in the new...

As per my previous reply (whether I use my current one or not) will I be allowed to do 'most' of the work myself - such as boring the flu hole, re-routing the electrics and water pipes - all ready to be connected by Mr Corgi once he's asembled the fle and bolted the thing to the wall?

Thaks for your replies everyone - I've seen enough to convince me why I need corgi invlolved. I've no idea of what it would cost and I'm on a very tight budget, hence me wanting to do the work myself. Can any of you corgi people advise me of what amount of prep work such as boring the...