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I'm planning to render the driveway wall down the side of the house. The path down the side of the house next door is concrete and because we're on a hill it is about 18" to 24" higher on the other side of the wall. Before rendering is it a good idea to give the wall a couple of coats of Ka...

I have a leak from the diverter manifold area of my Baxi boiler. I replaced the diaphragm 2 or 3 years ago because it was leaking from the pushrod by the microswitch bracket and all was well. The leak is now coming from behind the differential valve at the front of the diverter manifold...

I've just had a new roof the tiles being the flat Grampian variety. One thing I'm not sure about is the fatc that the roofer has fixed the ridge and hip tiles using expanding foam. He says he will trim the foam and point the tiles at a later date with cement. Is this normal practice or just a...

I'm currently laying a patio 15sq mtrs using Indian sandstone. The patio is enclosed with a retaining wall and i've put the base down using 10mm quarry bottoms and wacked it down. I've about 500kg of the quarry bottoms left over and wondered if some of this mixed together with grit sand would be...

My Baxi 105he, 4 years old has developed a leak which I think is coming from the DHW temperature sensor where it screws into the housing. The installation and servicing manual says to turn off the water supply, remove the sensor wires and unscrew the sensor. I intend to renew the sealing washer...

Anybody used Aquastep laminate flooring. I'm thinking of laying it in my kitchen as it's supposed to be totally waterproof. Does it justify it's price of £40 sq mtr. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Would it be ok to use a 16A supply for the former immersion heater in my airing cupboard (replaced with a combi) for a single oven at 2250W in the kitchen. The airing cupboard in the bathroom backs onto the kitchen. Thanks in advance.

Anyone any idea how you cut the tap hole in a sink made of fragranite. It seems similar to the granite type sinks.

I'm replacing a cooker that runs off a switched 40amp supply with a separate single oven and ceramic hob. The oven is rated at 2250w and the hob is 6600w. Would it be ok to wire them via separate cables to the 40amp supply or the hob to the 40amp and the oven to a double 13amp socket which is a...

Anyone got one of the Bosch All Rounder tools? I am going to fit some laminate flooring and want to know if it would be powerful enough to take the bottom edge of some skirting boards off so I can slide the laminate underneath? Thanks in anticipation.

Flushing my loo results in a loud vibration from the pipework which I'm led to believe is called pipe hammer. Its particularly bad first thing in the morning so I suspect its something to do with the pressure. Is there any way of curing this, any help would be appreciated.

I am fitting an offset quadrant shower cubicle. Both straight sides of the tray are level but the curved part on the top has a gradual slope on it towards the middle. The bottom aluminium rail of the cubicle referred to as the bottom orbit in the instructions doesnt fit flush on to the tray...