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Hi, I want to replace the paving in my garden with decking. The problem is that there is a very, very thick concrete base underneath the slabs that are currently there, and I can't go any higher than the slabs are at present. The slabs are about 5cm thick, so once removed that is all I...

A small part of the upstairs flooring on a house I bought a little while ago is sagging when stepped upon. The house is a former local-authority house, build 23 years ago. The flooring looks like it is large sheets of plywood, which are nailed down every 2ft or so. The central heating...

I have a wooden-framed house. The exterior of the upstairs is tiled and the downstairs is some kind of wood boarding/cladding, which is painted. (The house was built in 1981). Moisture has obviously managed to get in to this wood along what appears to be a vertical join. The wood is spongy to...

I'm trying to put new lighting in a house I recently bought but none of the lighting anywhere in the house seems to have an earth wire! (The house was built in 1981 so the electrics should all be of that era). Re-wiring the whole house is a total non-starter.....so do I have to return my...