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About 3 years ago, we had our driveway re tarmaced and then covered with bitumen tar and chip, with loose shingle on top. To be honest, i'm now fed up with the loose pea shingle and want a solid surface again. I swept an area of the loose shingle off and ther remaining surface is the...

OK - about 3 years ago we had our driveway "tar and chipped", so there is a layer of 10mm shingle stuck to the tarmac with some loose on top. The trouble is that there is too much loose on top, and as we own a caravan it is a struggle to get grip while pushing out as it is on a slight...

Hi, My lighting curcuit has no earth. Am i OK to fit flush ceiling lights that are metal? - plastic ones seem few and far between.... Thanks

Hi all, I have a 22' x 14' flat roofed extension that i am currently renovating. When i initially removed all the ceiling plasterboard, the roof void was filled with old insulation and appeared to have minimal ventilation., although no damp / condensation was evident. As i build back...

Can i place ventilation discs in the fascia board rather that the soffit? The reason that i ask, it that it is for a flat roof, where the overhang and therefore the 'soffit' board is only about 2" in depth and not big enough for the discs Thanks

Hi I need to replace some sections of the ring main wiring between the joists, as it is chafed. Am i ok to use terminal blocks / choc boxes, or should i use a junction box for each connection? What rating should i use? Thanks

When i moved my phone socket recently, there were only two wires (orange & white) connected to the rear portion of the socket (A&B). I reconnented this way, and everything seems to work fine - is there likely to be a problem?

OK, maybe i'm reading into too much on the web, but i'm getting confused. Can i fit mains halogen downlighters under a flat roof (no rooms above) with 8" joists? I intend to use 4" Kingspan insulation, and was intending to cut a hole in the insulation about the size of a dinner plate to give...

i have a flat roof with 8" joists that i want to re-insulate with Kingspan 'slab' insulation Will 100mm be sufficient? and should i leave the remaining 4" gap above the insulation for ventilation? How much gap should i leave for the electric cables that run through the joists and how much...

Trying to sort out the logistics of my house referb - can i have a wall to wall solid wood floor laid after i have installed the kitchen base units (with legs), or do i need to put the floor down first? I'm guessing i could go either way - but which is easiest. ideally i'd like the floor to...

Hello, I'm moving my kitchen, so need to install a new gas point for the oven. I intend to put in all the pipe work, and then have an engineer link it all up. Is it OK to bury the gas supply in a wall, or should it be visible? Is it OK to use compression fittings, or should it be...

Hi, A few of the rooms in my house are plastered in a very 'decorative' way - my wife referes to them as volcanoes, as the plastered pattern can rise up to over an inch in places. We are aiming to have the whole of the house replastered after some other work. With the exisiting plaster, am i...

Im thinking about getting the front of my house redone. The space is roughly 30ftx50ft and currently consists of a single tarmac drive (50ft long) and lawn either side I have no idea how much to expect, but before i get any quotes can anybody give a 'rough' idea for the cost of getting the...

Hello, I have just installed a new shower, and fitted a thermostatic shower valve. Following the installation instructions, I fitted the cold supply to the left hand side and the hot supply to the right hand side. The valve works fine, apart from one problem - the instructions say rotate...

Hello, I am building a shower into an enclosure in my bathroom - Can I tile straight onto the grey plasterboard, or do I need to prep it in any way first? Thanks, Nick.

Hello, Should the pressure on a combi boiler be the same whether it is running or not? Thanks

I am in the process of installing a new shower. I have fitted a plastic shower tray onto a wooden plinth. Can I fit the trap so that it 'clamps' both the tray and the 3/4" top of the plinth, or do I need to cut a hole large enough in the plinth so that the trap sits up against the underside...

First up.....hello all - first post here! OK, i'm about to lay some laminate flooring, and was wondering what is the best way to hide the expansion gap? The skirting is already in place, and removing it is not an option. I'm worried that some of these matching quadrant sections may look...