Almost finished...floor looks great...now the rest of the kitchen looks dated and apparently now shows that the room needs to be...
Spent 4 days skimming, scraping, cutting, glueing, trimming, shaping, blooming vinyl tiles and grout strips. Never again. Missus spotted these...
That's good lateral thinking as could be used for toilet flushing too if filtered . I'll look into rainwater harvesting.
Well I think a chain gang approach with myself lobbing the stuff in lessens the risk! I put the 10 yr old in a climbing harness when working on a...
Hi, I am planning surface water drainage for my full planning application. I 've calculated I need a soak away of 1.5m 3 (cubed) which is 12...
Well on the basis of trips to MOMA and other modern art places, ESP MIMAS in middlesbrough a stack of wood is NOT art because it is useful, of...
The brick fireplace is definite now! Good thinking
So far cleaned up 1000 bricks as most are lime cement and it's soft like putty. It just seemed a shame to landfill the lot as building was about...
I had one spark I rang - stayed in in to meet him, failed to show, claimed he couldn't find the house, forgot to turn up the second time....grrr!...
Hi, I am demolishing a small brick barn to make way for a new bungalow. Knocking down was easy enough and entertaining for me and the kids (damn...
I've just had a sparkie repair it- the load live cable had broke within the cable cover so it looked ok but was intermittent in connection! I had...
I've followed the detailed advice- I am very grateful for this. At the back box and wires there is no voltage detected at either 'Live' wire...
Hi, Last time I hired a floor sander it did a great job making a Saharan like dust storm in the house requiring a complete redecoration of the...
I had brick pillars and the hinge pivots kept working loose with the weight and movement and wind loading . Steel posts are a much better option...
Well a week later. The sparkie who is a neighbour failed to turn up this week. Perhaps he assumed I wanted a freebie? I never ask for favours off...
Hi, I want to demolish an old outbuilding, do a site scrape and dig some footings for a new building. I think it is likely that mains services...
No- lights have been working fine for the last 5 years...I ve never had an electrical problem that I couldn't figure out before as I am quite...
Tried a different switch, mcb checked, cu checked...tried my neon sparky screwdriver in a number of orifices....chuff all! Went to see a neighbour...
Lol- that's what I feared! Does this mean taking up the floor etc etc to go back to the junction box to find loose wire ? Grr! I hate looking for...
It's a simple on or off to two lights. Thank you for your consideration guys.
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