I have a 32mm mdpe water main and am replacing the stopcock outside (in a chamber). Ignoring cost - which is the very best stopcock? Plastic...
Hi all hope you're well! Our house has a concrete render with some cracks in it pictured below. I have had no problems with damp and it has been...
The outdoor water meter has an inbuilt isolation valve (see the red valve on the attached JPEG pic) 500mm down and comes with a plastic blue 250mm...
I have some brick counters with a sandstone top and a brick BBQ in my garden. I would like to clad the brickwork in tiles. This brickwork itself...
I'd like to insulate my (concrete) garage floor. It's single skinned so I will seal the concrete (1st coat sealant, 2nd coat sealant + SBR). I...
Hi All, We had the front of our bungalow rendered in the autumn, covering the pebbledash. It has survived the winter okay, no cracks and looks...
Folks, I need to repaint the frame to my back door. It was last done about 8 years ago. I'm pretty sure I used Dulux Trade Weathershield, white...
I want to put a couple of 230V lights on a garden wall, that is at right angles to the semi detached house, and a maximum of 3m from the house and...
I am trying to add a 10W LED PIR external light to my rear wall. This is the current setup: (RFC 13A FCU) -> (2Gang Spur for fridge and...
Hi, I live in an exposed coastal location. If money was not an issue what paint would you use for external render?
Hi, I need help and ideas please community. I have an old terrace house built late 1800's in an area of the country where it rains a lot, the...
Hi all Trying to find a diagram to help me get 4mm SWA around an external bend. Want to run the cable along the side wall and then along the back...
I am externally rendering concrete blocks. Screwfix sell 10-12mm and 18mm-20mm render beads. What thickness should I go for and why? Thanks, Ben
I live in a fairly extreme coastal environment. My house is rendered and painted with a Macphersons pliolite paint but it is starting to come off...
I am looking to render a concrete block outbuildings circa 30m2. I was wandering whether I should sand cement render and paint or render with a...
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Hi - 1st post I want to renew the washers on my internal mains stopcock and need to turn off the external water supply. The Thameswater stopcock...
Evening, Desperate to find some UPVC shuffle beading for fitting into old externally beaded windows, already got the replacement glass and the...
I will be tiling external brick wall but more I think about it the more questions I have: 1. does the brick wall need to be prepared in a special...
Hi, I'm buying a new build house and they have given us the list of extras... very pricey and I want to see the costs of things if I was to get...
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