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L-shaped brackets screwed into the adjacent brick then screw into them for the sides.

Could do the same thing above & below for the middle holes but I don't know how you'd drill the bricks from that angle. The bodge option for the middle is a strip of wood & no-nails.

Be a bugger drilling into the adjacent bricks to attach L brackets though (no room for the drill).

What about filling and skimming the current hole and planting these suckers into your wooden floor?

Sadly the floor is concrete, with Parquet laid on top.

Still doable if you lifted a few parquet panels, chiselled out a hole and cable channel and then jigged the parquet to cover it accommodating the sockets? Would probably be a bit out of kilter with other sockets I guess...

I've been thinking about this, and the only thing I can come up with is to screw a bit of wood to the brick behind the socket - the inside face of the external wall - and then screw the pattress boxes into that.

Anyone got anything better before I get busy with the SDS?

This is what I'd do (and pretty much have done, crumbly victorian walls).

Don't really see a problem with it, seems like a good solution to me, but then I wouldn't want plugs in my floor.

It's the only think I can come up with, so that's what I'm going with.

I've got an odd shaped corner in my garden I'm going to build myself a shed from scratch to fit in it rather than try to coerce a ready built one in there.

Does anyone know a good / cheap place to get recycled timber from that would deliver? Failing that, a recommendation of a good value timber yard that would deliver (I'm in W4).

pj johnsons are great

https://plus.google.com/116968227084802556752/about?gl=uk&hl=en

Wood recycling... http://www.lwrp.org.uk

Has anyone used one of these?

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworking-whats-hot-new-arrivals-whats-new-in-woodworking-210mm-bench-top-table-saw+dk2102#reviews

If so- any good?

Has anyone used one of these?

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworking-whats-hot-new-arrivals-whats-new-in-woodworking-210mm-bench-top-table-saw+dk2102#reviews

If so- any good?

Advice/help please. I need to re-render an exterior wall less than a square metre.

Can I make a mix out of sand and cement or do I need to buy specialist render mix?

Does it need waterproofing?

Dammit - I'm in need of the same tool, let me know if that one's any good if you take the plunge - looks a good price.

Also - bmx_fred and dave4 - thanks for those recommendations, I hadn't checked the thread for a fwe days but will definitely give both of those a call.

Advice/help please. I need to re-render an exterior wall less than a square metre.

Can I make a mix out of sand and cement or do I need to buy specialist render mix?

Does it need waterproofing?

Sand and cement (with a bit of admixture or washing up liquid in extremist) will be fine. You can buy an admixture waterproofer if you want (or use some concrete sealer when it's dry)

Cobbles are twats.
I had an area of cracked concrete to disguise in the garden so had two tonnes of Scottish cobbles delivered yesterday. The only way to move cobbles is to pick them up by hand and drop them in a bucket because (at least until you get to the bottom of a bulk bag and you can slide one underneath them) they just laugh at a shovel.
Today my right arm won't extend fully without massive tendon pain at the elbow, and my back is fooked.
Don't half look good in place though and should allow free(ish) drainage of rainwater.

Ah, the technique with these is to leave a bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine wherever you want the cobbles to go, then turn your back for 30 seconds.

Ah, the technique with these is to leave a bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine wherever you want the cobbles to go, then turn your back for 30 seconds.

Ah, good old Coatbridge table wine!

Any recommendations for a roofer in North London, I have a flat roof that is leaking. Cheers

Any recommendations for a roofer in North London, I have a flat roof that is leaking. Cheers

Possibly, my neighbour is a builder and he has just had his roof done. Let me see if I can get you a number.

Only just seen this, if you can PM me details that'd be great. Thanks

Only just seen this, if you can PM me details that'd be great. Thanks

+1, I'm after a roofer.

I will try and get a number tomorrow

^^ Posted you both with a number

Quick one for the electricians:

I'm changing some sockets from plastic to metal which means the front plate needs to have a neutral wire attached to it.

Inside the wall box is this:

I'm guessing that the green / yellow neutrals are just left there for if we need to use them? If so, do i need to attach both? (one is just out of picture, being held out of frame by me, at the top)

Quick one for the electricians:

I'm changing some sockets from plastic to metal which means the front plate needs to have a neutral wire attached to it.

Inside the wall box is this:

I'm guessing that the green / yellow neutrals are just left there for if we need to use them? If so, do i need to attach both? (one is just out of picture, being held out of frame by me, at the top)

That wiring looks quite odd. All the wire should be going to the socket.