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I'm just in the process of renewing my kitchen. I'm going to re-tile my floor and have floorboards, so I'm thinking of using 6mm No More Ply over that. I'm hoping that I can just then tile in the area where the new units aren't sitting. Can No More Ply support kitchen units directly on it...

While I was digging over the back garden after removing the old lawn I hit a large concrete block. It was obviously for a sticking a clothes hanger in as there's a hole in the middle. The trouble is, it's about 40x40cm across and over 50cm deep, so a little over-engineered. I would like to...

I'm looking at building my own shed, and would like T&G floorboards. I can find plenty for sale, but none appear to be treated/tanalised. Does such a thing exist? If not, what's the best way of preserved the floorboards? I plan on attaching them to a floor-base frame made from treated 2x4...

I need to tackle the old lawn in my new house. The grass hadn't been cut for a couple of years and while it looks surprisingly tidy from a distance, it actually resembles Donald Trump's hair after he's decided to go Rasta. I had a go with the strimmer but it is very thick and all flattened down...

I'm planning on putting a new shed in my garden and am just in the process on knocking down the old one which was falling apart and rotten. For the base I like the look of the Hawklok plastic base system. However the ground this will sit on needs to be raised and levelled a fair bit as the...

I'm currently trying to cut some 18mm MDF, and my jigsaw isn't up to the task. Even using a guide for the straight lines it veers to one side and the cut isn't vertical. It's a new blade and I'm not rushing it. The jigsaw is a pretty old (but not worn out) bottom-end Black & Decker. I feel...

I suspect this is an electrical problem rather than a plumbing one, hence I've put it in this category. When I turn on my Triton Rapide 4 shower the water now only comes out of the shower head when I hold one of the three 'on' buttons on, instead on staying latched on as it should (until you...

I've just moved into a new house and the phone sockets is in one of the upstairs bedrooms (we'll call 1). I'd also like another socket in another bedroom (we'll call 2). The phone line comes in from an overhead cable to the edge of the roof, and the cable then runs along the front of the house...

My central heating and water is controlled by Potterton EP2002, so they can be switched on independently of each other. Recently the hot water has stopped heating, but the central heating is still fine. I reset the EP2002 just in case that had thrown a wobbly, but it seems fine. I see there is a...

We had noticed our hot water wasn't coming on recently, so I checked our HW/CH controller which is a Potterton EP2002 and it appeared seized up with the time stuck. Even switching the 4-way switches to the 'on' position didn't light the lights or turn anything on. The buttons to set the times...