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Hi, I've sold my house and had to get the building inspector round to do a final check on a steel we had put in 2 years ago which we thought was done but wasn't. Our electrician put in some small spot lights running along the steel. We had the building inspector round today who said that the...

Hi, I'm putting in a new bathroom and have just finished putting in the bath and I put in wall mounted bath taps. The flow of water coming out was awful and I've now read up a bit more and found out that they probably aren't suitable for a gravity fed system because they need a higher...

hi, my parents have just moved into a new house and im going to put a new kitchen in soon. at the moment the boiler is on a wall the will be coming down so its got to be moved. we want to put it in the airing cupboard which is about 18" away from its current location. its a large cupboard, floor...

hi, im just about to start my bathroom ive bought a shower/bath mixer tap and i wanted to put in a pump. ive done a bit of plumbing before so not worried about installing the shower but ive never put in a pump before and im not sure what i need to get really. my cylinder is on the same level as...

hi, ive done a little bit of tiling before but ive always borrowed tools. im doing my bathroom and wanted to invest in some tile cutters but wanted to make sure that what i get is good enough. it will only be for diy use but i dont want to spend out on something crap i was looking at this...

I've just put up a new greenhouse but the only place I could put it in my garden is not ideal as it's along a fence which is on the south side of the garden so half of the greenhouse is in the shade. I was wondering if it would be worth putting a mirror on the northern side of the greenhouse to...

hi, our central heating system is not working properly. we have a gravity fed system which has a switchmaster 805 timer which is really loud and the buttons dont work properly and a switchmaster valve (i think its tha three port valve which feed the water to the hot water or the central...

I've got an apple tree in my back garden which needs to go as it's in the way of where we are putting our new decking. We had a few other bushes which I dug out and moved to our front garden and have been fine and I was wondering how hard it would be to dig the apple tree up. It's about 7 or 8...

i need to have a wall taken out and a steel put in but the steel would end up on what is now a corner and would then be the end of a wall so the pad stone could not go 150mm either side. the wall to be taken out supports the floor joists above where they meet. the wall on the left is...

i am having a wall taken between our kitchen and dining room. its a block wall which is supporting the floor joists above but doesnt have a wall above. i'm just wondering how the steel will go in as the wall to be taken out (on the right of the picture) is staggered and so the steel would sit...

i've just painted the outside of a garden wall and splattered the pathway by the road. i didnt notice at the time as it was only a small area. the guy whos house it is moaned about it but i cant get it off. i've used a pressure washer (although it was a small one), patio and brick cleaner and...

hi i've got a delonghi double electric oven which i bought about a year ago off ebay second hand. my brother in law put it in for me as he is almost qualified as an electrician. once it was in the fan made an irritating a lound rattly noise whenever it was on. i just assumed that it was a bit...

ive just moved into a new house and want to knock through between the kitchen and dining room but its a supporting wall. the wall that i need to take out is just under 3 metres across. how difficult is it to do? how much should i expect to pay if i was to get someone in to do it? cheers

i've just bought a new house and i'm looking to extend over the garage. ive bought a 3 bed detached with a garage on the side built in 82. as far as i'm aware the foundations for the garage are the same as the rest of the house so i dont think they need to be altered. i was just after a very...

i've been plastering for about 3 years and i have always believed that you should leave new plaster for 5-7 days before you paint it or until it is completely dry and then you should use a 50/50 coat of water and emulsion prior to painting. a mate of mine has just had some plastering done by...

i've already asked a few questions about rendering but just wanted to clarrify something. if you are using a liquid plasticiser do you still need to use lime? the plasticiser i have found gives instructions without lime but i have seen on the forum that you use lime too?!? very confused.....

ive just finished a rendering and tyrolean job but struggled a bit with putting the tyrolean on. i bought a gun from screwfix for 26 quid which leaked like a sieve, is this normal or do i have a crap gun. also how runny should the mix be? i had it fairly liquidy, more than a runny mix of...

i've just bought a new house and on the survey the only thing that came up was that some lead flashing needs replacing. to the side of the house there is an attached garage which runs across the length of the house, approx 9m. it has a pitched roof which joins onto the side of the house which...

i've just finished a small rendering job with a tyrolean finish. now the next door neighbours want the same done and much more, happy days. my only problem is that tyrolean is really expensive and not many places seem to stock it. the cheapest i've found is £20+vat a bag. i'm sure i've read...

hi, i've put a few posts on here recently about mixes for rendering etc as i had to do a small amount of rendering for someone. i've been doing platering internally for a few years so i'm fairly competant at plastering. the wall i've just done came out really well and ive been asked by the...