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I've looked extensively online. Does anyone know where I can this shape of wood? It's for a gate frame. Cheers.

Evenin all, I need a concrete lintel, 245mm wide, 700mm long and 70mm deep. I've tried a few places but no luck yet. Can anyone recommend where to get one, preferably in or near Leicestershire? Much appreciated.

I have a mixer shower connected up to a combi boiler and the mains cold. It's vibrating and making a humming noise when it warms up. Turning the cold water on the basin or bath reduces the problem. So I've got a pressure reducing valve. But where do I fix it? On the mains feed going into the...

I have a wooden lintel above a small window. This lintel has rotted. Below the lintel the brickwork is inset. Where the lintel meets the wall underneath there is a gap exposing inside. This gap has just had concrete poured into it to plug the gap. I imagine I need to replace this lintel...

I know this has been asked quite a few times (on this forum and elsewhere), but I can't make my mind up and don't want to risk wasting money on expensive oils, etc, and even worse having to sand off something that I've bodged. So after minutes and minutes :) of research I've come down to Osmo...

Hello. I have a hole in the chimney stack through which I'm running some AV wires. The wires come through holes in the other side of the stack from the outside. On the inside is a brick-sized hole. I want to mount wallplates in this hole. I've tried mounting the 25mm back boxes onto a...

I've just laid some brand new pine floorboards. The room is about 11' by 11'. Would I be stark raving bonkers to give this a light sanding by hand instead of hiring an expensive sanding machine? Matt

Hi all. I have a chimney stack in the middle reception room of my Victorian terrace. The chimney stack currently has a vent which is about 230mm x 180mm. The room has a suspended timber floor. The room directly above has the same vent in the chimney stack. It is OK to brick up the vent in the...

Hello. I have effloresence above the DPC on a passage way wall. This wall is not exposed to the elements, therefore no moisture comes into contact with the wall face. Does the DPC need redoing? Is the moisture coming from below or above? Cheers Matt

Hi all. This is my first post, but I've been on here quite a while benefitting from all the expertise on offer! I am currently in the process of taking up my floorboards to lay new ones. The room is a ground floor one, and the boards are on joists. It is 5.5ft to the ground below and there is...