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Wickes/B&Q/Homebase say they do 90mm, 100mm and 127mm width coving. How do I measure my existing coving to see which size matches? Is it the diagonal, or one of the flat faces?

I know Gyproc Soundcoat Plus isn't meant to be finished, it's meant to be left rough and used on the bricks behind drywalls, but can you use multi-finish straight on top of Soundcoat? Would it still offer any soundproofing? I've got a really shoddily built victorian brick party wall, and no...

I've taken down one side of a stud partition in the lounge of my victorian terraced house. The partition was empty, as I expected, apart from one section that had half a brick wall built within it, sitting directly on top of the floorboards. I realised that the other side of this...

Could do with advice on how to get the 4 walls of my lounge plastered. I'm not doing the work myself, but wanna know what to ask for, and don't want talking into something unnecessary. I want the finish to look smooth & crisp. Annoyingly, each wall is a 'special case' - nothing's simple! The...

My gas meter's outside on the ground, surrounded by a brown plastic box. I need to replace the slabs it's sitting on, and dig down about 6" near it (to solve a damp problem) but the meter's kind of in the way to get to where the digging work needs to be (all bunched up in a corner by the...

I've got a plastic toilet seat that has snapped near the hinge. It's £65 - £100 to replace as it's for a particular model/design of WC. Is there a glue that would bond the plastic back together? The snap itself covers quite a large area (at least 2-3cm) and is rough/jagged, so more chance of...

I'm getting my loft boarded out in anticipation of some light storage. The joists are only 60mm deep (cheap victorian terraced workers' cottage). Of the thin (60mm) space blanket type insulation that was already there, a section got taken up in one corner 5 years ago when I wanted to put...

I've got hold of an ex-display tap which is missing its lever, but I can't find a replacement that fits. Does anyone know what brand of tap uses this type of lever? I looked in B&Q and Homebase but all the levers there screwed into the tap - mine looks like a larger lever fits over the tiny...