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Hi everyone currently getting a multifuel stove fitted and i have i have a chimney fitted on outside of the wall you can see , they knocked the wall through at the bottom for the flue just wondering if would require lintel ? I never seen if there was one there and not sure why...

Hi everyone , my loft is hard to get around as so low , found droplets of water on the felt as in pictures, also found white mold due to the water, noticed this last year aswel when got cold, it worried me as the rafters where damp in places due to the wet felt and water, hard to check as so low...

Hi everyone hope you are well, just a quick one, i put down 18mm laminate flooring down 4 years ago and at front door was to high so placed a matt, is there anyway this can be done as would love to have upto the door now,only thing i can think of is lifting the pvc door frame ? Not even sure if...

Hi i am interested in purchasing a system just have a few questions , i currently have the blink system but want something that can recored all day and doesnt require WiFi all the time. Will the quality of the hikvision colour vu 4mp or something similar be a lot better at night eandand be...

Hi everyone I have recently had the drive block paved with beamish cobble in grey and I am after a little advice regarding sealing of the drive. the drive is 54m2 and I have been quoted £297 to do the job only had one quote so will get a few more. I will be waiting until spring so can hopefully...

Hi everyone hope this is in correct section as posted earier in garden but think its better here, I am thinking about getting my drive way done , I currently is partially block paved but I am thinking I may get it re-done and get the full lot done as the soil is very damp were I live as clay...

Hi everyone hope this is in correct section, I am thinking about getting my drive way done , I currently is partially block paved but I am thinking I may get it re-done and get the full lot done as the soil is very damp were I live as clay underneath and grass is covered in worm casts + wife...

Hi everyone I need a little help I recently purchased a outdoor double switched RCD protected 13A socket, I have done various bits like changed all my light fittings and plugs etc but never added a socket, I am putting outside directly through the wall under my kitchen cabnet were the washer...

Hi everyone i am looking for a 4 channel cctv system however there is so much choice its unbelievable and i am struggling. I have been looking on amazon and found a couple of systems both by yhe brand H view, one is 2mp POE system and other is 4mp AHD systen they both have 2tb hard drives and i...

Hi everyone I have ripped out some large fitted wardrobes from kids room as the cupboard was as large as the room and you couldn't even for his bed in the room without it blocking cupboards or the door, it's on the only part of the house with roof that slopes from the peak of roof down to the...

Hi everyone in my front garden and drive the previous owner planted 3 huge conifers right next to the block paving and has came up in a few places , I recently cut the conifers down and I am currently digging out, I had to remove a bit of the drive and put back best I could using sharp sand and...

Hi everyone just a quick question when i moved into my house i changed all the single socket plugs for double ones but the ones that fit over the top of a single so stick out of wall slightly but recently been thinking does this have to be checked by a professional ? for insurance reasons etc...

Hi everyone thinking of knocking out the u set stairs cupboard but will it be ok making sure the wood isn't supporting etc ? some pics inside facing out I think this has been added at some point as there a a switch like a light switch half through wall...

Hi i am currently replaceing 3 posts and built myself a gate using 1.8m gravel board and tomorro going to buy more gravel boards to errect a stockade style fence, the one currently fitted is rotting and has 3 rails running along 3 posts and are arround 133iches long i need to replace them and...

Hi all i am currently changing posts on my fence and while i am on want to make the garden gate wider as its veryt small, i have purchased a pack of 5, 19 x 150mm 1.83m gravel treated boards for the gate itself and for the support pieces 45x70mm does anyone think these are too think for the...

Hi all i have been trying to dig out my snapped fence posts for hours and still trying to break up the concrete as a massive lump in there what someone left, there fence has the posts on my side then 3 pieces of wood for the boards to attatch to, is there anyway to fit concrete posts without...

Hi all i purchased some light switches but they dont have earth wire just com and l1, the origional switch had a earth wire going onto the side of the switch, it is a metal box what the switch screws onto and using MK logic plastic white switches, do i just remove the wire going onto the switch...

Hi i am replacing the horrible brass looking switches and sockets in the landing and living room, i have ordered the single switches for the lights etc in living room but at the bottom of the stairs there is a 3 way switch for the 1 oart of the kitchen lights and then another switch for another...

hi all i recently put a a fence inbeetween me and neighbour then i looked at the rear fence witch is very unstable and found 3 posts to have totally rotten throught at ground level, there is a outrages amout of concrete in the hole and i have managed to dig around with shovel but can barley move...

Hi i am going to be fitting 6m of pannel fencing in my garden shorty i was going to fit conctete as thought there was a slope but there is only a small one so going with chepa wooden posts and pannel fencing and postcrete, firstly i will put posts in then the pannels but just wondering should i...