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I have a semi detached house that was built in 1974 that has what I believe to be a precast flue, This also has a chimney breast that is around 120mm deep so about a brick width It is around 1700mm wide in the living room and runs up through the master bedroom where it is 700mm wide then...

I have recently moved in to a house that has a chimney breast that is about 6 inch deep! I believe the flue is a pre cast one that's rectangle in shape it goes from our living room up through our bedroom where the width of the breast reduces by about half then halfway up in to the loft where...

I'm currently fitting a kitchen and as normal the walls are slightly out and I am joining the worktops with a masons mitre which is my first time doing them! I have done all the mitres and triple checked all measurements to make sure they are right Once I have done the mitres some parts of the...

I'm currently removing my kitchen flooring as I'm fitting a new kitchen It has laminate on top of underlay on top of lino on top of vinyl tiles from the 70's! Upon trying to remove the lino a lot of the vinyl tiles are coming up and leaving the black glue! I plan on laying laminate back...

Hi all before I get a sparkie in I want a bit of advice on whether I would be wasting my time! I have a dedicated cooker switch with 13amp plug and 45amp isolator running off a 32amp mcb it is also powering a 13amp socket for the extractor The oven states it can be run off a 13amp plug I...

I am going to be fitting a new kitchen soon so my battery drill is going to get a bit of a hammering! Can anyone recommend some screwdriver bits? I was thinking of some of these https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-pozi-screwdriver-bit-box-pz2-x-25mm-25-pack/3289r I don't want mega expensive...

I am looking at buying one of these to use in my garage to lift loads of up to 250kg https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/020114400/ I am looking for ideas of how best to mount this as high as possible! The roof in the garage is flat with joists across the span (9ft) the joists are 5x2inch...

Hi all I need to replace my room stat on our central heating our current one is a 4 wire stat and the new one is going to be a 3 wire stat the old one (towerstat) has a live earth and by the looks of it two neutral wires Am I right in thinking the two neutral wires just need to be connected...

Just recently it has come to light that my battery on my car is on its way out and its only holding about 75% charge so I went and picked up a new bosch battery from euro car parts got home and the first thing I did was check the charge state! to my horror its showing 10.6 volts!!! Am I...

Hi all got a question i need an answer for :) just moved in to a house that has a hot water tank heated by a boiler with central heating run off it too there is no programmer for the hot water side of things and would like to fit one as theres no point heating water whilst my and the...