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There seem to be many questions about using these jigs but I don't understand something. All the instructions online say the rh and lh joins use the jig face up and flip the whole worktop laminate up for one side and laminate down for the other to get the opposing hands. Why not just flip the...

Gents, I'm finally ready to lay my kitchen floor and want insulation boards down 1st. I was going to use xps, the blue foam sheets but I know tilers don't like tiling if xps sheets are used. I only have a maximum of 30mm from my existing concrete floor to the top of the tiles. My tiles are...

Hello. Strange question this one but someone may have an answer. I bought a fancy bathroom mirror with led lights and a demister pad. When I got it I found the wiring inside wasn't complete, the led's have quick connect plugs but the demister pad wiring is rolled up and taped to the back of...

A post I read says use a 20mm half moon notch, why do you need to use such a large notch trowel for laying floor tiles? Wall tiles go on using a 5-6mm notch so when the tile is set in position the bed will be ~ 3mm. A 20mm notch floor trowel will end up making addy bed over 10mm thick. Why...

I'm possibly going to buy a Rexon 200A tile cutter. The spec says 330mm cut at max of 30mm deep but a post a few years ago says you can get a 600 tile in the machine and make a cut. I can't find an online manual but photos of the machine scaling the 200mm blade makes me think the machine is...

I want to use led strip lights in a display cabinet and the power adapters are usually 3 pin plugin types. Can you use a light switch to switch the live feed to a hidden 3 pin socket so you turn the cabinet lights on from a wall switch? The room light wall switch would then be a 2g with one...

Another tiling question. I'm stripping my bathroom next. The walls are plastered and painted, tiles from floor to half wall height. I want to put a wetroom shower in and have a roll top bath, the toilet and washbasin are in a separate 'room', an archway goes into the bath/shower part. The...

I would like to tile my kitchen using a 3 tile pattern, using 500, 333 and 165mm sq tiles. How big a grout line should I aim for? The lines will be various sizes as the tile sizes don't add up, a 333 and a 165 only give a 2mm wide line if they are next to a 500 tile, my planned pattern is below...

Fitting thermostatic valves to my rads. I'm using the downstairs hall rad as the one without a trv, I might change this to a bathroom one but we'll see. My confusion comes from where to get the boiler thermostat moved to, its currently in the unheated porch so useless, house bought this way...

Anyone had problems with Tavistock sinks, mine is a semi-recessed 'Micra'. Had one delivered and the front is droopy, see photo. Replacement came today after a month delay. Its identical, same droop. I wonder if its a 'design feature' :roll: When its in place on worktop the droop on the...

I'm sure someone on here has the knowledge to answer this. My brother's nextdoor neighbour has sold off the bottom half of his garden for a new build. Next door is on a corner plot so has access from side street. New build has been approved (surprise, surprise) and plans say my brothers hedge...

Had a set of Forge Steel levels from ScrewFix last year. Spotted yesterday the vials seem to have some kind of growth on the inside, looking very closely it appears to be specks of grit but I'm sure it is a microbe growth of some sort. How can this happen, I don't keep them out of sunlight...

How do I lift floor boards without wrecking every t&g? I want to put them back after levelling the tops of the joists, room is only 10ft sq but sags 3/4" at middle. Going to make packers then replace boards. Each board has a nail about 3/4" from edge in each joist, jacking free side is simply...

Looking for opinions on the preferred choice of strimmer shafts. The Honda 25cc comes with either straight shaft and an angled gearbox or a bent shaft and no gearbox. New machines available for good prices on eBay, presumably due to it being winter? I'm sure the two will have the same or...

Hi, I'm after a basic idea of trade costs for altering window openings. I've got a 2 window openings I need reducing from 2.27m to 2.17m (half a brick!). 1 of these also requires the bottom building up by 6 courses to reduce its depth from 1.6m to 1.2m. There is also a 1.8m x 1.2m window...

Hi all, 1st post and it's something I can't get my head around. I've got some 'minor' brickwork mods to do. In the kitchen I have to alter a window, the base is low (24" from floor) and I need to lift it 6 rows of bricks to get worktop under it. I also want (not need) to reduce the opening...

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