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Hello, I’m going to be laying porcelain paving in my new build garden shortly. At the moment the garden is just the soil that was dumped and levelled out by the builder after construction was complete. I had a new build previously and last time when I did the garden I dug out back to the...

Hello all, My parents have had a leek and had to cut into the ceiling to fix and have asked me to sort the ceiling now. I boarded it and skimmed it 2 years ago so its still pretty new. My plan is: Cut out damaged area and reboard (about half a meter to a meter square) Scrim the joints to the...

Hello Chaps, Looking to replace the bathroom window on first floor, gable end but there is no lintel currently and the 1st course of bricks above shows signs of dropping. My problem is the distance from the ground to above the window where i need to install the props/strongboys is about 5.3m...

Can anyone recommend a good place to get sliding wardrobe doors from. Im ideally looking for some mirrored with a chrome frame. Im open to other suggestions but I have looked at all the likes of B&Q and they only really seem to stock the shocker style doors. All the online places seem really...

I'm soon to be moving into my new build house and will be tiling the upstairs ensuite which is approx 2 Sqm and will have a t&g chipboard floor. Unfortunately the walls are built on top of the floor so removing the chipboard is not really an option. My intention is the use large format...

Hopefully I will soon be moving in to a new house and will need to do a fair bit of painting. So my question is which is the best emulsion as I will need quite a bit. I'm talking quality of paint and cost. In the past I have always had dulux trade mixed at B&Q but I was in there yesterday and...

Hello, I will soon be redoing my kitchen (7.5 m2 of tiles) and would like some advice on tiling the floor please. I will be reboarding with WBP ply and then tiling with porcelain tiles from topps. The floor is a suspended timber floor. I have done quite a bit of tiling before but only...

Hello, I am soon going to be redoing my kitchen, the walls and ceiling will be re-skimmed. My plan was to apply a white mist coat using leyland contract matt but I'm unsure which paint to go with for the top coat. I have read lots of different posts about this on different websites but...

Just looking for some advice before I plaster a new bit of wall that has been built with thermalite blocks. If I use hard wall how should I control the suction, I've seen lots of conflicting advice on this after looking around various forums. What would be the best option? 1. Pva the...

Can't find anything on here about radios so here goes. I'm looking to get a radio for work (we do basement conversions so aren't working directly in somebody's house) preferably dab as you can get loads more stations. I've looked around at dab radios but there all little ones designed...

I've going to re skim some of the walls in my house, once done I will give them a mist coat using leyland contract matt. Once the mist coat is dry what should I use to paint over the mist coat is it ok to use vynl matt or should I get dulux flat matt? I've read vynl matt is easier to clean...

Anyone used any tools from a company called ox, there quite new I think. I've seen they do an 18" preworn trowel that I thought would be ideal for flattening in when skimming. Prices seem reasonable just don't know what the tools are like. Don't know if this would be better in the...

Got a quote to have our front dormer re felted from our usual builder. Size is 6.5 x 2m We were quoted £850 to strip off old felt and apply two layers of felt using hot bitumen and then torch on mineral felt cappings. All rubbish removed from job. This price isn't for reboarding...

Hi, Im going to redo the roof on my garage this easter and planning to use epdm. I have been looking at permaroof for the materials and wondered what the difference is between the firestone adhesive and the permaroof adhesive apart from one being twice the price. Does anybody have experience...

we have a dormer bungerlow and the upstairs bedrooms are cold so need to upgrade the insulation. The dormer cheeks and roof are built using 3x2 so this limits how much insulation i can get in. At the moment there is only a thin layer of fiberglass. My question is if i use celotex will...

Afternoon all, I am looking for advice regarding the best way to upgrade the insulation in my north facing dormer as im a bit baffled by all the different types of insulation available. Currently there is only a thin layer of fiber glass insulation in the ceiling and dormer walls which...

I have a ceiling to skim and just wanted to check my plan was ok. I can plaster walls ok but this is my first ceiling not that big though. The ceiling had artex on but this has been removed to reveal the plaster but its too damaged to paint hence the need to skim. Im planning to apply wba...

We are currently planning a new kitchen and was looking for some advice. As part of the revamp we will be re boarding and skimming the ceiling as the current one has got t&g on it which covers the old artex and holes from spots in it. Above the kitchen is a bedroom, will we be required...

About 4 years ago we built a retaining garden wall that holds back the garden behind our's which is about 800mm higher. We built using concrete blocks with fascia bricks in front and tied the two layers together with brick ties. Behind the concrete block wall we put drainage gravel in and left...

We have 6 35W GU10 halogen lights in our kitchen, I want to swich to led bulbs because they blow all the time. Can we just do a straight swop for the relevant led bulb or do we need to buy the proper led fittings. I was told you could by the guy in the shop but this seemed strange seen as...