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Morning all, I've been told by building control that I have to have an induction hob in my kitchen to get the work I've done signed-off. I've run a 10mm cable to the consumer unit and I'm wondering, would a 10.8 KW cooker run ok on that? Or does the cooker I get have to be exactly 10KW, or less...

Afternoon all. Lead pipes in my flat have started rattling all of a sudden. Any advice on how to fix it, would be enormously appreciated.

Hello All, I'm in the process of digging out a trench for a new water main. it's about 3 metres long & 800 mm deep, which I believe is deep enough. The problem I'm facing is, where the trench meets the house. It's a smallish house which is divided into two separate flats. I've tried to keep...

Hi all. I've a flat roof (GRP) in which there's a very slight leak - whenever the rain is really heavy. I'm at a complete loss as to where it's getting in. The roof is only 3 years old. It's in good shape - there're no obvious areas that could be failing. Flashings good, all sealed up. The roof...

Help please, it's spreading !!!

Anyone? It keeps appearing in the corner of my living room and it's getting worse. Help please !!

Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I managed to smash to smithereens the transparent plastic access door/cover on my sector consumer unit, that's at the top of my stairs. I need to get a new door/cover to replace it. I know all C/U's now are metal, but I was wondering if anyone has an old one, or...

I've decided to rip out all of the existing warped and rotting 'water resistant' [ha-ha] laminate from my kitchen, hallway & bathroom, that's only a few years old. I'm wondering what's the best thing to replace it with. I was considering using Luxury Vinyl Flooring Tiles, [LVT] Click flooring...

My neighbour, [rather large lady] was cleaning her front window and went through the stone windowsill. She's unhurt btw... She asked me to repair it. See attached pic'. I was going to just make a wooden form and pour ready mix cement into it. How does that sound? Anyone with any thoughts on...

Evening All, I want to install some 6" lead flashing around these upstand walls which are approx 700mm high, to go over the felt going up the walls. . As you see here there are coping stones and they're in ok nick. Do you think I can tuck the lead in underneath the copingstones or should I...

Hello All, I've decided I just can't live with the vile pebble dashing on the front of my smallish, 2 story house anymore. I just had a quote of just under 5K and whilst I don't think that's outrageous, I just can't afford anything like it. So, (you guessed it), I'd like to have a go at it...

Hi all, I had a leak in my flat roof (felted about 5 years ago) which caused a fair bit of mould / water damage on the walls in the flat below. I spread loads of liquid, fibre-reinforced silicone all around the effected area (and beyond) on the roof above. I also spotted a couple of holes which...

Hi all, I'm thinking of having a go at laying a GRP roof on my loft conversion. I've heard though it's noisy. Does anyone have any ideas as to how that can be avoided? Stuff that can be laid on it for example? Kids bedrooms are underneath it and anxious they don't have trouble getting to kip at...

I've a condensation problem in the loft. I need some vents and thought soffit vents fitted front and back for a good flow of air would be best, but I was wondering if there is an alternative? The soffits are about 10 metres high so I'd need a scaffold and that's an extra expense I don't need...