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I want to build a false chimney breast to hang an electric fire on. the fire is a 1 or 2 KW slimline electric fire which just hangs on the wall from scews. I cant build the chimney in blockwork because of wooden suspended floors so I want build a studwork and plasterboard structure. I am...

I've just been replacing a floorboard in my kitchen ready for a kitchen refit. I've noticed some central heating pipes down under the floor that have no insulation and there is an airbrick very close to them so possiblity of very cold air in winter. What is the best insulation to use on these...

I'm just in the process of having a new kitchen fitted. The electricians have just been to do the first fix, I'm a little dismayed that they have not fitted any trunking over the cable it is just now plastered in. What is the situation regarding this practice?

I am thinking of removing my kitchen floor ceramic floor tiles and replacing with new ones. How easy will they be to remove and what are they likley to leave behind? They were layed on plywood using flexible adhesive. If the adhesive is left behind what could I use to remove it? Thanks for...

I want to fill in a redundant serving hatch using concrete blocks and bricks. The hole in the wall once the serving hatch was removed is three feet wide by two feet high, this is a perfectly rectangular hole with nothing to tie into. The wall is a load bearing wall and a concrete lintal is...

i've had to remove a faulty double socket and have taped togeter with insulating tape the three live wires, the three neutral wires and the three earth wires. No one is in the house, will it be safe to leave for a few days until i can get to fit a new socket? :?