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That sounds interesting. Where do they sell packing pieces, DIY places? Not at home so can't take a pic. But, basically imagine that in the 'diagram' below that the first part represents the riser that I've had to cut in half in order to fit it in and the floor is the bottom line with the gap...

Hi greg, this was the situation I was left with after the builders had installed the staircase, screwed it to the wall, plastered etc. So I was left with no bottom riser and even had to cut it in two widthways in order to fit it. The builder had given me some old b*llocks about not wanting the...

I have a brand new (uncarpeted at present) staircase where the bottom riser appears to be about 1mm too short which then allows the tread to flex and emit a squeak from the joint between the two. Admittedly there's no glue there as I was left by the builders to fit the bottom riser in situ. I...

I've bought a house and, while investigating a leak between lengths of guttering, have found out that the bracket near the join is broken. I'm not in the market to get the whole of the guttering renewed and would like advice on the best way of 'replacing' the bracket. I had thought of using some...

Hi jj, my PC was playing up yesterday and wouldn't open the pdfs. Had a look just now and it seems to be guidance rather than set in stone regulations, which is good, I guess. It's just that one of our builders had said you couldn't store them against the outside wall any more. Doesn't appear...

We will be having an LPG hob installed and I figured that I'd better find out if I'm allowed to put a pair of cylinders in some sort of suitable 'cage' chained to my back wall of our ground floor extension. It would be at the corner of the house, horizontally near to a window but not a door nor...

Just a quick confirmation that the Honeywell T40 does/did exist but the sticker inside also says T6360B 102B - this is what the sticker on the back says too.