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Thanks John, The old threshold has been binned by all accounts, we had some plumbers in and they broke and binned it apparently!!! I'll take your advise and look for a bit of hardwood. Thanks again Steve

Hello, What type of wood do I need to replace the plinth (wooden floor) that sits on the floor at the bottom of the door frame please??? Ours is broken and we are having carpets and lino laid soon and I neeed to replace and varnish it. Thanks Steve

Hello, Have you an email address so I can send the image to please. Thanks Steve

Try again, it is brick layer!!!!

Hello To be honest I'm not sure. I'll get a photo tonight and send it to you if thats ok?? Although there is a bag of kiln sand in the garage that the previous owners had left!!!!

We have a brick layed drive and I started to clean our drive with a power jet spray to take away stains on the bricks etc. unfortunately I have removed quite abit of dried cement around the bricks leaving gaps. Can anyone help me and tell me how and what do I need to do to fill these gaps in...

How do you fit lino in your bathroom??? Do you need any type of underlay, grippers etc? We have quite a small bathroom but I not 100% sure of how to cut the lino to stay tight to around the toilet and sink? Any advise would be appreciated Thanks Steve

Ok, Point taken. Will do. Thanks again Steve

That's correct the plumbing company are filling in the grills. Is it best to let them carry on with this or should I get a Professional to do the job, as the two grills they have done certainly don't hole appear as though it was never there?

Hello We used to have warm air heating with grills all around the house. Currently we are having central heating installed and the company we are using are supposed to be filling/bricking up the grills. How are these suppose to look after they’ve been filled?? Is it supposed to be smooth to...

The furthest hot water draw off will be the kitchen. The place in the loft where I would like to put the boiler is below the kitchen more or less. (Loft -top floor, Landing second floor, directly underneath the landing is the kitchen). Thanks Steve

Hello, Has anyone got any tips of how to take lots of tiles off please. Our bathroom is totally covered with them and I'm planning to take them off before getting a quote to get the bathroom up to date???? Thanks Steve

We are planning to have central heating install in our home. A plumber came around and gave us a quote, I asked about putting the boiler in the loft, but he said this might be a bad idea, something to do with the time the water heats up and the flow would take a while?? He mentioned putting it...

Thanks for all your advise, problem now sorted. No more leaks!!! Thanks again Steve

Hello again Our toilet waste pipe has started to leak at the bottom of the system creating a puddle under the toilet, but the system tank is not overflowing into the waste pipe. The pipe looks like it’s made out of polyprop with a polprop nut at the join, can any one advise me of what the...

Hello, Is anyone familiar with Mira Advanced showers?? Had a problem this morning when I tried to press the high pressure button, the service light came on and the shower didn’t work. This has happened before, but we’ve just turned it off at the switch and turned it back on again and it...

Hello, Had a quote for Central Heating, looks like where going to struggle to get a rad in the kitchen, so Plumber mentioned a kicker heater/cooler at the bottom of one of the kitchen units for around £240 quid. Just wondering if this is a good idea to heat the kitchen up and if anyone has...

Cheers Kev, I'll have a crak tomorrow. Do I need to turn the water off ???

Hello again, Looking to buy new mixer taps for bath. We have an mixer tap (two separate holes for taps) at present and I was wondering if there is a standard size width from tap to tap that we could get to fit or do I have to measure and try and find a new mixer tap to fit into the two...

Looking down the plug hole in the bathroom I can see lots of sludge that I want to clean. I have tried Mr Muscle sink hole unblocker which has removed some of it, but there's still plent left. Is it feasible to take the pipe/drain out to clean with a bit of elbow grease?? If so not to sure...