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Hi, We installed a leisure 1000mm wide 5 elec ring with plate warmer double oven type cooker appx 2.5 years ago and recently have had problems. First the plate warmer (hardly ever used) gave up the will to live followed soon after by the 2nd oven (used alot)? could it be fuses? Any help...

We are preparing and decking out a flat roof this week and could do with a little advice, were thinking of a warm deck made up of firing strips, 18mm ply, 110mm celotex, 18mm ply and 3 layer of torched on felt the reasoning for the lower level of ply was to ensure a good fixing when screwing the...

We are going to be having our house rendered or dashed in the near future and can't decide on the best product, the coloured k-rend looks good but there is a few bad reports and i'm guessing its costly. We also like yellow spar which would be cheaper and easier to repair if needed in the...

Our chimney breasts have been removed and gallow brackets installed in the loft, the existing stack is in desperate need of repair at the moment there are no pots and a few bits of slate have been badly cemented on to cover the flue holes. I was thinking of raking out and re-pointing the stack...

We are going to be upgrading an existing out building which is sigle skin (brick rendered) the existing walls have to stay and be insulated internally i was thinking of using rigid insulation with plasterboard attached. The existing flat roof is to be replaced including joists and we are going...

Was wondering what the general opinion on selco is? are they flexible on price for bulk purchase? is the easiedge timber they sell good quality? starting an extension in jan really fedup with all the sales waffle from travis-jewsons-buildbase etc thinking of trying selco.

Would new timber joists/roof rafters etc to a new extension have to be treated/tanalised or is this simply a matter of choice?

What is the best practice for supporting first floor joist work on a new extension, the size of the 1st floor extension is 7 metres length X 2 metres width which expands the existing rooms upstairs (bath & bed) rather than creating new ones meaning the joists have to be spot level! Joists will...

Hi all, we are planning an extension for which we have already submitted plans but have just had a letter from thames water telling us we have a class 3 public sewer running under where the extension will sit. A class 3 public sewer is fairly heavy duty and 492mm diameter was mentioned by the...

At the moment our staircase is straight but the top 3 treads turn onto the landing, if we carry out the alterations planned we would like to have the stairs running straight. Could we convert the original staircase ( i guess so) or would it mean a complete new staircase? Hope this makes...

Hi all, we have a 3 bed semi with a flat roof kitchen/diner extension to the rear which is 5 metres wide by 4 metres in length but due to a new addition to the family we will require a 4th bed in the future. On the side of our house we have a flat roofed triple length garage which we would like...

My "friend" was a little impatient to start his jetski which had a low battery charge so he plugged his mains charger into the socket and attached to the ski battery and tryed to start the ski a few times. The charger needle shot up to full charge on the dial (which it is not) and has stayed...

I was on a job today and some external joinery work had been repaired with a filler i have not come across before. The filler was red/orange in colour slightly transparent and very much like hard plastic, it bonds to timber really well. Any ideas on what it is??? maybe some type of resin...

After a recent mishap :cry: im looking for some accident insurance before i return to work (after 8 weeks). Any one use a insurance company they would reccomend?

I live in a 1930s semi and the top half of the front is tile hung consisting of tiles-battons-timber studs-large empty void-timber studs-lathe & plaster. I would like to replace the tiles (appx 6x9) whilst doing so pack a load of loft insulation into the void and use a nice thick felt behind...

We moved into our new property 5 weeks ago and i'm a little bemused by an rsj that was installed when the garage was built appx 20 years ago. The external wall to the garage is rendered in and out and has piers at regular intervals with single skin brick/block between. The rsj has been...

Evening all, i have a front garden/drive which is 50% block paved and 50% untidy lawn, what i would like to do is get both my van and car off the the road for as little money as poss! I realise its never going to look pukka being a 50/50 mix of surfacing but i have not the funds for re-blocking...