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I am really ****ed off! Following the manufacturers instructions, I installed a stone resin walk-in shower tray onto a SBR primed marine ply base on joists, laid tray onto 5:1 mortar mix with 8-10mm thickness and weighed down tray with 200kg weight. 48 hours later, I'm seeing 1-2mm movement at...

I am about to clad a shed frame. I was going to use 12.5mm T&G boards, but then got worried about expansion and contraction. Will they be ok or should I use Shiplap instead?

My 89 yr old mother has a hot water tank that is connected to her multi fuel stove. I want to add an immersion heater so she can have hot water without lighting the stove. The tank has no immersion boss. I understand that a Howden DH501 will do the job. The tank is installed in a very tight...

I am painting a green screen for a video shoot. I'm using Benjamin Moore Neon Green Paint in a flat finish. Unfortunately it's not as flat as I'd hoped. Is there anything I can do to the surface or anything I can add to the paint (still got two coats to go) to get a dead flat matte finish with...

A few weeks ago I asked about pressure loss on my oil boiler and central heating, and decided to isolate the flow and return with lever valves, so I could eliminate it being a leak somewhere on the radiator circuit. After much difficult work in confined spaces, and a few messy solder joints, I...

I have an ongoing pressure loss problem with my Worcester Bosch Oil Fired Combi. I want to install isolation valves on the 22mm flow and return pipes, so I can check whether the leak is in the radiator circuit or the boiler. These pipes are quite tight to a wall and rigid, and I think when I...

We have an oil fired Worcester Bosch Heatslave 26/32 combi boiler. It's always lost a bit of pressure i.e. topping up every week or so. However I came back from holiday and accidentally overfilled it, and something has obviously sprung a leak as now I have to re-pressurise it every few hours. I...

Not sure whether this is the right forum - I need to source artificial brick panels. They are easy to find in the US, for example: http://www.textureplus.com/brick/ but I'm having difficulty finding a similar product in the UK. There are companies selling panels that use brick slips, but...

I want to insulate my office floor. It was built in the 1970s and consists of a type 1 base with DPM on top with a poured concrete floor. Sitting directly on that are 125mm joists with chipboard on top. I'm going to replace the chipboard with T&G flooring. What's the best way to insulate?

I'm trying to cut our enormous oil bill and heat our house in a more sustainable way. We currently use a Worcester Bosch Heatslave 26/32 Oil Combi providing hot water and heat to 12 radiators. I now want to introduce alternative heating sources into the mix. The plan therefore is to fit a vented...