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We are having a new oak floor fitted in our hallway next week however the tilled floor in our kitchen and downstairs loo protrudes to far out of the rooms meaning that the trims will not cover the tiles up to the doors as we need it to. For this reason we need to trim 1-2 cm off the laid tiles...

When I've used water based paint on the pasted it seemed to dry with brush strokes in it and wasn't particularly glossy

Hi After a little advice I'm just sanding down 48 spindles 4 newels and a job lot of skirting in our hall and landing. This has so far taken me several days with a quite a few days till I'll be done! I only want to do this once so want to get the painting right! In the past when I've glossed...

Hi I'm just about to embark on the daunting task of decorating our hallway, stair and landing. Although the house is reasonably new circa 2011 the wall need a filling and quite a lot of sanding to get them smooth and the frames seem to have been drenched in paint so with 9 door frames to sand...

Hi, We are considering replacing our front door as its now 14 years old and looking a bet tired after being painted a few different colours. We have a small window to the side which is upvc and we wish to retain as there is an identical one a foot to the left for the downstair loo. Can anyone...

Hi We have a modern conservatory on the back of our house which was built about 7 years ago. Although there's a CH radiator in there and a 3kw electric radiator (which isn't on all the time costs a bomb) the room is pretty cold and does suffer with damp in the far corners of the room. I was...

OK making progress, my 8 year old son has small enough hands to do the bolts up hand tight but I still need to get a spanner on to tighten it up fully. I have an 18mm ring spanner but it but there isn't enough swing on it to tighten. I suppose

I was going to test hang the toilet, fix the ply and the remove it for tiling. Would this not work?

Checked the height and I have installed correctly and certainly no other parts or instructions with the unit! Anny help appreciated, I'm really stuck!

No everything is on the wall as shown

I am trying to hang a wall hung toilet and it just seems impossible. I can't get my hand to the bolts to even put the nuts on. Any tricks I'm missing?

Hi Just bought 9sqr meters of solid wood flooring for our hallway. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good adhesive for a concrete floor? Many thanks Darren

Being fitted to a concrete floor over approx 9 sqrt meters Thanks

Hi I have just purchased this solid wood flooring for our hallway http://www.diy.com/departments/colours-rondo-wheat-solid-oak-flooring-118-m-pack/152770_BQ.prd and wondered what adhesive I should use for a concrete floor? The house is 12 years old. I was also after suggestions on which way I...

Hi I'm replacing the radiator in our downstairs loo after a full refit with a Reina Slimline 600mm x 400m. I want to replace the valves and thermostatic valve however struggling to find valves with a 10mm compression input? Does anyone have any suggestions? Also is there such a thing a mini or...