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In the above photo, I have a white painted board with the guttering attached. There was another white board below this one, which has been removed and you can see water damaged joist. The front is damaged, but behind it seems to be okay. When I posted this, I thought they put the joist ontop...

May be I am confusing people by using the term joist. The wood in question look like joists to me.

Have an extension with felt roof. We removed the guttering and the wooden board behind it. Noticed that the they have put joist, which is partly rotting. However, I am not sure if they have done the job properly. As they have put the joist on top of bricks and lintel. Should they have put a...

My doors were been painted with cream gloss paint by previous owners. The original factory was brown doors. However, I had been reluctant to re-paint the doors, as the original was such a good job and they did n't have any brush mark and very smooth finish. Almost factory finish. A couple of...

I doubt it will meet Planning Permission and space standards.

If you change the worktop, then you may damage the tiles. Did you put in new tiles too? Is this a straight joint? Or a corner joint?

Residents received letters and people have to fit Intumescent strips to doors. Not sure if I should go with just intumescent or go with smoke seal too? https://www.screwfix.com/p/firestop-intumescent-fire-smoke-door-seal-white-10-x-4-x-2100mm-10-pack/5137j Do these fit to the frame or the...

A wooden skirting will get wet and rot over time. PVC plastic with screw caps, so you can remove and check for water leaks underneath. Have they supported the shower tray adequately? A combination of the above and below : https://www.selcobw.com/90mm-pencil-round-architrave (if...

The ones, which I have bought now are Porcelain tiles.

I had a builder who injured himself whilst using a powertool. Blood everywhere. Thankfully nothing life changing. He works for himself. I am wondering, if in future I should get some sort of insurance? I don't know if there is any liability on me?. (Thankfully, this was his power tool...

In my neighbourhood, I can hear high pitched noise, especially when it is quite. Coming home last night at 11pm, I heard a high pitched noise. Then Mrs dumdum heard it too, but could not figure out where it was coming from, but it louder when outside (perhaps different) I am wondering if this...

I live in a hard water areas. I am getting limescale water marks on bathroom tiles and on taps. I don't have space for a water softener. Is there anything compact? I like the idea of those magnetic ones, but they seem to be a controversial products. I have an electric shower, which I use...

I saw this product on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Floor-Cutter-Heavy-Manual-400mm/dp/B07G61PMXT They have an 800mm for £59.99 sold by Tolsen tools. What do people think?

I have a tile cutter, but I suspect it was designed for when tiles where smaller. It seems tiles are getting bigger. I plan to move houses, so I need something which I can use again. So I don't mind if I can get one, which can cut tiles bigger then 600mm. The tiles I am going to use at the...