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I've moved into a house with an old first floor external doorway that has been changed into a window. It is half glazed and half upvc panel. I want to block up the lower half and fit a new upvc window above. I believe the wall is solid stone construction. Would it be a straight forward job of...

Hello, Does anyone have any experience/advice for painting a pebbledash wall? The dashing on the rear of my house has a few cracks which is causing water to drip from top reveals of a couple of Windows. I am planning on applying a tanking slurry over the dashing before painting over it. A...

I'e been putting it off for a while but I'm going to have to deal with my porous pebble dashed wall. Driving rain is causing reveals to leak and after hours of filling snall cracks in the wall I'm fighting a losing battle. I want to paint it and I know its labour intensive but I have to do it...

Well I'm finally going to do it after avoiding it for years. I'm going to attempt and paint my pebbledashed house. The main reason is that water has started soaking into top reveal of internal window. This only happens in driving rain. I've tried to repair cracks but I feel the render has just...

Hello, I want to move a single light switch to the other side of a door. I have access above in the loft so I chased in the new position. In the room it also has a pull cord type switch that I will be removing( pushing up into loft space through ceiling) When I removed the old trunking it...

Hi, I was looking for some insulation to fill internal stud walls, between floors and some of my loft. My mate has very kindly given me some rockwool. On closer inspection of the packs they are rockwool energysaver. Apparently this is designed for blowing into cavities using machine. If...

Hello, I am currently building a couple of alcove cupboards either side of the chimney breast. The boss wants the tops in oak to match floors,door Etc.. Both cupboards are 550 x 750mm, Im having trouble finding solid oak timber boards to cover these sizes. All I can find is veneered...

Hi, I'm tiling my bathroom and have encountered a tricky corner. On one wall I have floor to ceiling tiles (shower) and on the other I am only tiling half way up. The problem I've found is where I've left a small lip on the half tiled wall with the trim now sticks out from the tiles up...

Hi, I am using moisture board in my shower with waterproofing kit before tiling. What is best to use to fill the joints in the plasterboard? I was told to use glass fibre mesh and a quality tile adhesive? Any advice? Thanks

Hi, Im planning to install a channel drain in front of my garage, fed from 1 end by a rainwater downpipe that will run water through the channel then back into a 110mm underground pipe that connects to the drainage system. I just wanted to check where I need to put any gullies/traps? I...

Hi, Ive done quite a few laminate flooring jobs and theyve all been successful. Now im about to lay about 45sqm of 18(4) engineered flooring throughout my downstairs (part new extension). The floor is new screed and old quarry tile that has a new damp proof membrane already fitted. The...

Hi, Im about to start knocking down an extension to start on the new extension. There is power to the current extension and i wanted to know: 1- the safest way to terminate the wires 2- If I am allowed to carry out the work or does it fall under the regs? The terminated ends will be...

Hi, I was looking at some 21mm engineered oak flooring to lay over my quarry tiled floor. I wanted 21mm thick to help deaden the sound and not make it feel so hollow. Since ripping up the carpets and skirting boards, I noticed a damp proof membrane sticking out around the room. The floor...

Hi, the blocks will be used for a 2 storey extension. i will, however, need some for my block and beam floor. will these be the same? cheers jack

Hi, Does anyone know the cheapest suppliers of medium density blocks? I live in south Wales and need direct loads delivered. Whats the average price you would suggest I should be paying per block for around 1400 blocks? Im not lazy, I have searched around but advice would be...

Hi, I was thinking of doing that. Cheers

Hi, Does anyone know the cheapest suppliers of dense blocks? I live in south Wales and need direct loads delivered. Whats the average price you would suggest I should be paying per block for around 1200-1400 blocks? Im not lazy, I have searched around but advice would be appreciated...

I will be adding TRV's to the rads. I understand that convector fins add surface area providing more heat and being able to replace the rad for a smaller one. But if I had 2 rads of different dimensions but with similar BTU outputs due to the smaller one having convector fins will they...

Hi, I will be replacing the radiators and boiler in my house during a complete renovation. The current radiators are double panels. I understand the science behind double rads with double convector fins but will these cost more to run? Or should I just replace with double panels - like...

Hi, Ive been in my house now for about 4 months. There was a bit of damp in the house so rather than rushing in and spending money I decided to wait to see if most of it cleared. It did, as the house was sitting unnoccupied for a while. There are still 2 damp patched low down on a...