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Need some advice! Planning to have a new patio at the end of the garden, which will be contained on 3 sides by stone garden walls and to the front edge by wooden sleepers. I plan to put down Type 1 mot (how deep - 40mm?) which I will compact to give a firm base. Do i need to bed the...

I have bought a worktop type wash hand basin for the downstairs loo and need to build out the frame before the plumber comes to fit the sink. What is the standard height for a wash hand basin? (ie the height of the top lip and I can work back the way)

wasn't planning to put anything outside - the door open out and its only a relatively small strip of timber, which has a bullnose that overhangs the step up - was just planning to leave this as painted.

I had wanted the transition between the wooden threshold at the stair to the tiled finish to be level, but I don't think that this is achievable. I haven't looked at any threshold plates - where would be the best place to look at the options?

The toilet is on a qtr turn on the stairs so the threshold is the bullnose of the "stair" which in turn is level with the floorboards. given that the boards are c.18 mm thick, replacing with 18mm ply will give me the tile finish being proud, which was what I had hope to avoid but it sounds as...

thanks for the response. Sorry, maybe wasn't clear! I was planning on ripping up the existing floorboards so that I avoid the height issues of WBP overlay or backing board under the tiles. The room is probably about 1m x 1.5m, so I will be able to use a single sheet of WBP and as I am...

Currently have our downstairs toilet redone and the current flooring it old T&G floorboards. plan is to tile the floor and don't want to raise it any more than I have to by adding ply ovr the boards then the tile. its only a small area and plenty of joist to support the new floor, may even...

thanks it is a desktop, the extra slots where there, so it was just a case of inserting the extra memory. the case did need a clean which I didn't do! so it may be that I disturbed the dust and its causing the fan to run? i will clean it out and see it that makes a difference

I upgraded our PC's memory lately with an extra 2GB and since then the fan comes on a lot more regularly. Will this be connected with the increase in memory? It certainly didn't happen prior to the memory upgrade

The frame is aluminium - I am actually wanting to replace the wooden top because the weather has taken its toll on it. Will a cement board be strong enough to support, say the weight of someone leaning over the table? table top dimensions are approx. 1m x 2m the cement board I have seen...

We have broadband from tiscali/talktalk so over the BT line and we use the little white box (sorry can't recall what its called) to spilt the broadband signal and telephone line. so, I will need a wireless asdl modem router? thanks

We currently have a wired broadband connection but I want to buy a wireless router so that we can use a laptop also & connec the Wii online. However, I am confused between the difference a wireless router and a wireless modem router? What should I be buying?

I plan to tile an outdoor table top - using exterior ply as a base but do I need to be careful of what type of tiles I buy? The table will be left out all year, so I do not want to have cracked tiles due to frost.

It seems as though we may need to update the version of microsoft word we haveon our pc as some documents will not open! Is there a source online for this or am I looking at shelling out for a new pack of software?

leccy758 - didn't think of that! it does look like the bottom end of the screws. how do I get at them - slide the oven out of the cabinet? the model is Hotpoint ST87X

I need to replace the grill element in our Hotpoint oven and have bought the correct element. However, in order to remove the old element, there appears to be two retaining screws - they look alomst like grub screws. Anyone any idea how best to remove them?

tiled floor but wasn't keen on tiling it as the floor tiles as quite thick. Also, only got 1 floor tile left over and would have to buy a full box to tile what is a relatively small area of cut tiles! I had bought the shower tray myself, before the plumber had seen it, on the assumption that...

on the point of changing the doors to swing into the hall to give you more room in the small room - we have just went through some building works and on the original rooms, rather than the doors opeing into the room, we had them changed so that they open toward the wall (still into the room)...

Recently had a new bathroom installed and the shower tray had to be raised off the floor for the drain. This means that I need to cover the 125mm of wood that shows beneath the tray. The bathroom supplier does stock shower tray "panels" (like a bath panel" but only to a height of 95mm...

so if i go for mot laid at the right level for the eventual finish surface and ramp it up at the slab of the garage (which I can remove when i do the finish surface) - if I get hold of a "Waccaplate" machine to get it really compact, is that worthwhile?