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We moved into a new property in the middle of last year and it is a semi detached terraced property. The gardens are attached with our neighbours on both sides. On the detached side, now we've hit spring and early summer, their garden has become wildly overgrown. It seem to be full of overgrown...

The toilet is remaining, but is going to be replaced by a toilet with a wash basin on top of the cistern, as it's a small secondary toilet in the basement. It'll be replaced by something like this:

This is the current setup. It is a 40mm waste on the sink at the moment I believe, and it feeds into the toilet waste pipe, which is off on the right of the below photo. The intent is to cut remove sink and cut skirting where the red line is, and then cut the pipes here too and then put in the...

We have a bathroom in the basement of a new house and we are looking to remove the sink and place the washing machine there. Is this a fairly easy and straightforward job? Anything to consider? The sink already has hot and cold water inlet and a waste pipe that I am presuming I can...

Not around the olive, no. Wasn't even aware that was a 'thing'.....like I said, no idea bout plumbing :LOL: I shall try this and see if it makes a difference.

I am OK with DIY stuff, but I have no idea about plumbing. We've just bought a property and it has a small kitchen sink and washing area in the basement. We've just refurbished the area and bought a new tap. After installing the new flexi tap tails directly onto the old isolation valves for the...

We have a small, limited space for a small kitchen space in our basement level of the house. It is not the main kitchen, more of a sink/drinks station. One side needs a shallow unit, and the other a full sized unit. As a result we purchased 2 Metod base cabinets from IKEA. One is a 60mm wide...

I am a little reluctant to use a paint scraper. I did this when removing a solid upvc panel with a cat flap to replace with one without a cat flap before, and the paint scraper cut the seal and it was a nightmare to try and get back on then! I assume this job is similar to the one I did...

How easy of a job is it for the layman who is ok with DIY and learning to do new things?

I have looked up some of this, but they all seemed to be on full glazed panels. This door looks like virtually the entire door is a 'panel'. Does this mean I'd need to take out the entire door to do this? And does this only raise the one side then, as the other side seems fine?

The main front door is sagging on one side (the side opposite the hinges). It leaves a big crack at the top where you can see in/out and leaves a huge gap for cold air to enter the house. There are 3 hinges (not sure what type or what they are called?!). Any suggestions on how to fix this...

:LOL::ROFLMAO: Good to know, but have now opted for solar instead I think as can achieve same results without needing to be wired in.

I plan to return the Screwfix ones, not have them wired, and have bought a pair of these instead. They are solar dusk til dawn lights, but also have the option of charging via USB if not enough solar charge, as well as adding additional batteries if needed. SolarCentre® Chester Up & Down USB...

Definitely not, as I'm in Wales

Thanks for this useful post! It has made us rethink and consider the solar option, which I can then obviously install myself. However, those lights linked to Amazon are far too traditional, so will be looking for some more modern looking photocell solar lights instead.

No switch. The light have a dusk-to-dawn sensor, so should be turning on and off themselves. However, may contemplate a switch if it makes sense and makes things easier.

Sorry, not PIR, just a photocell. These are the lights: https://www.screwfix.com/p/zinc-eos-outdoor-wall-light-with-photocell-anthracite/212kj?ref=SFAppShare

I have a quote for £140-160 to install by a professional. Does this seem reasonable?

The lights have a PIR and photocell sensor built in, so the aim is to just have them mains powered and let the photocell sensor turn them on at dusk and off at dawn automatically, so there'll be no need for a switch or timers etc and they will just need the power.

I did contemplate this, but not got great experience with the reliability of solar lights, often lasting a few months at best before needing to be replaced, so trying to get a hard wired solution.