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I got it on without any lube - is that bad? (sorry to mention lube again...). I did file the end a tiny bit to make it smooth. How about running some silicone round the inside for extra seal? Also, I've cut the pipe a tiny bit too short - not much just an inch or so. Do you get a better...

i'm going to board up a large double-glazed window (about 1700 high by about 1200 wide, two PVC panes sash window-style) so I can build a big built-in cupboard in front. It doesn't have to look great as it'll be inside a cupboard, but I don't want damp in the cupboard. My plan: - Frost the...

Do plastic 4-inch sewage pipes just fit together with the tiny single rubber seal. I'm moving a toilet and need to saw into the soil pipe and add a short run. I've bought one of these bends to bring it vertical up through the floor void: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p86845 There's just...

I'm working with a solid wood worktop which was sold to me as dark oak but I think it might be stained beech. Is there an easy well to tell the woods apart from the grain or anything? I think this will change what oil I should use to protect it - I was going to use Danish oil - will that...

Hi, I've got a kitchen solid wood worktop, like this: http://www.wickes.co.uk/worktop-dark-oak-3m/invt/212999/ It's been sitting in the dust and muck while I've done everything else (bought it ages ago on sale) and I've just cut it to size. I think it's oak but can't be completely sure...

Hi, I've got a kitchen solid wood worktop, like this: http://www.wickes.co.uk/worktop-dark-oak-3m/invt/212999/ It's been sitting in the dust and muck while I've done everything else (bought it ages ago on sale) and I've just cut it to size. I think it's oak but can't be completely sure...

I've got a funny shaped flat where most things meet at 80 or 100 degrees rather than right angles, so I'm building in lots of cupboards and things. All going well except trying to put things on the wall to hand doors off. I need to make doorposts out of 2"x 2" or so, where one side is 10...

I've got a washing machine that's emptying in to some 40mm solvent-weld waste pipe, but there's no sink or anything else. I could just dangle the washing machine waste pipe into the top but I'd rather put a nozzle on it and screw it in. It's a fairly short waste pipe that is open outside...

I've built a carcass for a custom-made built-in up-and-over storage. Will all be painted so can screw and fill if necessary. But have never managed to do that yet and not have it show through. Have got to attach an MDF skin (12mm or 18mm) to the (very solid) carcassing. Do I need to screw...

I put a hairline crack in a tile putting it on. Wish I'd just whipped it off when I could but I didn't. Followed the advice and drilled a hole centrally hoping I could chip off outdated but with normal bolster it's not going anywhere. Getting tiny chips been if I'm giving it some real welly...

Thanks for that, couple of quick follow-ups. I am now going to go for a mosaic on the bathroom floor so it's less slippy but rest of set-up unchanged: - I was told you need to seal marble and granite after sticking them on the wall, and then again after grouting. But before sticking them on...

Was looking at Dulux Diamond/Endurance and it's just way too expensive, and there are quite a few people on here complaining about it. I've got a Leyland Johnstone Trade Centre near me and they stock the Durable Matt, which is their version of Diamond/Endurance. They want 75+VAT for a 10L...

I've just had a plasterer in to board a ceiling and skim ceiling and walls. There's a few things I'm not happy with but what do people think, am I just being a whinger or should I make him put it right before I pay the other half of the money? - specification was for two layers of board on...

Thanks for all the help, I think I cracked it (not literally). For anyone else trying to do the same this seems to have worked: Used 10-12mm flat wood bit (buy cheap one you can chuck when done) and pre-drilled countersinks about 4mm deep into the Aquapanel where I later fixed. (Even when...

Am near to finishing a marathon to get to first fix for bathroom and am going to fit the tray with waste and trap. Trap instructions say I should seal with silicone, but I'm not sure exactly which bits to do. I've drawn the trap and labelled the four gaps which could be sealed: I'm...

Hi Richard, I've drawn the shower alcove here. The main issue is that I'm trying to get a 760mm shower tray into an alcove that is, at its narrowest, only about 810 wide. I've battened at one side and that's only left me about 5mm gap between the rough brick and where the Aquapanel...

Hi Richard, thanks for that, I'm pushed for space in the shower alcove. I've got the Aquapanel up on battens at one side but now I've only got about 17-18mm on the otherwise between shower tray and the brick wall. So with the Aquapanel at 12mm that leaves me about 5mm, too small for a batten but...