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Hi folks, Renovating an old house, surveyor's report advises the replacement of the mains supply lead-pipe. Seems a little excessive to me, your opinions? I'm assuming also that this is probably a significant piece of work, involving digging up the garden and so on? Many thanks!

Hi folks, need help please! I'm renovating a house, which has an asbestos down-pipe. Surveyor has advised replacement of this, simply because it's asbestos. Your views would be greatly appreciated...

Gentleman! Many thanks

Cheers Chappers/Masona All other hints & tips gratefully received..... :D

Chappers/DazB et al, About to do this for the very first time, after playing with the Mitre and Jig in the comfort of my own shed. Can you, for the sake of my simple brain, step me through how you allow for the non-90 degree angle? Is it simply (did i say simply? :shock: ) a case of siting...

Need your help please folks. Window sill in the dining room, in a house I'm renovating. The dear little treasure that had the house before took it upon himself to remove a small part of the window sill, in order to accomodate a fridge I guess. Problem is, I need to fix it. Options I can...

Thanks guys, I'll have a chat with the manufacturers (B&Q). If they advise not ,I'll try the sealant and/or bracket. Appreciate your help - thanks again :D

Hiya. Fitting a new bathroom suite, I find that the closely-coupled toilet cistern is free-standing, in that it fastens to the pan (to support the weight) but there are no holes in the back to fix it to the wall. It's supported well enough, but the problem is that it is "springy", and not a...

Nice one Masona...I gave it a skim with some pre-mix and it seems to have doen the trick. Time will tell ! Thanks again...

Thanks guys - appreciate your help with this. Any further advice will be gratefully received ! Thanks again

Hi - another potentially dumb question. Tiling in kitchen and bathroom, using normal ceramic tiles, withone layer of small glass tiles. Problem is that the walls are very uneven, having been subjected to my somewhat amateurish plastering. Can I make the uneven even my liberal use of the...

Nice one - thanks indeed. :D

Hi - complete idiot here. I am re-siting a bedroom light switch onto a stud wall, which is between the bedroom and the bathroom. I\\\'m told that I have to do something special with the cable, since it is going between plasterboards, and particularly because the wall is shared with the...