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Thanks so far, there are no pipes near the wall, really. The box to the left is just to contain the pipes that feed the basin a bit further to the left so they are about 1/5 meter away from the wall but if they were leaking they would damage the wall on the same side first. Supposing the...

Hello, I have a damp patch that does not seem to want to go. It has mould growing on it. The builders who worked on it put a thick layer of it and painted on it before it was fully dry but that was months ago. I do not think it is rising damp as the wall on the other side does not have the...

I am having a carpet installed on a floor that has very old synthetic tiles which I am leaving as they provide a smooth surface and it is too much work to remove them. The carpet will have an underlay. But it has some tiles broken and missing leaving a change of level of 4mm approx. The carpet...

Thanks all, I have various options

The people who decorated my house before did a shoddy job painting the walls without using masking tape. What is the best way to remove the vynil wall paint from UPVC frames, tiles and gloss paint without damaging the adjacent painted wall? Thanks

I have a conservatory with an interlocking laminate floor, measuring 3 x 3 metres. There is a bead around the floor plus 2 door thresholds. The morons who installed the floor before did not leave room for expansion of the floor around the perimeter. Now the floor is bulging and lifting. Is...

Well that is the thing, even though the radiator is connected to the heating system of the house, it has its own control. You can shut it down completely to avoid wasting energy and enable it only when you are going to use the conservatory or for one hour of the day to have a warmish toilet when...

I fell tempted to do what people suggest but I am going to sell the house, provding the BC approval document. So I do not know if that would be a problem.

I installed a conservatory but Building Control want me to isolate it by adding a DG window and door and to remove the heater in it. The thing is I have access to a toilet from the conservatory and it will be horrible to use the toilet during the winter with it being outside the heated envelope...