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Hi, is B&Q's all in one ballast a suitable base for concrete flags? The flagged area is to sit a metal shed on? Many thanks

Thanks for your replies. No I'm not HETAS but would probably get a HETAS registered installer in to fit it but before I waste peoples time I wanted to measure up my conservatory to see if its feasible to have a woodburner in there but I cannot find any info on where to position the burner, how...

Hi, does anyone know what are or where i could find the building regs for installing a wood burning stove in a conservatory please in relation to distance from the house exterior wall and flue routes etc etc. I'm struggling to find info on this. Many thanks

Hi, just a quick one. I am thinking of laying some decking about 6" off the floor by using drive in metal spikes and build the frame off these. This will be above the lawn but will i have to dig all the turf up or can i just weed killer the grass and place some weed covering over it? Cheers

Brilliant, cheers for that. I've had a quick look in the loft and can see the second cable going down to the light switch but there is no junction or anything so i will have to break into it. The cable is only thin though, will it be red and black because there's no black cable in the switch of...

I've no idea how they have wired the ciruit. I've had a look in the pendant of bedroom 2 and there is no loop connected. i've looked at the rest of the upstairs pendants (5 in total) and they are all the same, no loops. If you have a look at the image for bedrrom 2 you might get a better...

Hi, i have a problem with a bedroom light as it does not work every since the shower was disconnected. I've had a look in loft and believe it or not the previous owners had tapped into the shower for a power source to the bedroom hence it not working because the shower has been disconnected...

The joists run from front to back of the house. Ground floor is concrete so it's first floor & loft & on checking the joists they don't interfere with the party wall.

My house is a semi and I soundproofed my bedroom party wall with battens to wall, insulation inbetween, resilient bars and 2 layers of 15mm plasterboard with membrane sandwhiched inbetween and its done naff all. I can still hear the neighbours washing machine and kettle boiling in their kitchen...

No the seal doesn't come off unless I take the whole door off but I'm not sure that would work. I cannot find a replacement seal anywhere. I'm a bit stuck on how to cure the problem.

Hi, can anyone help me please? I have a 180 degree pivot radius glass shower screen and i have started to notice that when showering water is coming through the gap where the pivot is and leaking water onto the floor. On the inside of the screen (inside bath) there is a rubber seal running the...

Would you use resilient bars, spanning the studs to fix the plasterboard to or fix them directly to the studs?

Brilliant, thanks for that. How do you stop the rockwool slabs from falling out of the new stud wall and dropping into the cavity between the existing wall?

Hi, I was thinking of trying the above to soundproof my parting wall as the walls are that thin I can hear the neighbours have a full conversation from my own living room, bedroom etc. A recent series of diy sos the big build used something very similar and the demonstration of it was fantastic...

Can anyone offer a solution please as im stumped. The P-Trap under the kitchen sink has the washing machine drain outlet attached to it. When the washing machine empty's its cycle the water comes up into the sink and then drains away. The stench of stagnant water is horrific. I've took the...

Hi, i have an old standard type wylex consumer unit the one with the pull out fuses fixed into the exterior wall. More or less directly behind it on the outside is the electric meter. The cold draft on the inside of my house from the consumer unit is unbelievable and i wondered if i can insulate...

Apologies if in wrong section, i just cannot find any info on it. Can you have a wood burner installed in a conservatory or is that against all regulations? Many thanks

Thanks for that chaps, that's fantastic. Cheers.

Thanks for that. What's the inserts for and where do you use them?

Hi, im looking at moving a rad about 3m from an internal wall to the external wall. The problem i will have is removing all the required floorboards to extend/re-route pipework. I was looking at trying the PB barrier pipe with the pushfit fittings mainly for ease but i have never used this...