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Hi, I am building a lean to on the side of my house. It does not require planning permission as it is classed as a covered walk way or temporary structure. We are planning on using the space as a utility room and will move the washing machine and tumble dryer out there. I have bought a...

Hi, I recently bought a Wireless alarm. Link below http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=948676 After following the step by step instructions ive run into some problems. The Siren has been mounted on the wall and the...

Hi, Im about to plaster a bathroom ceiling but it has a slight curve on one side. Its similar to this but the curve joins the wall (if that makes sense) The ceiling has a old artex on it but no real high points... My 1st question is how do you stop the plaster when it gets to the...

Hi, A friend of mine has a seperate bathroom and toilet room. They recently had some downlights installed in the bathroom and now want some in the room with only a toilet in. As it is not a bathroom do the zones and regs still apply or can they be standard fire rated downlights? Cheers

Hi, Not sure how to explain this but will give it a go.... The windows in our house are the old double glazed aluminium ones... they only have top openings and are pretty tatty.... We would like to change them to white upvc but have a few issues.. The 1st issue is in the bathroom...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I am planning on tiling my kitchen but before I start wanted to find out how I can tile around my kitchen worktop. Basically both the worktops have been butted up to the wall on at both ends of the kitchen so a tile will not pass beside it...

Hi, I am new to plastering but have done a few walls which have turned out ok. I am now ready to try my 1st ceiling an was looking for some tips... The 1st thing I wanted to no was, the ceiling has been re-boarded and all the scres have been sunk. How many coats should I skim it with...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I would like to laminate my front room floor but after taking up the old carpert and underlay have found that the floor is REALLY uneven in places. The current floor is black and looks like some sort of leveling compound which was put down when...

Hi, We recently bought a new house which has a Vaillant boiler which uses a HCW80 thermostat and a HC60NG relay module. However after we took the batteries out of the HCW80 and replaced them we have been unable to get thermostat to communicate with the HC60NG. I have followed the...

Hi, We recently reboarded our kitchen ceiling using fireboards. We then had the ceiling plastered and left it 48hrs before painting it. The 1st coat we did a mist coat and then 24hrs later did a 2nd normal coat. After it dried the 2nd coat looked a bit patchy and so we gave it a 3rd...