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Hello I'm about to have my kitchen redone and the rip out starts on Monday. As we'll be without a kitchen for 6 weeks I'm looking to use a utility area to temporarily house a dishwasher and washing machine I built the utility area and it will be fitted out as part of the new kitchen upgrade...

Hello - I have wet UFH in my house so cannot drill down through floor tiles into screed to apply fixings for new toilet. I know the toilet I removed wasn't fixed either and just held down with what looked like sealant. It was a proper bugger to remove. Needed crow-barring. So happy to go...

Hello - just wondering if it's ok to route cable tucked into the gap between plasterboards / maybe dropping behind board.. I've a single 1.5mm T&E lighting cable I need to run. I'm thinking of running it without conduit as per the blue dotted line in the picture. The cable will fit nicely...

Hello I'm currently looking to install 6 spots in my downstairs room - replacing an existing pendant light. My house is made with engineered attic Trusses. It's like a big bungalow with an upstairs / downstairs and loft space - although the upstairs rooms have sloped walls. I'm trying to...

Hello Just wondering how best to deal with the two 15mm copper feed pipes in my screed floor - see picture. Basically I want them to pop up just after the wood (that will be a stud wall) to feed a utility area I'm building. I can't solder - so that's not an option. I don't like the idea of...

Hello I've just started work restructuring a few of the internal downstairs rooms in my house. I had planned to remove two small walls. The two walls are breeze block and I was fairly certain not load bearing. The structure of my house is based on Attic Trusses so in my head all the load...

Hello I'm in the process of updating my fireplace and have removed an old surround. Will be installing a sleeper style mantle to replace it. I have two runs of exposed brick that will need plastering over - see picture. I just want to plaster the facing wall - the inside walls will remain...

Hello I'm just fitting a new basin and bottle trap in my bathroom and just wondering how best to connect my chrome bottle trap waste pipe to my 40mm waste coming through the tiled wall. So the 40mm plastic waste comes out horizontally and lines up with the chrome pipe. I can fit the chrome...

Hello I'm a DIYer so apologies if I get the terminology wrong etc I've started work remodeling my small upstairs bathroom and I am planning to lay down tiles in the main bathroom floor area. The existing floor is 22mm Plywood and seems to be in good condition. My plan was / is to prep the...

Hi All I'm just in the process of selling my property which is an old (1890) Victorian mid terrace house. The survey from the Purchaser has flagged up the party walls as being incomplete and that the sale cannot proceed until the wall is completed (due to Fire regulations). So essentially I...

Hi I am currently in the process of selling my house. It's a very old 1890 Victorian mid terrace. As part of the selling process the purchasers mortgage lender has undertaken a Basic Valuation survey. This has flagged up an issue stating that the rear extension is only a single skin...