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were after a couple of small pondless water features for the garden, where you bury a smallish reservoir (about 40cm deep and 60-80cm across), cover it with a grill and decorative stones on top and the water is reused by the pump. Where can I buy a couple of large stones/rocks that are drilled...

I want to board across 2 x 6ft fence panels, horizontally. Ideally covering the middle fence post to give horizontal boards 12ft long with small gaps in between. something like this (but with the old panel painted black behind it): What wood should i use? going to need to be 4.2m long...

The internal wall (the one on right hand side of the image) is a solid wall (1930's build), only thin and behind it is a recently plastered bedroom. In this photo, as you look at it, the waste comes out the back of the toilet and out the external wall directly under the bottle of bleach and...

Our toilet waste pipe currently runs about 5" parralel along an internal wall from outside, then a 90 degree elbow into the back of a very dated back to wall toilet, hidden by an old unit that incorporates the cistern. We want to fit a modern, close-coupled toilet that sits right back to the...

Thanks bobasd, will continue reading up on it - I think at the moment its best if i stay indoors sadly. Got a bathroom to hopefully get done while we are all on lockdown

Just learn enough to do walls indoors, sorry I should of said

always fancied learning to plaster, what’s the best way to learn? Are the 5 day courses any good, or would it be better to ask a plasterer to lend a hand and learn that way, on the job?

Have removed an upstairs rad for decorating, it will be off for about 10 days, i drained it to get it off the wall. Can I just lean it somewhere safe, or do i need to fill it or cap it off? (dont have any caps with me - I'm a home DIY'er) Someone at work mentioned it rusting or oxidising...

Looking for 4 Sqm electric underfloor heating kit for our upstairs bathroom, on a chipboard floor. Is there a preferred mnufacturer, or all pretty much the same? Was looknig at the ProWarm kits with the tile backer board between the subfloor and heating kit

I know not technically plumbing, but guess you are the guys who fit them every day. Is there a preferred toilet and shower tray manufacturer who you'd always use? We're after a close coupled back to wall toilet and a low profile shower tray - and after recommendations Cheers in advance

Hi oldbutnotdead, its a standard uPVC window, but cant see whats supporting the wall at the moment as its bricked outside and plastered internally. Will take a closer look once we start pulling the kitchen apart

Great video, thanks for sharing Peanut.. Never seen Stu's videos before so have subscribed. Got a million and one things to do indoors and want to learn

The back kitchen window of our house is 1.4m wide, we are planning a reshuffle of the layout of the kitchen and was wondering if we could replace the window with french doors (the same width) without any kind of structural work? Would the existing support that currently supports the window...

Hi woody Had a look on my local council website EFDC (Epping Forest distric Council) but no information that I could find on the rule. Ive since been told the 45 degree rule only applies to a habitable room. The neighbours window (its actually an old set of sliding doors about 1.5m in width)...

Thanks Leofric, yes thats what I mean. So dont bother with the membrane and is 3mm ply best to board under the rafters?

Sorry Leofric, I should of said. The loft floor is already insulated with Earthwool and boarded over with 18mm chipboard. I'm wanting to board over the rafters (so it looks better when you go up there), not fussed on insulation as happy for it to be a cold loft. I'm asking do i need a...

I thought you had to leave a gap top and bottom of any boarding if you'd insulated the loft floor, to prevent condensation? (I may be wrong though...) Its a 1930's build, theres no membrane between the rafters and the tiles. Should I just pin a breathable membrane to the rafters, then board...

Thanks guys (sorry for the late reply, had several other jobs take priority over the loft this last year) I'll keep it as a cold loft, for storage etc but would like to board over the rafters anyway so its a little less 'loft-like up there. Have put a 5ft LED strip light up there and want it to...