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New washing machine installed, which is deeper than the previous one. Now the kitchen cupboard door in the corner next to it doesn't open properly. I think I need an offset hinge but struggling to find one. All I can find are 165 - 170 degree hinges - are these offset hinges?

Replacing some laminate flooring - there's already laminate down, which I'll take up. Ideally, I'd like to leave skirting on the wall and slide the new laminate under the skirting. But how do I achieve the expansion gap as I won't be able to put a packer against the wall? Ideally, I'd like to...

Laying SPC vinyl click 6mm flooring in 2 bathrooms this week. No glue required. The flooring is replacing existing and there are skirting boards already in place around the edge, which I don't really want to remove. Couple of questions: 1. Do I need an expansion gap for vinyl click? Reading...

Fitted a new basin waste and it's driving me mad trying to stop a leak from where the old trap meets the new waste. I've attached a photo. The leak is coming from the underside of the right hand side of the trap nut - I've placed my screwdriver in the position. The trap doesn't sit square to...

Strange things happening with my heating system lately. It’s got 4 separate motorised valves – underfloor heating in new extension, upstairs rads, downstairs rads, hot water cylinder. I assume there is one underlying issue causing these but not sure what the likely cause is and what to check...

Going to be laying a few rows of granite setts as a rumble strip at the entrance to our driveway. I already have a compacted sub-base of crushed concrete, which I'm going to lay them on. What mix should I use for bedding them? I've seen different opinions - some use a lean mix of sharp...

My Grundos Alpha2 pump seems to have developed a fault recently. A couple of times a week, when the heating comes on, the pump doesn't get going. The light display just flickers extremely quickly. The only way I've been able to workaround the problem is by turning the entire heating system off...

Setting up a small workhop in my garage, which already has a couple of standard 13A sockets. I've bought a planer thicknesser which requires a 16A supply and type C breaker. Is it possible to just take a feed from a 13A socket to a 16A socket and replace the breaker with a type C? Or will it...

Built a shed over the summer. Concrete slab and then 3 course of blocks (rest was timber framed). The exterior of the blocks was clad with a slate cladding left over from another project. Just noticed I have water seeping into the shed floor after all the rain we've had these past few days. It...

I've got a basement garage with a Hormann door. We've had two flash floods in two years, the last one the other day resulted in about an inch of water in the garage. We were away when it happened so couldn't do anything about it. We have a drainage channel outside the garage door but I think...

We have three 2-way valves in our system - one each for hot water, upstairs heating and downstairs heating. Noticed that the downstairs heating not working and narrowed it down to the valve. I've bought a new motor from screwfix, which has made no difference. I've then changed the entire...

Had a new stairway put in and we're going to use the void underneath as a cupboard. But do I need to plasterboard the underside of the stairs inside the cupboard to meet building regs? I had a feeling it was a requirement but having googled it, can't find an answer.

Serious question. Ready to paint our extension but no heating so it's not much warmer than outside in there at the moment. Want to crack on with the mist coat and then a coat of Matt on the ceilings tomorrow, but as it is so cold, can this cause problems with the paint?

Hi I'm thinking of changing my boiler to a Greenstar 40cdi boiler. I have an unvented indirect hot water cylinder. No cold water tank. Is this boiler suitable for my system? I thought it was but I looked at the product info document on this page and the diagram shows a vented cylinder with...

Hi Recently had a new central heating system installed - something is not quite right with it though. I've had a heating engineer out to look at it twice but still not resolved. I have a Drayton MiTime T740R programmer with two MiStat N1 10R thermostats - one for upstairs and one for...

I have 3 Duravit undermount basins that I bought cheap brand new off eBay. Plan was to buy the Duravit vanity units and use these basins but Duravit refused to sell me the vanity unit without the basins. So I have now have these 3 basins left over but still have 2 bathrooms to kit out. So I was...

Should I apply a bead of silicone where the shower tray meets the floor tiles? The gap has been grouted already. Thanks.

Currently renovating and extending our house. Had some quotes in for Parex render from approved contractors but my budget is tight. Thinking of getting my plasterer to do the job - he is a quality plasterer and takes time and care to get things spot on. He has done sand and cement render before...

I'm a novice when it comes to carpentry but I want to have a go at making a birch plywood cabinet, which will not have a door. Roughly 2.4m long, 60cm high and 50cm deep. I will then divide it up into 4 sections, by spacing 3 dividers equally. I don't want to be able to see any fixings at...

Having problems with my hot water - sometimes when I put the HW on, the black plastic lever sticking out the top of the actuator (BGMVSP-2) doesn't move across so the valve doesn't open and the HW doesn't come on. However, if i apply some pressure to the lever, it moves across and the HW comes...