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For finding studs one trick I found to work quite well was a magnet - it would find the heads of the screws. I just used a dismantled fridge manget and it helps to have a rough idea of where the stud should be. Might not work so well if your walls have been skimmed.

Stupid question... I'm going to temporarily disconnect some taps and I'm wondering if there is a blanking plug I can just screw onto a standard 15mm T outlet?

Thanks, I had already mostly convinced myself that it was too difficult to do since I couldn't find a saw that would have the required depth at 45 deg but you've pushed me over the edge. Out of interest why is the advice not to do it - purely technical challenge of achieving the cut or...

I'm looking to clad the end of an island unit with the same worktop that sits on top of it and to try and achive this by cutting the ends of the top and sides at 45 degrees. How would I go about this? The alternative is to just have the sides but up against the bottom of the top but I don't...

Hello, I'm looking to replace my kitchen and have decided not to go for any vinyl / foil wrapped offerings. I'm looking at either Painted MDF or painted timber, I would imagine that the timber is the 'best' product to go for but the price difference is enough to make me consider painted MDF...

I used the cabinet hanging rail a while ago to get around issues of trying to do anything with a lath and plaster wall and it is excellent, makes hanging wall units an absolute breeze. As said either notch the back of the units where it passes through or live with the gap. In my case the gap...

Ah yes - that makes sense. Yes indeed it would be someone suitably qualified who went near it. Thanks all.

Thanks. Will look into it. I noticed something odd when I recharge it as well. I usually do it when the tank has run cold, so as not to waste any hot water. But after a while the dribble that comes out of the tap turns hot. Does this mean that the lack of air bubble is preventing access to...

I have a mefaflo cylinder with the internal air bubble which seems to need regenerating every 4 months or so. It takes ages to do this (probably because its on the ground floor of a bungalow and the level of the lowest tap is barely below the level of the tank). Its a pain in the arse job and...

Pretty sure its not he effect of heat or moisture, all the units are perfectly square and dimensions are consistent.

Hello, I'm planning on changing the doors on my kitchen and was looking at a couple of places that do made to measure doors, but the problem is they are all vinyl wrapped wheras I want a better quality door - painted. These are much harder to find as made to measure unless I'm paying a lot of...

Thanks, so a big end panel then? Most end panels I see are 18mm thick (same as the doors) whereas this is thicker.

I'm in the process of planning to replace my kitchen doors and so on and I was surprised to find that the pelmet on top of my wall units is not a standard pelmet / rail arrangement but a large flat board that is the full depth and length of the wall units. The run is a bit of an awkward length...

I have a megaflow cylinder and when the air bubble needs recharging the tundish lets out a bit of water when the water is being heated. Could it just need repressurising?

Before we had kids our heating was set for a few hours in the morning then off till early evening. Then when we had our first and my wife was home all day the heating was on all day from around half 6 till 10 PM - I fully expected the heating bill to skyrocket, but it didn't - it did increase...

N No idea, but if you turned up at my house, said I needed a new central heating pump, phoned up the merchants to get the price, asked me for the cash to pay for it, went to get it and then came back to fit it I'd think you were something of an amateur with a poor credit history. You're also...

As a customer I can see it both ways. If it was a smallish job to replace a common component, say a heating pump or a divertor valve, I wouldn't expect to have to pay for the part up front - mostly because chances are I wouldn't know what was wrong and I would expect it to be fixed either...

Having both had a go at tiling and fitting a toilet I whole heartedly agree that fitting a toilet is a lot easier.

I'm originally from Harris - following this with interest. Material prices are probably a little higher than 'the mainland' but you'll likely find trades to be quite a bit cheaper. However, as suggested, things don't always run to a rigorous timetable... Good luck.

A few years ago I decided to tile my kitchen and all went well so buoyed by this success I decided I'd have a go with the bathroom. We'd decided on black slate tiles which were quite expensive. Then one day I spotted some, at a knockdown price, at a tile shop. 'Unregulated' they said, which...