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How big of job to fix it though? I might have a plumber round for other jobs soon, so thinking whilst the hood is up...

What are we thinking labour taken to remove fence posts and reset new ones with normal gate? Assume a pro can do it in under a day? Haven't got a jack and hire coming in at like 50gbp for a day, might be best for me to defer to an expert. Posts are quite old, the one on the right had a bit of...

Yes, that was one thing I was considering.... However another barrier is I'd want a 6ft high gate. In my head. I saw the top of the existing pyramid posts, get matching size fence post, cut and put on top of existing fence post using lots of gorilla glue.... Then get the custom gate to go in the...

This connection from the toilet to soil pipe outside doesnt seem robust, however I haven't had any issues and there's no sign of any issues etc. I was just going to box in the ugly sight.... However now I am wondering whether I should get a plumber round to fix a new one/make the connection...

Bought a house which has old gate posts and old gate with fence panel screwed to the top (makeshit privacy barrier I guess). What would you do with these posts? I want the posts to be fixed so a normal gate fits between and there are no gaps. As you can see at the minute there are gaps. I want...

I did hear you can do that, but assume theres a risk I could be 5mm out then lock could be stick out or recede a bit further then i'd like.... Then I wont be able to return cylinder lock as it would be opened and used etc.

I recently purchased a house and I am doing it up. I am locking to change all the cylinder locks, however the screws are a bit worn out and are not coming out normally or via the 'elastic band' trick. Next step is to get the drill extractor bits and drill into them and retrieve them. However I...

Hi, recently bought a house and just slightly revising kitchen layout. In picture 1, after plastering I noticed this little metal covering next to an old pipe clip. Can anyone advise what this is likely to be? It is in the way of a cupboard, but I am just thinking of chasing the back of the...

The rest of the floorboards aren't tongue and groove so not going to re-do the whole house. I've contacted the timber yards near me. Some talk about accepting even the smallest orders - so fingers crossed. If timber yards are no go, will a few softwood based floorboards as per my op be enough?

I need to replace some floorboards on 1st floor of my house. I can seem to get floorboards that are near perfect (I need 22mm thickness and 140-145mm width). Homebase do Sawn treated softwood - 150mmx22mm - which is great as I can just circular saw the width I need. But is this good enough for...

Looking for some general advice.. Bought a house, old concrete/patio/pathways looking a bit tired. I haven't got much money to do a lot in the back garden (already need to fell a tree and put new fencing). For the existing concrete patio and paths, I was just planning to pressure wash +...

Vinyl lino is the finished floor. Fixing boards I wanted to take advice on, obviously I wanted something simple for a DIY'er. I'm guessing glueing the edges together is maybe something I can look at - but need to ensure they are perfectly level when glued??

I've got old asbestos tile in half of my kitchen, then half is concrete. I do not want to get the tiles up, then test dampness (I hear the tiles could have been used for DPM purposes too) then screed - which will cost quite a lot. I want to board the concrete floor - however unsure what wood to...

Which method would you recommend? I asked the floor layer about bumps etc but this was before taking the carpet up - and he just said minor imperfections were ok. They had carpet laid in the kitchen before (no underlay). I'll see what the thickness was, but even if say 10mm - the unevenness...

Bought a house (1950-70), ex LA and my mate who has a similar house and similar floor tiles got told they would prob have asbestos in them. I intend to vinyl lino over the tiles. (this is the kitchen). The floor is relatively level overall. I'm not massively concerned about a couple of mm out...

Hi all, thanks - the mist coat took well - I just applied to see how it would look and its covered everything even with a watery mist coat. Im pretty sure I could get the guy to come back and reskim for me - but this will take time and then further time for plaster to dry.... Is there any...

So my new house was covered in artex. I got the whole house plastered and overall happy. However when inspecting some of the walls in my bedroom, the artex seemed lose so when scraping the high points, the artex all came off leaving the old plaster/render which was very very dry. I asked the...

The large gap is because old bath was in between a 1600 and 1700 and new bath is 1600, I know I'm going to have to box in the end and make a waterproof barrier which I'm OK with as it'll be flat. I'm mostly concerned with the old wall and keeping the wall flat where the tiles were.. Do you...

The bathroom is small and thats the only position for the bath, the new bath is 1600, a 1700 wouldn't fit. Old bath was old and a weird length. Plumber done both bath and basin. Fixtures been tested. Work on the walls wasnt done before installation as the plumber seemed pretty confident the...

So I've bought a bit of a fixer upper, I bought a new bathroom in thinking I could keep the tiles and paint them over as a quick fix, ultimately retiling after like a year or so. Anyway, when the plumbers put the bath and basin in, a lot of the tiles came off, and so now i'm left with a space...