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Yeah that plywood was already there and is covering a concrete coal bunker. This will all be removed. Foam stuff cleared away. Don't think there is a gulley. The previous owners look like they ran the pipe along the wall sat on original concrete base, then added the bricks to raise up the floor...

Plumber might be able to remove, cut hole and feed through but it's on the bottom. Along the concrete floor where the base will mount. I attach a picture. Currently there are some bricks laid to raise the floor. But these will be removed as they are only across the door and to the right. They...

Would that not make the porch lol sided ? What is a make up piece? I don't want leaks and pests/insects crawling in.

I have a washing machine waste pipe that goes along the back wall beneath the backdoor and we wish to build a small porch just to keep the kids stuff dry. Is there a way the uPVC frame can be cut at a curve so it fits around pipe and flush to wall still?

But what about fitting a new rad? That surely adds to the costs? I did sand down with 120 grit. Sprayed a few coats and it looks ok from a distance. I can see where the flaking paint was and has been removed as the old paint on them must be pretty thick as the line between painted and bear rad...

hello, our radiator is showing signs of paint peeling, i guess its as its close to the kitchen and where we hang the hand towel it gets splashes of water which must then boil up and damage the paint? anyway it has patches where the white has come off and bear metal (copper colour) is showing...

Thanks for responses. So if I were to purchase one of these items would I still need to run down the painted skirting boards or simply paint directly on top? And I assume I then need my satin wood white paint or whatever on top of this ?

Hello. When we purchased our house(first house) the bathroom skirting were new. I painted them (no primer, just two coats of paints) bit now I'm noticing knots in the wood showing through. If I wanted to repaint or cover these would I sand back slightly, then paint a couple more coats over. Or...

Hi ban. I did turn both circuits off before snipping, i have now checked the other lights upstairs and all have 3 cables already, loop in, loop out, switch.(apart from landing) I didn't think the connections would fit another cable hence why I was considering the junction box(I remember checking...

Yeah I was just trying to minimise work. Should have been simple-minded cut cable, join cable, add new cable. Instead of taking light out. Go in loft, drop cable, go back down. Join cable, go back up and run cable.. I'll have to revisit this again tomorrow now. Thanks for input davelx

Yes it can be switched on downstairs and up. House is only 1970's ish.. There is one other cable coming out of the ceiling rose but this appears to go to bathroom lights which were installed about a year ago. I'm assuming the electron just ran his cable off the light bulb connectors which is...

I was planning on adding a loft light so bought a junction box, t&e and a switch. Went in loft. Found the nearby cable from the landing light and cut it. Found the cable only contained one red wire... Now not sure if can still connect it as planned? I have retermibated it together in the...

Thanks. I'll sand the rough edges and I have 1400gsm lining paper. Some walls have a large amount of bear plaster and some have been painted over with this crack covering paint. I uderstand I need to put diluted paste on the plaster walls first? Also anyone have a clue how to get the paper off...

I have just pulled 50 % of the wallpaper down form front room, it appears the previous owners have painted gloss over the hair line cracks in the plaster, and then wallpapered over this. It looks like its on there pretty well, i have steamed the wallpaper off and only a small amount of the...

thanks newboy, any idea which way round it goes? as the round bit protrudes out, but is too large for the hole in the sink worktop, os does the flat bit sit against the underside of the sink, and the circular part points downwards and my backplate and rubber part press against this? doesnt sound...

our old tap was knackered, we may upgrade kitchen soon so opted to buy a cheap tap to get us buy as emergency fix. Its a monobloc tap to replace one. Got the old one off, but cannot install the new one We have a hole in the sink side board (i assume this is standard, and it doesnt go through...

I have a leaking tap and I want to remove the taps first to check the seals before having to remove the whole block. I cannot see any way of removing the turnable hot and cold taps from the block. There is no hidden cap to remove that I can see. Does anyone know this tap or how to do it?