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The floor is wooden, with wooden joists. I intend the washing machine to be on the bottom, and the tumble drier on the top of it. But might make a shelf for the drier to sit on to save it been shaken. Do you think drilling into each side wall, and putting in a row of concrete lintels in...

Thanks, followed this advice and it looks great!

I have a small upstairs room, about a meter wide, by 2 meters long. I intend to put my washing machine and tumbler on top of each other in this room. The room is actually an odd little extension, so the walls all around are external wall double brick thick. The house was built in 1933...

Thanks, happy to install a fan. What are the issues with recessed lights? I was thinking of using a few 5w LED IP65 lights?

Hello, I am wanting to lower my bathroom ceiling to install recessed lights. The short span is 2.2m. The room is 3.4 x 2.2m Am I right in thinking 2x4 C16 spaced at 24" centres would be sufficient for plasterboard, or would 16" be required? Also, attaching either side of the wall...

Perfect, thank you, I will follow your advice. Rob

I have raised a section of my my garden by 8" using 8 tonnes of top soil, I want to grass this area using turf. I have healed the ground down and levelled it, but I am worried that it wont be firm enough after its turfed and I will end up with an uneven lawn. Would watering the soil and...

I can totally understand them doing that, it is ripe for fraud otherwise. I have just renewed my insurance with another insurance company who have there own contractors to put everything right for you should something go wrong. Worth paying the extra for - I am phoning the insurance company...

That is the problem I am experiencing, trouble is, if they can do the work quickly, I really would employ them - I am sorted on the flooring I think, a nice bloke has quoted for that and hopefully the insurance will approve it tomorrow and I can then employ him to start the work. I am not...

I was with Sheila Wheels and I had a leak in my house. The water escaped from the back of the toilet, and damaged the flooring in the toilet room, the carpet outside this room and the laminate below in the kitchen and hallway. We decided not to claim for the carpet, as we would lose 7...

thanks anyway.......

Thank you. Where is the best place to hire them from? Do they just run off the mains? How quick do you think it will be? Cheers again. Rob

Hi all, I am new here today, so please be kind :) I am in the process of ripping out my old kitchen, knocking down some walls and making the kitchen much bigger so I may be around for a while! The walls are now down, but my old utility room, which is now part of my kitchen, has a...