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I hope this is the right forum. This seems to be a pretty standard requirement but i'd love to get some sage advice! i am fixing some floating shelves and bracket shelves that i want to have books on, so im concerned about the load and quality of fixing. I have plasterboard, a variable...

ideally i want a run of 4 LV halogens above a kitchen work surface, however one of the positions is over a hob. The hob doesn't have an extractor but a window right behind it. There's about 1.3m clearance above the hob. This is ringing alarm bells with me but i don't really know enough about...

Hi, I've got some flexible hose going between kitchen hot and cold water pipes going to copper pipes descending from an ikea tap. Joints both ends are compression. Because of the awkward space around the tap connectors i only had one shot at getting the joints tightened correctly. Sods law...

Im in the process of replacing an old electric oven and hob. Previously the oven was simply plugged into a 13amp socket which is part of the kitchen ring main (which also has a fridge and a double socket). The hob was connected to it's own spur from the consumer unit (32amp with 6mm cable)...

i'd like to get a very dark hardwood kitchen worktop but wenge is stupidly expensive for what it is... i was wondering whether it's feasible to stain something like iroko, then oil it as recommended to protect afterwards. does this sound plausible, or madness? has anyone tried? can...

hi, i hope someone can lend their experience to me for a second! i have a concrete floor (around 25sq/m) which is pretty level. There is a section of a few sq metres that had cermic tiles on and i've managed to get those up by using a demolition hammer as they were stuck pretty tight. So i...

is it possible to self level in sections? it looks like doing the room in one go is going to be a logistical nightmare so i was considering using wooden batons to square off areas a do them bit by bit. Of course making sure they're completely level is going to be tough, i was thinking of...