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Fitted a central air handling fan extractor thingy in my loft with trunking going to the bathrooms and bedrooms which I'm hoping should solve the condensation issue. The plan is to leave the fan on very low during the day and then when we use the showers turn it up a bit to take out the...

Hmm, interesting. Are you SURE it's a mouse? Could it be something else entirely, don't know what but if it's not eating traditional mouse trap food then maybe it ai9n;t a mouse? BTW I've had great success with white Toblerone as a bait. Not failed me yet. Tiny piece on the traps and I get...

What clever and innovative idea. well done. Regarding adding some structural strength to the copper tude, how about filling it with concrete? three to one mix with say silver sand and ram it in with a stick.

Well I live St Neots, so not too far depending on where in Hertfordshire you are. I've fitted those sort of doors in four houses so no problem there. Semi retired with time on my hands so if you want them, done, let me know, could do them this or next week but on holiday after that. Day or maybe...

Where in Hertfordshire are you? I'm in St Neots, just over the Beds border so depending where you are I may be able to do this door fitting. Doors look like standard Howden/B&Q/Wickes hollow panel doors so not a problem, I've done this sort of thing loads of times. I reckon a day and half's...

Magnet and Howdens both do a good range of doors and are aimed at professional builders so of better quality than the DIY sheds? https://www.howdens.com/doors-joinery-collection/external-doors/external-hardwood-doors/ You're supposed to be trade to buy from them but if you tell them you're...

Magnet have them, various designs, here's just one style, http://www.magnettrade.co.uk/joinery/doors/internal-doors/hardwood-pre-finished-doors/brooklyn/ 2040 high x 726 wide which is 28.5 inches. Standard doors are 35mm thick, fire doors 40mm Or Howdens have the sizes you want...

Thanks Foxy, dims are cm's so nice big tiles and to apply. All finished now and adhesive went on the tile and none have fallen off yet

For some unknown reason, probably that's how my Dad taught me forty years ago but I've always applied adhesive to larger tiles rather than the wall. Currently redoing one of our bathrooms with tiles 60x30 tiles and it seems an easier and less messy way of doing it. But reading the...

That's the stuff, though cheaper there than I found it. I got it from a decorating shop in Dereham 'cos Ridgeon's were out of stock and I think I paid £42 ish. We were in Kings Lynn Norfolk for a few days holiday and I ended up driving miles to get it. Didn't think of Toolstation, there's a...

Had the same problem of yellowing with both Crown and Dulux, they say it's fixed now but then they would, wouldn't they? Also tried Johnstones last year but it seems hard work to stop it sagging and keep a wet edge on a door. Had a lot of success recently with Bedec paints. Water based and...

How about fitting a bathroom fan in the ceiling? Maybe a bit too fast and noisy but not too difficult to slow it down to an acceptable level

Thanks crank and pinenot, but it's not built yet so no pics. I've tasked the supplier with providing theses 180 degree hinges but he says they don't exist but I can't believe that. Surely someone's had the same problem before and solved it? if not guess I'll have to invent the hinge

I'm having a new conservatory built with a dwarf wall and opening French Doors and need the doors to open right back on themselves sort of flush, or as near as possible. On my existing conservatory the door catches on the window cill so will only got back about 120 degrees but the new one needs...

Is there anything similar for UPVC doors to allow them to op[en 180 degrees? I've spoken with ironmongery direct and the girlie there didn't understand so suggested I look on their site but it doesn't really help.

Been out in the garage this morning, hung the bike frame from the rafters and made a little tent round it with dust sheets and pointed the gas heater at it for ten minutes then had another go at spraying the lacquer. And it's excellent. I let the first coat dry for five mins then gave it another...

Thanks for the help chaps. Went to local plumbers this morning and asked for a Bristan pressure reducer and he just grabbed one off the shelf. "Six or eight litre one mate?" he asked me. So I settled on the eight and for a fiver (cash,) job done. Perfect and excellent advice from you all...

Following on from my "shower too powerful" question, and thanks for your help with that one, I'm on to the next one. Buddy needs to install a stop cock in a 22 mm mains pressure pipe near one of the apartments so they can isolate that room since it's rarely used. But they can't turn off the...

Friend has recently been appointed warden in a care home and a couple of their showers, though not all, are just too high powered feels like they almost cut you with the pressure. They work fine, temp adjusts OK it's just too strong water pressure. Most of the showers are OK it's only two or...

Took the saw blade out of my chop saw, it's a B&Q Performance Power one and jolly good too, to get it sharpened. Only cost six quid so a bargain. Now got the blade back and not sure which way round the blade goes. Since the whole saw's in a hundred bits to get the blade out I can't just switch...