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I'm in Norfolk and they don't seem to take it anywhere, annoyingly in Suffolk biffa will pick it up for £60! Can you not just wrap it in plastic and stick it in the shed at the end of the garden that noone ever uses ;)

Toying with replacing an asbestos roof which is on top of a utility room/bathroom (single storey) see pic. Firstly, could I remove this myself? Looks like they're just bolted down presumably into timbers in the loft space underneath. If not, how much roughly do firms charge to remove and...

I'm looking at reroofing my original slate roof, and one roofer suggested that concrete 'fake' slate tiles are a lot cheaper, better and easier to work with. Do these look ok compared to actual slate? I thought they were only used on council houses to keep costs down!

Hello, I'm looking at putting a loft partition wall in, currently there is none between my loft and the neighbours, it's just not really bothered either party, but seems to be a potential issue from a mortgage/fire protection perspective. It seems these can literally just be a stud plasterboard...

I agree. My question was more around what material to use

I have had an old boiler removed from the chimney breast in the kitchen, however there is now a rectangular gap where the old asbestos panel used to be. Can i cover this gap with cement board or fireproof plasterboard? A cooker will likely go in the chimney breast, and the vertical gap...

Underlay where?

I'm thinking of laying new hardwood flooring over existing old pine flooring in a living room, hallway and dining room, mainly to reduce drafts. In the winter I can feel cold air coming up through the cracks. Below the existing floorboards are suspended joists and I'm guessing the bare...

Even if you have thick underlay and carpet?

If you are insulating walls internally does this need to extend underneath the floorboards? I'm looking at internal wall insulation for some solid wall rooms, and have been reading some threads which indicate that you shouldn't stop at the floor, and that you need to insulate underneath the...

Where do you place it and what is it plugged into? Just above the outlet you're looking to boost or above the cylinder? Assume it's the former otherwise it would kick in for all outlets on that pipe.

Anyone had any experience with these? They cost about £150 and reportedly a lot simpler to install than a normal shower pump.

I've come to install the shower enclosure and realised that one walls is a stud wall, but the studs are not in the right place to be able to secure the frame to. I'm thinking of removing some sections of the wall and fitting some noggins in to provide support, then patching it back up. Any...

The only issue is is that the bottom of the tray is not quite flush with the bottom rim of the tray towards the trap, which means there will be a slight gap between the plinth base and the underside of the tray (except the rim), and therefore the adhesive won't bridge the gap adequately. Is this...

I have a pearlstone shower tray I need to fix to a raised timber base in an upstairs bathroom. It's very heavy. I've used 18mm osb3 instead of ply as the base, as I had a load left. Does this matter? Also, do you really need to fix it with cement based adhesive, or can you just use some decent...

Anyone used a showerpowerbooster? They seem to be a lot easier to install than standard pumps. Fyi here is a pic of my bath shower in the same room running at standard 38 degrees, as you can see it's sluggish but doesn't need too much more to make it sufficient.

Hello, I'm looking at installing a shower cubicle in an upstairs bathroom, and just wondering what the options are for the shower itself as it's a gravity fed system. I put a standard mixer shower into the bath, but the flow isnt very good (presumably because there just isnt enough of a drop...

Yes i have checked underneath and left the panel off for a good few weeks and there is no leak. First thing first, how to seal the broken soil pipe? Is there a bandage you can get which you then apply resin over or something?

I have damp coming in underneath a shower tray and I'm fairly certain it's coming in from directly outside where there is a leak in the soil pipe which the shower and basin empty into directly outside (I can see water leaking from the pipe when the tap is on, it must be seeping through the...

Hi, In the summer I installed a shower room in a single storey single brick pantry, which is attached to my victorian semi-detached house. The floor was already concrete and the walls are single brick skin. I doubled up the wall thickness with battened PIR board followed by tiles. The shower...