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I like that idea - many a time I have been in that dillemma of not having a drain and avoiding getting water everywhere - I even have one of these in my garage unused - wish I had know at the weekend when I near on flooded the kitchen.

Hi all, Well in December we moved out of our beautifully restored 3 bedroom 1825 cottage and into a 1950's 2 bedroom bungalow. Which will become our house - what it will be I am not sure. We may utilise what we have and extend, or we may knock down and rebuild. I will upload some photo's of...

We have just moved into our new project, on Saturday I spent the day sorting out the airing cupboard after the hot water tank had been removed. Before I put the shelves in I wanted to get the plumbing set up for the shower. I located the hot and cold pipes, cut into them, tee'd off and drilled...

Thanks for that - the issue is that the shelf that I need to use already has a routered out oval in it, basically the fixings from Ikea have failed and I wanted to replace them with these others!

Not sure if this is the right place but seems to fit best here. I am looking for some flat pack furniture shelf fittings - I first came across them on a Homebase kitchen larder unit about 5 years ago. They have screws that attach into the side of the unit and then a plastic fixing that pushes...

What you need is these - and the related accessories - one switch is controlled by you because you have the key but the other can be switched by anyone: https://www.toolstation.com/search?searchstr=31951 36683

Hi all, The PCB on this Induction Hob has failed, on removing the glass top to replace it the warming plate in the centre of the hob sprang off its clips. Can anyone advise if the heating element is directed upwards or downwards - the parts diagram seems to suggest downwards but I am not...

Thanks for that link it states 7.9 kw so 4x2kw heaters as thought...yes realise they wouldn't be running full pelt for the whole 6 hours but it is difficult to average. I think the main thing is to get the quote for the boiler fitting and then work out what is the most cost effective solution.

Thanks JohnD. Bungalow is double glazed and has good loft insulation. The heaters are £40 each but we need 4 really - its not the heater cost its the electricity cost of running them. 4 2kw heaters on for 6 hours a day average! The lounge does have an open fire which we will have swept and...

We are in the process of buying a run down house, which to be honest will mainly be knocked down in about 9 months. However as funds are restricted we are going to have to live in it whilst we go through the planning process. To this end there are various things that we need to do in order to...

We built an extension on our property. The extension is stepped back and therefore uses wall starters. The old part was imperial bricks and the builder specified imperial for the new part so that he could match up the mortar lines between the buildings. After about 8 courses they were about half...

One way of doing it as an alternative could be to use the concrete repair spurs. You can then bolt on a wooden post. Should you want to lower the fence you can then cut the wooden posts but it also has the advantage that they still wont rot.

What will matter is what the windows on the side elevation of the neighbours property serve. There are 2 one downstairs next to the door and one upstairs. The prinicpal elevation doesn't matter, if these are the only windows serving a habitable rooms of that dwelling then the 12 metre rule...

So you don't need to pour only dig... Here are the official guidelines - stating Starting includes a Material operation: “Material operation” is explained to mean any of the following: ■any work of construction in the course of the erection of a building; ■any work of...

You only actually need to dig a single hole in the right place, or if there is something to demolish knocking that down will constitute as starting. For peice of mind I think it is worth getting to a point where someone official can see it, we had an extension built on our house and had a...

I can't comment as none of it makes any sense!

Thanks, After ringing arround a large number and getting equally huge quotes I finally stumbled upon someone who was semi-retired structural engineer who asked me a sensible set of questions and then informed me that he would be able to do it from existing drawings and photo's for about £150...

Hi, I wondered if someone is able to help me. We have a wall in our lounge which was knoced down by the previous owners. However they didn't do it fully and opening has 2 foot walls on each side of the opening meaning it still devides the space in 2. We would like to look at getting...

Depends how much you need. My local builders merchant will deliver a tonne of topsoil loose for less than £40. The metre square bags are about the same but have a little less in them. That will only by you 15 bag from Wickes which is about 400l.

There is also the pottential that L shapped brackets have been used to attach the cupboard to the wall in the service gap behind the back panel. I know that mine certainly are. They are only small though so I would suggest a good tug would break it free from either the wall or the cabinet. It...