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I've seen this before whereby the large side of the fireplace is actually just a ridiculously oversized piece of boxing. Usually containing old pipes and valves for a backboiler. Give it a tap, if it sounds hollow this might be your case...

In my experience "frame" fixings - assuming you mean those long 125-150mm wall plugs - have very little resistance to axial pull out. They seem to be designed for retaining windows where the only forces would be shearing in nature. I wouldn't use those therefore. I'd go for either concrete...

Fit it behind the TV (if it fits), or, put it on a shelf/unit somewhere nearby, and chase the TV cables to the Sky box. For a real pro job get some HDMI wall plates and install an HDMI socket behind the TV, plus one wherever you locate your Sky box, but put two HDMI cables in... so you can...

Just to clarify, you can get one of those double blade angle grinder things for I think about £30 or £40. Pretty sure that's all I paid for mine, from Screwfix I think. Total god send for chasing in new sockets, putting TVs on walls, etc, as they keep dust down to a manageable level in...

You can buy a machine which is basically an angle grinder that has two diamond blades side by side, but you can set the gap between them usually anywhere from about 10mm to 40mm. It has a shroud over the blades to which you can attach a vacuum cleaner. You run it along the floor and it...

They need to be put up with a left handed screwdriver.

Cheers mate.

Hi folks, I'm about to lay some borders consisting of a single row of granite setts, around the edge of some garden paths and a driveway. Most of the paths will then have gravel on the inside and grass on the other side. Normally I would just make this up as I went along, but I've got...

Do you need planning permission for this extension? If so, normally you'd get someone (not neccesserily a full blown architect) to do the drawings which the council will require, and these can double up as the ones your builder will work from. If not, you may be able to get away without...

All these years whenever I've bought property I've wondered why the solicitor took the time to check the property was connected to the public sewers... Now I know :mrgreen: I reckon the OP made the right decision, "its worked fine for 80 years" doesn't apply when it's something which is...

Hi folks, I've got a new cavity wall meeting an existing one to form a new porch, and a vertical slot has been cut into the original wall to prevent damp passing into the inside of the porch. The new cavity wall stops at about 700mm high and switches to a PVC window frame. Should the...

Float it out with sand & cement? Could just buy 1 inch box section with the thinnest wall available... Might need to pilot drill it mind.

Somebody once told me that running a bead of silicone or construction adhesive down the sides of noggins and joist intersections stops them squeeking. No idea if it's true or not. The T&G chipboard may simply be insufficiently screwed down (ie not enough screws)? Don't use nails...

I didn't even notice the wonky brickwork to the right of the door! Looks like you have the same situation with a concrete lintel above the window on the left too!

I suppose you could buy those brick tiles and slice them up, but, you'll literally have to cut every brick out as you won't get a 'soldier' pattern out of that... Which will probably end up being more effort (and I bet more expensive!) than just cutting a normal brick. By my count you only...

If I were you, I'd get some bricks that match, and lay them in a solider course over the lintel to hide it. You would need to cut the face off the bricks so that you end up with basically a really thin brick - say about 10-15mm thick. I would just glue them on with Sticks Like **** or...

Hi JobAndKnock, I was already planning on fitting an escutcheon which can't be removed (easily!). Frankly the design of the ones in the open market is a joke - thin pressed metal, or worse cast leftover pot metal, with no sloping edges and held on with crap quality screws. I'll fit something...

Fitted a few myself over the years, I'm no expert but I've always found it pretty easy... Have to say I've done a better job than most that I see around, half inch gaps filled with foam and window mastic gobbed on like the bloke had 5 pints. Only thing is, it's quite time consuming by the...

Hi folks, I'm fitting a new timber door to replace a crappy old uPVC one. I'm thinking about locks and I'd really like to just use Eurocylinders so I can key them alike with some other doors on the property. I'm thinking of fitting one Eurocylinder sashlock, and one Eurocylinder...

What a bunch of morons. That's a real shame. Nobody does anything other than the absolute bare minimum these days. You don't even get a soffit on new builds. Not even an inch! Let alone a garden wall... Shame to see interesting architectural details being removed for no reason therefore.