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All, tips and advice please. I have a 1930s semi with solid 9ins brick walls.I am replacing my old wooden rear door with a upvc one. Whilst taking out the out the wooden frame ive notice the outside lintel is solid and fine. However the inner lintel, above the door is rotten and falling...

Hi, I have just bought a 1930s semi. There is a slight crack on the bay window wall above the living room window and below the bedroom window. Some of the render is loose so I picked it off. Its looks like the wall is made of wood. The wood directly on top of the living room window looks a bit...

Hi all, I want the job doing below but would like to know if anybody has any tips on how I could save money and what to look out for. Anybody have any ideas on a reasonable cost for this too. K-REND TO THE FRONT / SIDE AND REAR ELEVATION Provide scaffold to the three sides of the property...

I have two Kudox radiators. One in the hallway and another in the bathroom which is a towel rail. I have only just realised that the builder I used put the bleed valves for the radiators in the wrong ones as in the bleed valve for the towel rail is in the hallway radiator and visa versa. Im a...

Thanks people, it was the O ring. No leaks anywhere now.

I have a mixer tap that I thought was working fine. There is now a slight leak though. Hot water comes out of the tap but when I remove the bath panel and look underneath the bath water is leaking from literally right underneath the hot water tap. Nothing is coming from the flexi pipe that is...

Thanks people

Hi, I have just ordered a new soild oak fire surround for our fireplace. We are having the cottage look and leaving our fireplace open. What is the best way of attaching the solid oak fireplace to the wall without using screws? I dont really want anything like that on show. As the fire...

It does have an overhang but thats why im on here to see if there is any kind of threshold to sort the door out.

Yes it is a bit exposed at the minute and yes a strip would fit under the door.

Sorry people I havent got a photo. Ive basically had to level the kitchen floor. Ive also had to plain the bottom of the door as the floor rose so much. Now with the underlay and the floor its a 3-4cm drop from the wooden floor to the back step. Id like to secure the flooring to the solid floor...

Ive just had my back kitchen floor levelled, laid wood floor underlay and put thick wood floor down. The floor is now raised 4cm now in some parts. One part in particular is by the back door. Is there a threshold or something else that will sit on the floor and drop 4cm to the back ste Thanks

Full off comedians on here tonight who just aint funny.

what else do you need to know Freddy, the garden needs rotivating, flattening and turfing plus a new fence needs putting up and its a 60ms garden. Are you gobshite or something and cannot read?

I think the words bell and end come to mind

Hi All, I am thinking of getting my garden redone. We need a 60m2 garden rotavating, flattening and turfing. I also need 3 tree stumps removed. We have 7 3 foot fence panels that need removing and 7 6 foot panels putting in place. As a result we need new concrete posts installed as the...

Hi all, Ive got some slate I wish to cut. I only have a normal hand drill. Is there a disc cutter I could use by sticking it into my normal drill as you do with a normal drill bit. Thanks Steve

nice one people, there the ones. Could remember the names.

Hi, I have a towel rail in my bathroom. The copper pipe comes up through the floor and the tiler has tiled around the copper pipes, very nicely i mite add. Im not sure what they are called but is there anything you can clip to the pipes to finish them off? I suppose to make them look like...

Hi, I have bought porcelain wall and floor tiles. Im using the flexi adhesive for the floor obviously. Can I use ceramic tile adhesive on porcelain tiles that im going to put on the wall? Thanks