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If you are handy this sort of job is certainly something you could tackle yourself. But in answer to your question the tradesperson you would need is ‘bathroom fitter’ or ‘general handyman’ You will probably have to put down new chipboard in the bathroom and a new section of plasterboard in...

Is there no error code showing? If there is no lcd display, sometime error codes can be deciphered from the sequence lights are blinking.

Yes floor levelling compound is good for that. When it talks about it not being suitable as a finished floor - it’s because it sort of has a dusty finish so it’s not like a product like polished concrete. Paint it afterwards in a high gloss garage floor paint and it will look like a million...

You are over thinking it a little. Always good to throw some standard cavity wall or loft insulation between the studs before you board it all up to keep everything tight and cosy - for this application it’s all the same stuff - don’t be taken in by the gimmicky names of different insulations...

@kingandy2nd This is solid advice I would second. Would be a good improvement to the feng shuis and probably cheaper and faster too. Check the story of the stud to see if it’s making any structural contributions to the upstairs or that beam etc - hard to see from pic but taking it all out is...

Looks a million dollars! Well done.

By the time the paint has ‘degraded’ as you say, the colour scheme will be out of fashion and you or a future owner will be painting it again anyway in a snazzy new colour. But yes you can just paint over the top in a clear varnish. Any clear varnish will do the job. For indoor furniture I...

I choose Option 1. I’d leave it unless the patio constantly flooded or something and it’s just not nice to live with. It’s still well below the dpc and there is a gravel gap and there is a drain nearby so it’s ticking lots of boxes in terms of the current install not causing potential harm to...

Your all good there. You have thought it through very well. Love the cad work! No need for aqua panel on ceiling. It’s only really designed for walls to be tiled. The studs are fine. It’s cheaper to use moisture resist plasterboard for the other bits but perfectly fine to use aquaboard on...

Yes the mini hive will work with this boiler. The best knowledge and explanations on the subject of wiring them is john ward on you tube. The guy not only knows this stuff inside out but he is also a very competent communicator. Search you tube for ‘john ward hive install’.

Definitive answers on stuff like this does not really exist. There will be a thousand different opinions on ways to tackle the issue. Your diy mate probably has suggested the most affordable and straight forward long term solution for the walls(dot and dab simpler than battening) but you...

taps are often repairable. A pic of the whole unit and where the dribble is coming from would tell a fuller story but its possible it just needs a new cartridge. Although mixer tap cartridges are pricier but still not as much as a full tap plus labour to refit. Turn the water off and...

The whole point of this website is to help people who don’t fully know how to do something to learn and figure it out from others input. The clue is in the name of the website ‘DIY’not.

Make up a mortar mix of roughly 4 sand to 1 cement for everything. That’s all you need.

Yes to eye protection. Ear defenders not necessary for nail guns - they are not that loud, certainly not louder than any other general building site work and you won’t be able to communicate effectively with the other guys as you are moving round the building.

This is possible yes. We once did this from the inside on a 5th floor tenement roof with a man on the street on watch in case any tiles slid off in the process and donked any passers by on the head below (and killed them) Big ladder and/or ladder with roof hooks might also be an affordable...

If they are tongue and groove board they don’t need to meet on top of a joist. Just fit them where they fall, screw them into all the joists and do a brickwork type pattern like you would if you were laying a laminate click flooring or similar.

Looks ok to me. Looks like there might be some more brandering to go up onto beams and then plasterboard will butt up against plastic frame of window.

That’s unfortunate- but at least you still have the other hedge. You want something that fills out above the fence line. Two or three 4 meter high Ligustrum superbum standard trees with 2 meter clear stems will keep their leaves all year round and grow nicely year on year to a 6-7 meter max...

i would say that looks more like old expanding foam that was quite commonly squirted into cavity walls. but hard to tell obviously. Asbestos has a ‘fibrous’ sort of texture rather than powdery. But if you want to put your mind at ease you could send it off for a lab test. We have a 1964...