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Crack on - this is a non problem. Your measurements you are having to work with are meeting the spirit of the regs/guidance. You are talking about a ‘mere’ 7cm away from meeting the recommended installation situation. Either split the difference so your hood sits at 615mm above hob and you...

6mm hardboard.

Could be anything. You have no option but to open up that section of the floor and see what story is and then go from there. Do be careful not to cut through any pipe work if boiler close by.

Lichen. Especially when you said it’s taking a layer of the top of the slates. That’s what it does. He is hardy as hell. Vinegar will take a couple days to kill it. needs moisture and some organic debris to get it going so maybe that part of your roof received more shade than other parts...

Yeh it’s a bit suboptimal. And you are right it’s all about making sure water flows away from the room. 1. Breaking it especially with the room build back could be faffy and dusty. But def possible with a neat and deep straight line cut with a Stihl saw into the pad along the edge then break...

Hard to tell from photos but I’ll offer up one hypothesis. You might have started hacking into the Ames tape joint between the two plasterboard panels. It’s common for Ames tape joint(which is also made of paper) to start falling apart when subjected to the steamer. Try and avoid hacking at...

If you shower gray is acrylic stone resin then it’s pretty heavy so the whole weighting it down thing is not really necessary. If it’s a light weight tray - then you might want to stick it down with a scribble of no more nails for belt and braces and put a couple breeze blocks on the top until...

I’d sooner contemplate divorcing the mrs than put silk paint on our walls. Thats a red line for me. good luck

I would say it’s about the paint brand to determine durability not the finish style. Opt for the main trade paints like johnstones or Leyland which you buy from a paint merchant like Brewers rather then the big sheds like b and q. However, personally speaking I can’t stand shiny silk or sheen...

Any decent brand of exterior frame sealant will do the trick - caulk/mastic can be interchangeable terms. But I would interpret caulk to be decorators caulk for interior painting jobs and mastic / frame sealant for external jobs. rule of thumb for those external seals is to do them in the...

Certainly looks like an amateur hour install! Yes def shove the frame back against the surround again to its original position. But for it to stay there you probably need to fix it again. If it’s moving freely then the glass won’t crack but if you did not want to run risk of breaking the...

I know you don’t need it to connect to phone etc but I have installed hives at all my properties now for their very intuitive interface and they are wireless. work with or without phone/internet and you can easy pick up used ones on eBay etc for cheap.

Can’t quite tell what the problem is from photo but you prob just need a half competent handyman. There is no such thing as a door repairer. Carpenter could sort easily but might struggle to find one who could be bothered with such a tiny job! You could probably tackle this yourself with some...

Building regs want patios 150mm below the dpc - and this is often the way they are done as it’s the cheapest and simplest way to install. But that finish is never as sweet as flush to floor level:cool:. it’s a way nicer finish to do it flush but it’s just faffier and therefore more expensive...

You’ll need to post a pic! Not all hinges were born equal.

No - it will be fine. Crack on.

That looks like an interesting idea. Pic from back garden looks like breeze block construction but there is not much there that would be retained if extending. If your garage shares a single layer block wall with your neighbours garage obvs that can stay - by the time you have knocked out that...

The main brands are all much of a muchness unibond everbuild etc. I would avoid the no nonsense brand some of there stuff can be a bit disappointing. However much more critical than the brand of sealant is the quality of the seal. Prep the area really well and apply an 8mm or even 10mm bead...

Too many bubbles going on in your pipe work and they will be marking a racket - lots of gurgling etc. You need to clear them out. It often surprises me how just a few bubbles can cause the pressure drop on the system to cause this code. So be patient to clear out the bubbles. Make sure...

Did you get this sorted? I would def bite the bullet and get that rad whipped off and flushed out. While she is off the wall open up the TRV and lockshield into a bucket and let some water flow through to confirm it’s running ok and flush out any crud that might be there.