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Hi I am wallpapering and have a border running up the staircase - quite steep angle about 45 degrees I reckon. How do I cut or match the border when it turns the corner on the level - on the landing or in the hall? The border edge is longer on the staircase wall . I have tried several ways...

Hi everyone I am having trouble with 1/4 turn taps but only on the hot taps. The kitchen mixer tap makes a squeaking sound and is really stiff to turn, it squeaks less and is easier to turn when water is being drawn off elsewhere, because of lowered pressure I suspect. The bathroom hot tap is...

Hi everyone. Local Authority are going round offering free cavity wall insulation. Company is Warm Zone. Anyone know of them? Got a few concerns. I have had trouble with very high humidity level in underfloor space (think I have got it under control now) the two air bricks on the stone front...

Hi Everyone I found one of the blighters in the old joist end. Looks like it could be the furniture beetle. Rather long Thunderbird 2 !! The white on the bricks is more crystal like than mould - looks like it could be salts that have leeched out over the years possibly drawn up through...

Hi No fruiting body or mushroomy thingys! Thank god. Let's go back a bit. We were told we had rising damp - been through all the driling and chemical injection etc. - but many thanks to cwatters on ebuild (sadly can't find link anymore) for sorting out source of "rising damp". No rising...

Thanks Joe Think may have combination of dry rot and woodworm. There are definitely round holes about 1.5mm but they appear as long slots with rounded ends along the grain - up to about 15 to 20mm long. Tapped the piece of wood and loads of reddish dust came out, the timber is all cracked...

Hi Been under my floorboards. I have found what appears to be woodworm in 2 floor joists. I noticed two piles of red dust and the joists have been eaten where they sit in the sockets in the wall. No other joists seem affected but I have taken the 2 joists out - fortunately they are very...

Thanks a lot lads! Noseall they are the ones except square edged not rounded like the ones in the picture. What are they called so that when I call a roofer I don't sound like a numpty!!! G.

Hi Everyone Seems the surveyor shouldn't give up his day job!! Don't know the proper terminology but they are the corner tiles on the very edge of the hip where the front and gable sides of the roof meet. They are corner shaped and they all stack on top of each other bit like overlapping...

Hi Everyone I have an end terrace house and with a tiled hip roof. In the past the verge tiles on the hips have been rep-ointed - but badly and the surveyor said the verge tiles would benefit from reseating and pointing. Can you access the hip using a roof ladder or will a job like this...

Hi Everyone I fitted new taps about a year ago and the handle on the hot water tap on the sink is a bit loose and wobbles - this was after about 3 months.( It is fixed securely to the sink) I tried to get the cartridge out to take a look but gave up because it was so tight I couldn't budge it...

Thanks Gcol Got downcut blades makes a better job of it - even on the "bad" side it don't look too bad !!!!! Thanks G.

Hi I did this as well - if you cant get a continuous edge disk - lightly score the tile and cut up to it rather than just a pencil line - the score stops the chip from spreading (in most cases) !!!! Good luck G.

Hi Everyone Tidying up bits and pieces in the new kitchen. I have end panels and infill pieces to scribe to the wall and cut. I don't know if I have some ****** weetabix carcasses but the laminate is chipping like hell. Offer it up for size and if it is the least bit tight it pulls the...

Hi Got the pocket guide to Part P - notifiable or not. I want to blank off my cooker switch and circuit, - is "modifying a circuit" quote "(e.g.adding a lighting point, fused connection unit or socket outlet)" notifiable -- bottom line - is disconnecting a circuit notifiable? G.

Hi Yes securespark - cooker switch 50mm horizontally from the gas hob - outlet under worktop at back of oven - can see the reasoning behind getting rid of it it is a bit too close. Don't need it anyway unless i can use the circuit to power the cooker hood - it sits over the vertical line of...

Hi CD100 Going through same thing myself Check this link http://www.niceic.org.uk/approved/quest2.html

Hi Everyone Had a Part P chap round - said sockets should be a metre from sink wants to move them. I have checked on the NICEIC site - top ten questions - depends on circumstances recommended min 300mm. I have a cooker switch 50mm from the hob he wants to blank that off - I can see the point...

Hi Everyone What complies in a kitchen these days !!!!!!! I want to connect a gas hob to the mains for the igniter. I also have a single built in oven which the manual says can be connected to a 13 amp plug and socket or a connection unit. I also have a cooker hood which requires 3 amp I...

Hi All Thanks for all the advice - helped me make a decision. Cabinets are here and getting fitted. Ive decided to keep the backs in except for the nasty corner in the L from Hell! I've opened up an old inlet hole with a vent, duct and airbrick in the dead corner. Cabinets are on legs, Floor...