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Thanks for the advice, in the end I went to an independent who had an offer going on underlay. He also was a distributor for the UK Penthouse brand someone here recommended. It's only upstairs and there is only me in the house, so I chose their 20/80 40oz range with a high performance 9mm...

I am looking around for carpet to do the stairs and whole upstairs floor, about 50sqm. Where we are, Weymouth, there are not that many carpet retailers, we have a Carpetright a couple of independent guys and John Lewis in Poole. It seems there are so many manufacturers of carpets, which...

What are your winters like? There are freezers that work better in freezing conditions. It's possible that a dryer will also use more juice heating up a colder air intake. Insulating the walls. floor and roof with Celotex or rockwool batts and making sure the doors/widows are reasonably draught...

Hi opps, Thank you for the advice! We have a big room upstairs that could take all three doors and walk around space. No carpet on the floor. I was going to hang thin plastic sheet on the walls with low tack tape. Then have my neighbour help with the flipping over. I have read a couple of good...

Any advice on preventing MDF from bowing when painted, either by roller or spray? These are large slab doors. I have read that MDF will tend to bow, but if both sides are primed at the same time I am hoping I can lessen the problem. Having never used an HVLP sprayer, I am looking for any help...

Thanks to all for the replies, but I found a super jig in IKEA. 2 quid for a piece of L shaped plastic with holes at every possible measurement. Called FIXA. Used it to mark the centres with a pencil, then I made a mark with a bradawl to centre the drill point. Worked every time. It's probably...

I have about 20 D handles to fit on our new wardrobes etc, The last time I fitted D handles was several years back and the thought of messing up a drawer front is making me nervous. I have plenty of scrap MDF filler panels left over and thought to make a jig out of some of that, using clamps to...

Thanks, I didn't know that. I will have a good look when the weather is warmer.

We have a window that gets a severe wind and rain lashing. I found that water would be forced around the DG rubber seals and past the snap fit mitre pieces. I snapped out the trims and cleaned the channels. Then I saw that on the outside, algae had got between the rubber seals and the glass...

Steel strap sounds a great way to strengthen the join. Do you think I could make a careful drill hole on the top side from one piece to other and push a dowel through, after the strap is secured. Glued it all up and sand down the dowel ends.

I want to install a new handrail to our stairs. The staircase does a 180 turn to reach the 1st floor landing, I think it's called a double winder, there is no 1/2 landing. To fit the handrail so that it runs the full length of the main section, I'd like to fit the last couple of feet...

In a normal installation, the fresh air inlet is from the outside. I wonder if it would make any practical difference if I used loft space air as the 'fresh air' intake? In the bathroom at the moment, the extract grille is right above the shower area. I was thinking to push the exhaust out the...

I would like to install one of these https://www.i-sells.co.uk/windsor-hr100r-100mm-inline-heat-recovery-top-access?ref=ViewTitle#tabPane1 How do these work? Could I simple set it up like a recycle unit? Taking moist air, drying it and putting it back into the bathroom. Could I set it up to...

Has anyone had some experience with the aluminium profiles for LED tape? I want to use a profile with a frosted cover and I'm wondering how much the light output is reduced?

I don't think he is fed up, his main man has had a recent hip op and he is filling in on extra work. I did try to persuade him to fit switches in the bathroom, I know about zones and the switches were way outside, but he refused because I guess he didn't want the responsibility for any mishaps...

We had a new bathroom recently and the electrician fitted a new inline fan. I bought a couple of Quinetic wireless switches from TLC, so that we could have the lights etc controlled from inside the bathroom. The electrician wired everything up so the downlight come on with the fan. But since...

I used to live in a low rise block of flats. One day I got an agitated call from a neighbour about her flooded flat (I had a wet vac, she thought I could suck it up). Got there only to find some poor guy with a thumb over the end of the water main incoming!! He'd been there quite sometime and...

New fitted wardrobes arrived and I'd like some advice on fitting filler panels. When we ordered the robes, we ordered door finish fillers to sit flush with door front. The doors and fillers have a 2mm bevel on the edges. As usual, doors sit about 2mm off the carcass edge face, is it normal...

Old floor had hardboard put down to overcome large gaps in the boards. After a load of plumbing work I need to re-lay the hardboard. In the landing area, the hardboard was fitted up to the metal gripper strip against the bannisters. Hardboard is 3.2mm. Come the new carpet time, some fitters say...

We have an inline fan to extract the bathroom, it has a timer fitted and runs when the lights go on. I'd much prefer to operate the fan independently of the light switch, either by a PIR or humidity sensor. Done some research and it seems there are very few switches of this type available and...