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Apologies if this is answered elsewhere. I searched but couln't find anything bang on point. So my old dishwasher eventually gave up the ghost and has been removed. The waste hose simply exited through a hole in the external wall at ground level and then dropped down about a foot into the...

I have recently installed a solid oak cottage style internal door which I "distressed" by bashing gently with a steel ruler and sanding some of the sharp edges unevenly before finishing with two coats of Liberon dark oak coloured black bison wax. The effect was amazing. The buffed wax has a warm...

I'm in the process of having a solid oak door made but because of the design it needs to be 56mm thick. Great. Nice and secure. But .... All the best BS3621 5 lever mortice deadlocks seem to specify a maximum door thickness of 54mm. Ideally I wanted some sort of key restricted access and...

It's not very clear from the picture (I had to pop outside to have a close look) but the right hand door jamb and left side of the left hand window frame is one continuous frame. If you look to the far right you can just make out the window frame. The bit I think you see as the window frame is...

Perhaps a picture will help. As said, I'd find it a lot easier to replace frame and door together rather than trying to get a door to fit such an uneven frame and would appreciate any feedback anyone can offer. Thanks

With such a large door, a wider than normal framed area won't look too bad.

Hmm. Hadn't thought of that. I'll sketch myself a scale diagram to see how it looks. But thanks for the advice on the strength issue. It was certainly my view that it would probably be OK.

I have an exceptionally large doorframe (2280 x 1040mm) which is hideously out of square (width difference of c 15mm between widest and narrowest points). I'd like to order a new custom made frame/door combo but the question is whether I can fit this into the existing door frame without...

Thanks for the replies. I didn't clear the loft but had it cleared, cleaned and insulated from scratch by someone else. As far as I'm aware those two tiles were just dumped up there along with the other clutter. Any problems will come from jumping up and down on an asbestos garage roof with...

Sorry to post like this and hope this is the right forum. Just had the loft cleared and although the guy took most things he couldn't quite get a small water tank in his van. I agreed to take it to the dump but when I went to move it I found two small suspicious fibrous looking tiles inside...

Bit of an odd request but I'd appreciate some feedback if poss. I have an extremely wide front door , c. 1055mm wide at its widest. The door is horrible, mainly glass panel and extremely ill fitting. The exisiting frame is sound but gives an opening that varies in width quite significantly...

Um, guess not, well not really: Is that the problem? The vertical stack is just on the other side of the wall.

Oh no, I actually suspect a really cheap bowl coupled with a horizontal outlet (which I read somewhere isn't brilliant) straight out the back of the toilet, through the external wall and into the stack. However, as I'm remodelling, and want a concealed cistern and wall hung bowl, I wanted...

If a thread exists elsewhere I apologise but I searched and couldn't find anything relevant. I'm remodelling the bathroom from scratch and want to install a wall hung concealed cistern WC. We have such a poor flushing toilet in place at the moment - blocks every week - that I've been...

I had an oak parquet floor which was as thin as 2mm in some places. Half a dozen or so boards were so bad I had some oak boards made a similar thickness and size and replaced them. For sanding, I used a trio sander fitted with fine pads which did a wonderful job. Then finished with Blanchon...