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While applying oil to my timber overhead door canopy I realised too late that the wind had moved the protective sheet exposing part of the stone slab entrance steps and I now have about six £2 coin sized oil spots on the stair treads. I've tried scrubbing with soapy water and rinsing with...

I have 15mm flow and return pipes traversing my lounge and I want to tee off them to install an additional small rad using speedfit fittings. Is it usually possible to manipulate the pipe ends into the speedfit tee with a single pipe cut or is it sometimes necessary to cut a short section of...

I've almost completed the porcelain tiles in the bathroom. The wall where the shower screen needs to be fitted is a stud wall. Before fitting tile backer boards I inserted timber noggins corresponding to where I anticipated I'd need to screw the shower screen vertical hinge and marked the...

I've just started tiling my bathroom with 6mm ceramic tiles. I soon discovered that the cheap manual cutter which worked fine for my thinner kitchen tiles is no good for these tiles. I can score the tiles ok but then however much pressure I apply they just won't snap. I've done a few cuts with...

I spent the afternoon fitting Drayton TRV4 rad valves to 3 bedroom radiators today. Bedroom 1, closest to the boiler and bedroom 3 furthest from the boiler are operating as expected. The rad in bedroom 2, between the two is not getting hot. The tail coming out of the trv into the rad is very hot...

The shower is currently at the opposite end of the bath to the taps. Due to the window there isn't space to fit a shower at the taps end. It feels all wrong showering with your feet up against the slope at the back of the bath so ahead of retiling I want to turn the bath round. Height wise space...

Hi. I'm planning to take down an old fluorescent light fitting in the kitchen and daisy chain 4 new recessed spots to replace it. If I do the work myself must I notify Building Control? I get contradictory when searching online.

I'm anticipating installing new kitchen units in the foreseeable future. Some years ago I fitted the kitchen in the property where I currently live and I encountered a problem which I want to learn from for this occasion. The 600mm larder unit arrived ready to fit only requiring the plastic legs...

I never expected that replacing an old shower riser could be challenging. Having purchased a new one and fitted it I discovered that the diameter of my hose is too wide to fit into the sliding holder. My hose has an outside diameter of 20mm and inside of about 12 or 13mm. I dont want to change...

I had reason to remove my kitchen worktops and a couple of base units this weekend and since it provided easy access to the otherwise difficult to reach magnaclean pro I decided to remove it and give it a good clean. I was surprised to find no sludge at all but when I tested the magnetism with...