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Hiya Wondered if you could be of any help. I am wanting to create a cupboard under the stairs, so i can put the ironing board and hoover away, and also to have some shelving. I have a 800mm square concrete block that the old boiler used to sit on, which cannot be removed, so i would have...

Hi there i wondered if anyone could be of help. Ive just bought some laminate flooring from Wickes with the aim to laying it in the living room. I've read up both online and in DIY book on how to lay the stuff. I layed the first strip on the longest and straightes wall on the right hand side...

Hiya. I have a single skin flat roofed porch. There is no plaster or render either side and it gets extremely cold. Not only this the draught that comes through our internal doors is doing my head in. Is there any way of getting rid of the draughtyness in the porch? I cant put studded...

Burner, thanks for that. Just wondered how i would attach the stud batons to the concrete floor? Would i have to drill, or would i be able to no more nails it?

Hiya, I wondered if anyone could be of any help. I have a small room (study) and i am wanting to utilise the space under the stairs. Ideally we want to make it into a cupboard with a single door on it, so we can store cleaning gear, coats etc. Would this be an ideal job to undertake...

Hiya All, I have a small room in my house. I call it a study :roll: which is 2m wide. At the moment we have the pc in there on a desk, and the gas/electricity metre which is covered up by a DIY Bookshelf. The rest of the room is often used as a dumping ground/junk room. This would all be...

Hi there i wondered if anyone knew where to source a replacement toilet handle. I presumed that all replacement toilet handles were a "one size fits all", but the diametre of the hole on my Ideal Standard toilet is only 20mm, and most handles are of 22-30mm. I only need the plastic part that...

Hi there, im hoping someone can help. I'm renovating the house and have just removed a wooden frame with floral glass panels that separates the kitchen and the living room. I am now left with a 4ft gap and wish to tidy it up. I was thinking of errecting some kind of archway. I got a...

Hi there, im hoping someone can help. I'm renovating the house and have just removed a wooden frame with floral glass panels that separates the kitchen and the living room. I am now left with a 4ft gap and wish to tidy it up. I was thinking of errecting some kind of archway. I'm not...

Richard, Would you recommend them thro fixings instead of screws and plugs? If so which ones would you get and do you have a link? Also, the porch has quite a big square window in there. would you plasterboard flush up to the window?

Is it advisable to lay plasterboard on to single skin brick wall? if so would the dot and dab method be any good? The porch will remain an entrance porch, we hang coats etc in there, but just want it to look nice when people visit. meddy.

Hi there. I currently have an entrance porch which gets very cold. Its made of a single course of brick, it also has a vent in the corner. I would like to errect some kind of plasterboard so that it not only tidies up the brickwork, but offers some kind of insulation. I think that the best...

Hi there. I wondered if you could help out with a potential problem? I am wanting to move my washing machine, into a utility room, which is next to a downstairs toilet. There is no plumbing there for a washing machine, but the intention is to tee off the existing pipes which serve the sink...

Andy....kettles are for cups a tea a plenty not for bathing! Not sure if it actually has a pump, was just guessing....ive run the taps for ages thinking it might be an air lock. Im puzzled.

Hi there. I have a really old Balmforth boiler which is used to heat the water, which is then stored in a cylinder up stairs. It used to supply hot air heating. The problem i have, is that yesterday i didnt have any hot water. It was working fine before. Now the airing cupboard is not warm...

Hi there. Wondered if any one could help before calling out a plumber. Back in August i tiled the bathroom and like a wally cleaned my trowel in the bath. I then went to sea for a couple of months, leaving the missus with a very very slow draining bath. Ive come back and had a load of ear...

I thought that the big asbestos type tank was the feed expansion tank, as this empties and fills when i use the hot water, this also has a ball cock. meddy

Thanks for your help guys. The leak was coming from the nut that screws in the ball valve so will replace. Do you know what the black tank is used for? Someone said expansion, what does this mean? Can i keep the stop cock in the off position or is it needed, remembering that i no longer use the...

Thanks for the reply. The black tank is full of water and so is the asbestos one. Do you know how to drain off the water in the black tank?