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Hello all I'm currently at the start of a diy bathroom re-fit all plumbing work will be carried out by the father in law who's a fully qualified plumber etc no electrical work required etc I've taken the walls back to bare brick due to the old plaster not being fit to tile over and around...

Hi all I've read through the sticky post on tiling and ready various other guides as I'm going to attempt to tile the full bathroom floor to ceiling shortly. One thing that I'm not 100% on as I can't visualise how it should be is I understand setting the tiles out so you preferably have 1/2...

Hi Going to be embarking on a new bathroom at my house, only a very small room just less than 2m by 2m give or take. Currently has a bath, sink & toilet in it but going to be having a shower over the bath as the only real change. I'm wanting to have a go at tiling for the first time floor to...

We are having a new bathroom fitted soon and I think I was to have a go at tiling it myself. When we did the kitchen I got someone in as the tiles were stone and expensive so didn't want to risk it looking rubbish. This time however I could do with saving the money and doing it myself, I've...

Hi I've found a place online where you enter the size of your deck you want and they provide everything you need to finish your required deck For fixing the joists together you are provided with a tub of 100mm galvanised nails. Are they sufficient for fixing joists together? I would of...

Hi all We have recently had our kitchen diner knocked through in to one room and have an RSJ obviously holding up the upstairs as it was a structural wall that was removed. The issue I have now is that where the hob is being installed we are having an island hob extractor above it as...

Hi We are currently having our kitchen and diner knocked through in to one room and it is almost complete so once the kitchen is fitted I will be looking at tiling the floor. The dining room is all floorboards so I know that I will need to fix some WBP ply down to tile over, the current...

Hi All We are having a wall knocked out between the kitchen and diner to make a larger more open space room and will be replacing the kitchen entirely once the work has been done by the builder. When it comes to having the kitchen fitted would you advise we get the entire floor tiled...

Hi all Bit of advise wanted really, had some builders round to quote for some internal wall removals and others bricked up to change the layout of the house. Also want a conservatory on the back of the house, we have a big garden and wanted a 3m wide by about 5 or 6m long conservatory to...

Hi there I am removing an understairs cupboard to have it all open and let more light into the hallway and come across something I'm not sure of. I have removed some old plasterboard and boxing in frame under the incline of the stair case and behind this boxing in on the external wall of the...

I am looking at removing the understairs cupboard to have a more open hallway to give us a bit more room and light. I have removed some plasterboard the covered the underneath of the staircase and removed the lino flooring that was down in the cupboard. Upon doing this I have found that they...

Hi all moved into my house around 2 years ago and have come to notice at the back of the house we have a section of wall where quite a bit of the motar has come out of the walls. It seems whoever lived here before thought it would be a good idea to shove bits of old wood into the gaps rather...

Hi All first post so Hello to all. If this is not in the right area feel free to move :) I'm looking at opening up the understairs cupboard so we have a bit more room but more importantly to make it look lighter. Just a couple of questions as I'm fairly new to DIY and don't want to end...