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Just making a small shelving unit out of MFC. It is 18mm thick with chipboard. Having google it, are confirmat screws the best to use for an amateur with limited tools. The screws will not be seen on the outside and its only for a understairs cupboard. About 2 metre high, 30cm wide and just 13cm...

Just had a shower pump fitted in the airing cupboard and part of the process plastic pipes have been fitting coming out of the ensuite shower room, and across the full length of the loft, and then down into the airing cupboard. They are quite narrow plastic pipes. Do I need to insulate the cold...

Just replacing the ceiling rose in a bathroom. Presently there is a ceiling rose, but the new light is designed to fit flush with the ceiling. Ideally we wanted to remove the ceiling rose and fit the new light flush against the ceiling. The bathroom is upstairs so I have access to the loft. So I...

So we have started painting the bathroom and ensuite. The house is 25 yrs old and we have painted other rooms, but have a problem with the bathroom today. We have done what we normally done, sand the walls, toupret filler then a mist coat over parts which we have filled. There was some areas...

We live in a detached house and our neighbours maybe looking to build an extension to the rear. Their outside wall of their house runs parallel to our house approx 1.60m away. So: 1. Are they allowed to build a two storey extension as long as they slope the roof to 3m eaves level (presuming 3...

Hi, I have a crack between the wall and the front door frame inside the house all the way around. The crack is approx 3mm around but in someplaces a little wider. Its looks as though the door frame has shrunk or moved around 2mm away from the wall due to weather/settlement. I posted earlier...

Hi there, Just starting to decorate my 8 year old house. The door frames, door, windows and MDF skirting boards are all painted white. It is certainly not emulsion but I am not sure whether it is satinwood or gloss? Anyway to tell? It is a Barratt house by the way, 8 years old. I am looking at...

Hi there, Just starting to decorate my house. It is about 9 years old and hasn't been decorated from new. There are a few cracks near the windows and doors in a couple of places. I presume these are settling cracks as they are less than 5mm. Just wondered what the best way of filling these gaps...