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What is the general practise for fitting upvc window in a new build into block work. I've only ever retrofitted and screwed through the pvc frame. I've seen the upvc window fixing cleats being used a while back. Are they a better option or is screwing directly through the frame and into...

http://www.diynot.com/img/wiki/fanwiring3_h2.jpg Hi. Referring to the image in the link. Can any one tell me what the line that connects from far left (neutral) to far right (live) with in the rose is. It loops around two circles. It is blue on the left but black on the right. Is it a wire...

Hi. I got my self a Citroen dispatch. 04 plate I want two smallish rear seats in the back central to the 2 sliding side doors. What is the process to fit them? I've been told I will need to put plates in from under the van and bolt the seats on to them. (do they need to be welded on?)...

Hi there, I'm planning to tile the entrance hall with small Victorian style tiles. There has been installed a new floor to the hall as it collapsed before we bought the house. It has new floor joists with noggins every 40cm and is lined with 18mm marine ply. The question is...

Hi there, I'm planning to tile the entrance hall with the small Victorian style tiles. There has been installed a new floor to the hall as it collapsed before we bought the house. It has new floor joists with noggins every 40cm and is lined with 18mm marine ply. The question...

Hi there, I'm planning to tile the entrance hall with Victorian style tiles. There has been installed a new floor to the hall as it collapsed before we bought the house. It has new floor joists with noggins every 40cm and is lined with 18mm marine ply. The question is do I need to...

Hi, I need to paint rough sandstone corner stones as the paint is peeling. They have be previously painted about 15 years ago with grey oil undercoat and a gloss topcoat. Not Ideal as I wanted to paint it with water based sandex masonry paint. I have tried burning the paint off though it doesn't...

Hi. I am building a one meter high retaining wall where a brick garage used to be which also acted as a retaining wall. my plan is to keep the back wall of the garage to retain the soil while I build a new retaining block wall. The back wall of the garage is only one skin thick with just soil...

Hi. I have made an error measuring my for a replacement window. It has come and it is 10 cm too tall. I don't fancy paying out for another window. So I was thinking about cutting part of the sandstone sill to fit the window in. Sill is 13 cm high. I considered taking 5 or 6 cm of sill and may be...

Hi, Im installing a pvcu window frame in my house. Its a large window with 1 transom (300mm from the top) with and opening above. I cant get a screw fixing in the jambs above the transom as the opening window hinges are in the way. I will have 3 screw fixings on each jamb below transom and 3...

HI, I thinking of knocking through our kitchen on the gable end into our out house to make a larger kitchen. The opening span would be 1800mm in a wall with no cavity. (two hardbricks right up against each other as the house was build in 1890). There is only a bathroom above the kitchen with a...

Hi. I am replacing at shower tray with a 800 x 800 quadrant shower tray. Unable to use riser legs due to space I have to fit it into is very tight for space. I have made a plinth for it to sit on. All surounding edges are suported. Question is, the inside of tray is about 5mm higher than the...

Hi. I am replacing at shower tray with a 800 x 800 quadrant shower tray. Unable to use riser legs due to space I have to fit it into is very tight for space. I have made a plinth for it to sit on. All surounding edges are suported. Question is, the inside of tray is about 5mm higher than the...

patio sloping towards house then drain. would it be ok to just tile up to the house wall (75mm below damp course) with tile against the house sloping away slightly creating a sort of wide v shape valley for the water to drain away to the drain :?:

hi. does anyone have any ideas on insulating the cavity between the first floor ceiling and the second floor without having to take the ceiling off or taking the floor boards up. I am thinking about pumping some if that wooly insulation that is normally pumped into cavity walls. Does anybody...

my mothers neighbour has a cooker hood extracting into the roof space which is also the same space as my mums kitchen roof space as there is no dividing wall in the roof. The problem is the extracting pipe does not vent to the outside, just into the roof space. As you can probably imagine the...

Hi, I an insulating my attic and need to put 40mm of kingspan inbetween rafters and an extra 60mm under the rafters. The queston is because with two seperate boards I would have 4 layers of foil rather than just two layers of foil if i was to use a 100mm board for instance. Would 4 layers of...

Would it be ok to just have a 30mm air gap (rather than the standard 50mm) between the kingspan pir and the under side of the roof battons plus the extra bit of space (0mm - 10mm ) between the under side of the battons and the lime mortar underneath the slate. I dont have any felt. just the lime...