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i have a bath tub which sits on a 18mm osb board supported by those metal screw jacks on 4 corners and one in the middle. However the board has cracked in the middle - the crack is running across the entire width of the bath side-to-side, so the failure is like a hinge in the middle. The crack...

Has anyone used these forge fix Aercrete Block Anchor Fixings? How do you use them. Do you just hammer them into the thermalite blocks or should i drill a pilot hole first before hammering in? https://www.forgefix.co.uk/Products/aircrete-anchors/10ABA650

Hi, I have a joist end on the ground floor which has rotted. Joist end is located in the understair closet. Both the joist end and the wooden packer which sit inside the joist pocket have rotted. I suspect its because the kitchen on the other side of this wall has a concrete floor with a...

Hi, I have thermalite wall and need to hang a large kitchen wall unit. Tried the brown plugs but they don't hold. What's the best fixings to mount a kitchen wall unit to a thermalite wall? Some people suggest just screw directly into the wall without any plugs.

I have just purchased 1930s semi and have started replacing the kitchen units. The kitchen has a concrete floor with a bitumen layer on top. Upon removing the cabinet under the sink I've noticed a section of the concrete slab is missing. The hardcore/ground where the concrete is missing...

I've got a a concrete kitchen floor which appears to be very moist where I've dug it up - see pics. I have two gulleys into which rainwater and kitchen/bathroom water drain into. I need to get a drain survey but I can't locate a manhole on my property via which the camera can be fed through...

I have a driveway where the previous owner has built up right to the house raising the external ground level almost up to the DPC - the DPC is on top of the first course of bricks from the ground in the pics. How would you reduce the ground level on this driveway. Would you remove the line of...

I have this extension to an existing wall which has been been really poorly pointed at the join and I have no idea how the two walls have been tied in. I'm getting a lot of damp on the existing section of wall that joins this new extension. You can see from the pics the pointing between the two...

I have a subfloor void in a room which has a unused fireplace of a 1930s semi in the north west of england. There is lots of white deposit on the subfloor void and when I dig the floor the ground is like clay. Is this deposit mould or salts? I cant see any on the underside of the floorboards its...

Can anyone tell if this is the original fireplace or has it been bricked in to make smaller for what was previously an electric heater there. Is it safe to remove those infilled bricks to opening sides and the back. I've looked above from inside of the opening and there appears to be a metal...

Hi, What is the red part on this float valve, is it suppose to let water out when refilling? The valve makes a foghorn sound when I flush and is very slow to fill.

I have the following chimney breast and fireplace. I want to remove all these 70's dated grey brick design around the fire place, get rid of that electric heater and board up the fireplace. This chimney breast is on the party wall side of a 1930's semi. How would you go about this. Do I...

I have a wall on which the paint is all crazing and cracking - see attached pics. The plaster underneath looks like the original lime plaster and appears to be in reasonably good condition aside from some areas where its lost its key. What I've been told is someone previously mixed a whole...

Hi, I have a bay window which appears to leak in heavy rain from the top frame - see pics which show droplets of water which have trickled down between the frame joint ( this joint is roughly where the mortar line is on the outside) and overnight it ends up leaving a huge pool of water on the...

Hi have an internal and externak timber doors that keeps swelling especially during the rainy seasons and make it difficult to open or close. I planed the edge where it was sticking and it was fine for a while but appears to have swelled again due to all rainy weather. Whats the best way to...

Hi, I need to replace the condensate pipe on a baxi duo tech. The existing one is fitted inside what looks like a flexible black rubbery type pipe coming out of the boiler. Do I just pull it out of that and push the new one in? Just want to make sure before I yank it out.

I've got pre-fab concrete garage with a pitched roof that seems to be leaking in a few places. I've no idea if it is made from fibre cement or asbestos. Upon closer inspection the sheets appears to have developed cracks along the areas where its leaking. For one reason or another, I don't want...

I have a utility room with a concrete floor. When it rains I've noticed the floor gets wet. Right outside this room are two drains - one is for the kitchen sink and boiler/washing machine waste trap and the other is for the guttering drain pipe from the utility room. There is also another hole...

I have 1930-40 house with what I've been told is accrington brick. The mortar looks like a black ash mix which appears to be poorly pointed with some red dyed mortar which has blown out in multiple places. The full house need repointing and I wanted to ask what would be the best mortar mix for...

How would you build a frame for a bath panel (both front and end) and fit a 3mm hardboard to it with some skirting at the bottom? I'd like to end up with something like the image in the last pic. I was thinking of using 2 x 1 battons secured to the floorboards around the bath and then on top of...