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This is my first kitchen so it might be normal. For wall cupboards I have standard height 720mm and one reduced, something like 600mm. All the end panels I've been supplied are 772mm, which means I have to cut them. This I think is a bit ****. Even with a sharp mitre blade it's likely the mdf...

Trying to find a connector that goes from 15mm pipe without the need for two brass pieces to a 1/2" connector. In other words, replacing the one on the upper right with the one on the left. The snag is the copper as about 3mm of pipe internally which will prevent a flush fit...

Recently rebled, I've went over the rads multiple times and I can't find any air pockets. Pressure maintaining and boiler working but temp on display seems to be up and down. Squirting sound happens hot or cold but probably more when cold. It sounds like air but if it is I don't know where it...

When I overhauled the room 6 months back I removed the old wooden sill and redid the sides so the drywall joined the window edge (having read online that trims are a bodge). With nothing going on the sill area I attempted to keep it clean looking by not having one and using 'tough' bathroom...

Reading mixed things and since Mr. Building Control is out for other things he'll no doubt be looking. Can I get away with 650mm?

Putting in a garage step and it's allowed me to see the concrete fill. Having no experience with foundations I'm curious: a) what the process is here, does the inner get filled with rubble/dirt level to the blocks, sheet down, wood of height equal to two bricks placed on the outer bricks and...

I'm in the process of choosing a kitchen surface and thinking why not porcelain tiles on plywood? As I see it there are no drawbacks other than time. 1. totally waterproof 2. tough 3. tiles can be replaced if it comes to that with a mini grinder to cut them out 4. cheap, somewhere between...

Hallo all, First kitchen install about to happen, I'm doing my research. Due to location likely going with one of the above. I haven't had prices but I'm a tight northerner and will haggle Howdens to something reasonable (or they can bog off). Knowing modern day companies I'm sure the 25 year...

I've a skylight that's 45mm height. For the upstand I measure the batten (being the piece which the weight sits on) to top of lead as 55mm max. My skylights came with foam tape which is 10mm thick. I have no idea how much the foam will compress by when the skylight is on it. Some instructions...

I installed mine today and I think the answer is no. If you look at the union picture here https://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyRidge-Dry-Fix-Ridge-Kit/dp/B00UNOOV4E There's no channels. What's to stop water hitting the union part and splashing sideways a bit, in which case it will drip onto the mesh...

I've never done roofing before but now I've done membrane, tiles, flashing and now I've had to replace a half-round ridge tile. The ridge tile butts up to the other ridge tile but there's no lapping, t&g etc. The existing ridge tiles have broken tiles placed underneath then a dollop of mortar...

Just wondering if this is normal. I submitted a plan for RSJ's to be put in the kitchen. The work was done and the inspector came round. He barely looked at it to be honest. Instead he noticed I was in progress with fitting a kitchen to garage door and skylights, neither of which require BC...

The flash stepping on my garage roof meets gable end has failed. I knew it had been bodged but on inspection there are fractures all over in the same place. It may be the sealant hasn't allowed for expansion/contraction. It's a right mess. Until today I had no experience with lead, but I'm...

Hello all, I've fitted upstands for two sklights I made into a pitched roof (concrete tiles). Having not done roofing before I'm wondering how I should cut the felt at the corners of the upstand or whether it's best effort and seal with silicone. I envisage it'll be the same for the lead...

I'm gutting a middle truss on a garage (see red). The trusses support concrete tiles. I'll run new beams (I think the term is beam not joist) across the existing (see green) and will secure on the walls. The wall is single cavity brick on one side. Although it's not a huge weight what would be...

Since there's not much on the web I thought I'd create a post with my experience. I ordered 10 bulk bags from JTDove at ~£80/bag, who sourced it from a quarry around Leeds area (although I suspect it was transported from down south, 'SB' quarries are all down south). I highly suspect that 'SB'...

Just wondering if anyone else has had this. Beforehand I had nothing. I built a retaining wall about two months ago. As a DIY'r it was hard going, I lifted/cemented over 400 x 20kg blocks into place. I'm 42yr old and just get on with stuff. Now I wake up with dull pain of sort in my knuckles...

Awful build from 1984, no padstone, long 3M lintel has some deflection in it. Builders stuck the original boiler vent less than two blocks directly under the lintel. It's the gable end but the lower wall extends some to a garage. 2013 new boiler was installed with flue above the hole. Do gas...

Not much on google so I thought I'd start something for it to pick up. I bought the largest version on ebay. It had 15% off for a reconditioned unit making it £330. This is as cheap as it comes unless you buy Evolutions 'Rage' electric thing. It arrived in two days by Palletline, so excellent...

Per the title really. Mine has and I'm wondering whether to scrap it all and go white.