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Evening all. Some genius decided to build my garage below ground level so the floor gets soaked. A couple of years ago I used silkaflex and a bead of concrete over the top to seal the perimeter of the garage, and generally it has held up well, apart from at the step into the garage. Please...

Hi all. Please take a look at the picture attached. I want to use the gap between the shed and the garage as storage. What would be the best way to put a roof between the two? The main issue i have is the shed roof runs rainwater right into the gap. Ive considered running a guttering strip...

Hi guys, Im trying to do a 3 way mitre with quad trim (already tiled using this so i cant change it) at some external corners in the kitchen, however i just cant get all the joints to match. Its not that they are a few mm out, the one side is always way out. Ive watched videos on youtube, ive...

Hi guys, I have a Franke Basis BFG 6551 Fragranite sink that is warped slightly. The gap created by the warp is 3mm at its biggest. Please see the attached picture. I previously bought the same sink in white last month (didnt like the colour) and that never had a warp. I can push the warp...

Evening all, I need to fit a square edge kitchen worktop but in a way i never have before. Across the wall are 4 cabinets. X2 standard depth, and x2 300mm slimline next to them (itll be more like 400mm when i pull them out to add the service cavity). What is the best way to fit the worktop...

Morning all, When using foam to stick plasterboard to the wall, how thick does the foam have to set between the plasterboard and the brick? Taking into account the level the plasterboard must come to, i literally only have 1mm, maybe 2mm thickness remaining between the plasterboard and the...

Hi guys. As per my other post, I have a small kitchen i am plastering (back to brick) and need every half a cm i can get in order to fit the cupboards and appliances without reducing a cupboard size. On one wall im bonding, where space really matters, surprise surprise there is an area of wall...

Hi all, Re-plasetring my kitchen (its back to brick) and using plasterboard adhesive I have stuck down a strip of 12.5mm board, floor to ceiling, to cover the chase where ive sunk the radiator pipes. The problem i have is, its a small kitchen, and every 0.5cm matters. The 12.5mm board...

What do you guys do about the power outlet for under cabinet lights? I was thinking about running the cable from the light, up the small recess behind the wall cabinet (where the hooks are that mount to the wall) to the driver sitting on top, and then to flex outlets above the cabinets. Is...

Please see the picture attached. This is part of the central heating run, looking up into the ceiling. The radiator that is fed by the two pipes coming from the tees is being moved from side of the room to the other. What are the chances i can heat the two 22mm tees to melt the solder, and...

Hi guys, I am in the process of doing my kitchen, it is stripped back to the brick, and I have x3 15mm water pipes (F & R for the CH and washing machine supply) that I want to sink into the wall to hide them. They are all next to each other, and ran from the ceiling, down the wall, and then came...

Evening all, Please take a look at the 2 pictures attached. This is where the plastic soil pipe meets the clay drainage at ground level. As you can see it is damage and is leaking a fair bit of water into the kitchen when the toilet is flushed. What would be the best way to repair this? It has...

Morning all, I have a narrow wall in my garden, its only 3 bricks wide and about 1.8m tall. The mortar joint has failed along the entire course of bricks, about 3 courses up. I can literally rock the wall. The foundation and lower courses are fine. I have a mortar sorta tool. I was going to...

Hi guys, My sister has had plasters in. They are instructed to do the whole house but so far they have only done the bedrooms. I went round there yesterday and the pictures attached are how theyve left the bedrooms. Im a diyer and i can plaster a room better than this, these guys are meant to...

Hi guys. I have a brick wall that seperates the back garden from the shared drive way. One side of the wall there is a hopper (see picture attached) that catches the rainwater from the gutter down pipe. The bath, sink and kitchen sink are also fed into this. The drain pipe runs under the wall...

Hi guys. Can anybody identify what type of drain pipe this is please (pic attached). It is the pipe from the hopper where the gutter down pipe goes. I was expecting to find a clay pipe, but the silver bit on top of the socket looks like a weld so im guessing it is cast iron. The outer...

Evening all. My sons bedroom is exactly 6ft wide. I want to run a wooden beam from wall to the other, across the entire 6ft width of the bedroom, in order to make a floating bed shelf for him. The other 3 sides will be screwed to the wall. This beam will need to support the slats of the bed...

My garage is built on a concrete slab. I am laying a channel drain out the front of the garage door. Also, the concrete slab in front of the garage was all chipped and damaged. Using my cut off saw to get neat edges and then my pneumatic drill to break up the concrete, i have cut out a section...

Hi guys, My garage sits right on the edge of the boundary next to the neighbours garage, however it is built below ground level and rain water constantly runs in underneath the door. If i cut/dig a trench through the concrete floor, right at the door, and fill it with gravel to stop the water...