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I’ve installed an external toilet room and laid the flooring. The soil pipe exits vertically through the floor, not flush, and protrudes slightly (see attached image). The centre of the waste pipe is 180mm from the finished wall, and the diameter is 150mm. I'm looking for advice on the most...

Hi, I decided to sort out our outside toilet. I removed the existing toilet however there are two issues which I want a bit of advice on.. Firstly they concreted the old toilet into place so now I've removed it im left with a mound of dried concrete, I've removed some of it with a cold chisel...

Hi guys, We were wanting to give our tiny bathroom a bit of a make over. The first project is a new basin. The current basins depth is around 25cm and it's a vanity. I removed the vanity cupboard as we're keen on a wall hung basin to make the room seem larger However the pipes are coming up...

Hi guys, Just moved into a new house and my wife is worried I'll leave the front door unlocked (which I probably will). She wants me to replace it with something that will lock itself once closed.. I don't really want to pay for a locksmith or drill holes and retro fit self locking locks . I...

Hi guys, There are two stairs leading down to our kitchen. There is a right angle piece of wood covering the carpet where the stairs go from tread to riser ( struggling to even describe it ) Anyway, one's come loose and needs replacing but I don't know what they're called.. Anyone know? Cheers,

Hi guys, I have an old table lamp that's stopped working. The wires are fed through a hole that goes from the base to the top and then connects to a lamp holder at the top. I decided whilst I was at it to change the lamp holder from a plastic one to a brass one for aesthetics. I then brought...

Hi, So we had a leak from the upstairs bathroom that's ended with a big hole in our kitchen ceiling. Inside the hole there's some weird lining. It looks as if at some point there was a fire and one of the joists has been scorched and this has been used to wrap the joist, does this sound...

hi guys, This should be simple, can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.. Have wire coming into garage and finishing in centre of room which is the feed from main power source. Have switch on wall and wire that terminates in centre of room. I want to install strip light that has block at either...

Hi guys, I want to lay a new floor in our enclosed porch. I lifted all the old 70's tiles and the floor underneath is concrete. about halfway along the floor there's a ridge and the floor is raised about 5mm.. I'm unsure what to do next, I'm laying laminate and have got underlay and the...

Hi guys, I'll try and explain my issues without photos.. French doors at back of house lead onto paved area, which goes about 2ft away from the house before theres a 3 courses high brick wall and then a raised garden area .. The wall was falling down and also when the paving ended the wall...

Hi guys, For the past few weeks are door handle has been getting looser and looser. This morning when I left the house it was pretty much hanging off.. The handle had come away exposing the bar going through the middle. I think it needs replacing.. I assume if I buy the correct one it's a...

Hi guys, At the bottom of our stairs there were sliding doors, which I've ripped out and added new skirting board and repainted to tidy up. However, there is now a gap in the flooring, see attached pic. I wanted to fill it with something but haven't a clue what.. Just wondered if you experts...

Hi guys, Not sure how to proceed.. Want to remove the sliding doors that go from our hallway to the stairs, but this will leave no bannister on left hand side.. This seems odd to me but I can't think what to do.. My DIY is alright but I may have to get a professional in.. So want any...