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Hi all I’m wondering if anyone here could give be a rough estimate of how much it will cost to install some oak interior doors into my property please, labour included 9 x holdenby oak pre finished door 9 x door architrave Iron mongery Thanks so much for your help, Paul

Hi all I have a leaking gutter due to a build up of moss blocking the gutter and down pipe which looks like the weight of the moss has loosened the joins. Water if coming over the top and out the far left as look at the gutter. Do you think removing the moss from this section of the gutter and...

Hi all Would anyone have any advice on the best way to cover this gap from wood to laminate please? It seems the width of all threshold bars are too narrow for this job? Many thanks

Hi all I am looking for some advice building a timber garden gate please. I’m not sure whether to use a Z frame, or a full frame (rectangle with a Z running through it from bottom to the top hinge) The gate is going to be 1.8m highZ Which one would be stronger over time? I have just...

Hi all I am fitting a new gate to the side of my property and am going to anchor a 4x2 fence post into brick. Can anyone recommend the best bolts/screws for this please? Many thanks

Hi all I am looking to fix a segment of my roof, as I have noticed some small birds coming and going! What would I need to fix this, and how would I remove the birds before I fix this section? Many thanks for any help.

Hi all I have lived in this property for a couple of years now, and on returning to the house this morning I have noticed a completely new vibration/humming noise coming from around the kitchen area, possibly sounding like it’s between the ground and first floor. It can’t be heard from...

Hi all I am replacing my current toilet cistern as it’s failing, am I right in saying this is a bottom entry cistern? Are they all universal fit or will I need to measure up first to ensure the cistern fits this toilet? The cistern I am looking at is attached, and current one also pictured...

Hi all Please could anyone offer me advice regarding a faulty thermostat for the boiler? I have a BAXI 400 gravity fed boiler, and I have set the heating to come on via a timer. As the house is hot as it is, I’ve set the thermostat to 10 degrees so it shouldn’t be triggered (even though it’s...

Hi all I have a really annoying isolation valve I can’t seem to stop leaking after changing pipework, whether this is due to a knackered olive or myself doing something wrong. I used the old valve to save cutting the pipe as it’s close to an elbow joint, however I’ve got to the point where I...

Hi all I’m boxing in some pipework in my downstairs toilet, I was going to baton along the wall above the pipework and connect off that. What type of wood is recommended for boxing in? Thanks

Hi all I am at the stage where I am ready to grout my floor tiles. Where I have pressed the tiles into the adhesive, the adhesive has filled the gap in the grout line. I removed as much as I could at the time, however will I need to remove this before I grout, or can I grout straight over...

Hi all I am laying new porcelain floor tiles in my toilet, and have a spare bag of Mapei floor and wall tile adhesive. It says this is suitable for ceramic and quarry tiles, is this a dead no no to use for porcelain? Many thanks

Hi all. I am about to start my first ever tiling job. I’m laying some ceramic floor tiles in my toilet room. I have measured up the middle of the room ready to start laying my first tile (black line below) however I’m wondering if it would be better to centralise the first tile to the middle...

Hi all I have replaced some pipework, and have plumbed three copper pipes in to a compression tee. Once I turned the water back on, there wasn’t any leak for half an hour, and then I noticed a very very small bit of water dripping on to some toilet paper beneath the joint. The pipes had alot...

Hi all I have a slight leak coming from the bottom bolt of the isolating valve on a copper pipe. I have covered the thread in water hawk sealing compound, is it okay to apply more compound even though water has gone through it? Thanks, Paul.

Hi all, I have just renewed my stop cock and pipework downstairs in the toilet room, unfortunately the stop cock is leaking from both sides. The nuts have been tightened very tight both sides. I put PTFE tape around the olive on the one side to see if this helped, but no luck. Do you think if I...

Hi all I’m replacing my stop cock and plumbing in the downstairs toilet. I have a gravity fed boiler system. Other than turning off the mains supply outside, and opening all the taps in the house to drain the system, do I need to shut off/drain the upstairs water tank and header tank? Many...

Hi all I am renewing my plumbing and am wondering if a compresssion tee will be okay for this joint, right near the water mains inlet? Will it take the pressure over time? Many thanks

Hi all I am renewing some pipework which will hopefully solve this, but why would there be water drips coming from copper pipes. The outside of the pipework is wet. Would this be due to old pipework etc? It only seems to happen at night time. Many thanks