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I need to replace e couple of fence posts and with it being cold at the moment (2C daytime and -3C night) I planned to add a bit of Sika Frostproofer to the postmix. I have hanson postmix which requires two litres of water. I plan to quickly mix in a flexibucket then chuck it in the hole...

I'm re-laying a 3 yr old patio that looks like no primer was used on the back of the slabs. The bed is full and solid, and you can see the grooves from the slabs in the mortar. The mortar seems to have just come away from the slabs leaving them clean. to re-lay I'm using SBR:water:cement as a...

New bathroom fitted with UFH, so the floor is no longer level at the transition. There is about 40mm between the top of the tiles and the floor under the carpet. I've used carpet ramps before, but they only seem to go up to 18mm. And stepped transition strips max out at 20mm as well. e.g...

I'm trying to fit a new carpet and struggling. I'm using 12mm plushwalk underlay so have fitted the grippers with a slight shim to bring them flush with the underlay. The carpet is a heavy duty wool loop, and the backing is very stiff. Other carpets I've fitted and all the videos I've seen are...

I have a Conceala 2 cistern I want to install behind a stud wall. I have previously done the same but with the ProSys 120 cistern. From my understanding the prosys is designed so all the cistern components can be replaced though the flush plate hole. The conceala 2 came with a small push button...

I'm converting an en-suite to a wetroom with a preformed tileable tray. Behind the stud there is already a 110mm waste used by the sink and toilet, it is capped on the right and exits on the left. The shower waste is 40mm, but as its below the floor I will need to join the 110mm in the side. I...

I'm renovating my en-suite and have pretty much settled on this design. It will be a wetroom tiled floor with a flush shower form. I'm Bringing the back wall in 200mm so there can be a concealed cistern and a concealed shower valve. Do the dimensions look OK for general day to day...

I'm renovating our ensuite and would like to install wet underfloor heating. The room is 2m x 2m. There is a small conventional rad in there at the moment. I was thinking of swapping it with a low btu towel rad and running wet underfloor heating. As its such a small toom, can I run this...

I have a roughly 20 y/o house with an internal garage. The garage door is single skin metal, and doesn't seal around the edges or bottom very well. Inside the garage the walls are airbrick, and ceiling is plastered. But there are cracks where the plaster meets the airbricks. I feel like we're...

My neighbour recently had some work done on the path down the side of their house, and drive. In the picture below, you can see a new block paved boundry line has been installed, and they have had grey/white gravel put down. Previously there was no visible boundry and the gravel spanned...

Is anyone familiar with these? I can't work out how this part mounts inside.

I'm re-fitting my downstairs WC, and I'm a little unsure what to do with the skirting board and new tiles. I want to have a hidden cistern, so plan to box out and re-plasterboard as shown below in blue. My concern is that a back to wall toilet will need the wall tiling to avoid splash marks...

I have a Glowworm 50ff that fails to light sometimes. Maybe once a week the Reset LED is solid and Burner LED is flashing fast. Most of the time it sounds like it attempts to light itself two or three times a successful light usually sounds like this fan on.. click click click woosh then a...

I recently moved into a 2000 built 4 bed, 2 bathroom house with a boilermate 2000 and Glow-worm Micron 50FF 14.65 kw boiler. Boiler is downstairs in kitchen. Boilermate on landing. As they are now both over 20 years old I'm considering replacement (although I've not had any problems yet!)...

I'm installing a recessed triple shower valve and have discovered the internal walls are quite thin. On cutting them open it looks like three sheets of plasterboard, no joists. House was built 2003. Is this common?

I've just ripped out my bathroom and set to install one of these over the bath. Its 3 way, so I need to fit a wall mounted bath spout, fixed shower head and handset. The wall I'm fitting it on is only 2 1/2 inches thick, so I will be building a false wall to hide it all. My question is...

I'm about to tile my bathroom and have a few questions. The floor is T&G with a thin layer of plywood (I will remove this). the bathroom was previously tiled from floor to 1/2 way and the top painted with bathroom paint. At another property I once had a badly cracked tiled floor and want to...

I'm replacing my bathroom and have chosen to swap out the toilet and basin for some units like this (made by ideal standard). This is my bathroom. The bath was previously boxed in to the back wall as illustrated. I've also drawn in the new toilet and sink unit. There is a 190mm gap...

After replacing a rad I noticed how badly the system needs cleaning. I've read good things about magnaflow's so want to install one. I have a boilermate 2000 (where there is no space at all), so above the boiler seems the appropriate place. the instructions suggest installing on the return to...

I moved into a new house a few weeks back and have been experiencing vibrating pipes and occasionally a whistling noise. It started when the main bathroom bath was filled. I dont believe the previous owner ever used it (lived on his own) only ever using the en-suite bathroom. It seems to...