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Morning All, I am screeding the hallway and I need to place some new screed over the steel gas pipe under the stairs as some of the old screed has failed at the edges. It also creates a solid lip so I can tile upto the stair edge. Ive attached an image showing the pipe. Its only a couple of...

Morning All, I'm teaching myself how to plaster and my latest attempt produced this. It's a very powdery and chalky and can rub it off quite easily. The undercoat and initial skim coat went on ok but the final surface wasn't level. Thus, I did quite a wet mix to fill and feather. Surface...

Good Afternoon, My house has a mixture of mains, Cold Water Storage and Vented Hot Water Plumbing. The toilet in the Bathroom is currently mains fed (flow rate approx 9 litres per minute, kitchen tap next to the inlet pipe about 18) and the bathtub is fed from the Cold Water Storage Tank in...

All, I have a bathroom above an unheated integral garage and I plan to insulate the floor (about 2.5M x 1.5M) The primary issue is all of the house electrics are bunched together in the middle of the joists (the house was built like this in the 1970s). The joists are 170mm thick (I am aware of...

Morning All, My Stop Tap has seized up and the good old spanner and lubracating spray hasnt helped. Ive attached an image as its a bit of a dogs dinner and will need a lot of tidying up (plumbing under the sink is a right mess). The layout: 1) What appears to be 1 inch black imperial pipe...

Good Morning, I have an integral garage which is double skin contruction where part of the main house (about 1500 mm) and then single skin with piers for the protrusion. The upstairs wall is supported by a concrete lintel. The floor is concrete and stepped down from the main house. I am...

Good Morning, The previous owners started to utilse the space underneath the stairs as storage and I want to open it up a lot more. I have the following challenges: 1) The stairs creak underfoot. 2) You will see from the images its a mess and the classic a block of wood and more nails will do...