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Hi all. Is there much difference in the quality of grout? I've tiled a chimney breast with 900 x300 marble effect ceramic tiles and I mitred the corners. I've got a box of Bartoline white grout but would I find much difference using a different make? Would it be better or easier to apply, or...

Hi all. I'm thinking about buying the flooring in the link and was wondering about how it's joined together. I've fitted engineered in the past and it click locked together like laminate. This flooring is described as a "super T&G locking system". Is the flooring in the link just pushed together...

Hi all. Im looking to attach a carport type of structure to the side of my garage. I'm going to roof it with twin wall polycarbonate. It will be 4.8m long, 2.1m wide and be attached to the garage on one side by a ledger board. The other side I'm using 100mm x 100mm fence posts which will be...

Hi all. I'm converting a serving hatch opening into a doorway (820 wide) & I'm after a bit of lintel advice. The wall I'm making the doorway in is a structrual wall, it has the upstairs floor joists resting on it & is 100mm brick. The wall doesn't carry on upstairs, it only holds the weight...

Hi. Can anyone tell me if an rsj has to be mortar bedded onto a padstone or does it just sit on the stones with any gap taken up by packers? If it is packers will steel packing pieces (which I have easy access to being a metalworker) be ok or is some other material normally used to pack the...

I know you shouldn't run wiring across a room but is it ok if the sockets/fcu's are very close together? Also is Marbo an ok make, their prices are a canny bit less then the likes of Mk.

Hi all. Can someone please tell me the difference between type-B & type-C mcb's? Can the two types be mixed in the same CU? Thanks.

HI all. I'm after help & info about a wall I am thinking of removing in my house. The wall is between the lounge & the hall & I will be removing 8ft of it. It is block built & does not extend upstairs, it's a single storey wall. My problem is it has some of the upstairs floor joists resting...

Hi all. I'm planning to install a twin impeller shower pump but have one problem. My heating system is fairly straightforward with a hot water cylinder in an upstairs airing cupboard, fed by a tank in the loft above the cylinder. This tank also supplies the cold water to the bathroom...