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Hi guys I am just looking for some advice/thoughts/options on what sort of base I might need for a games room I am planning to build. The main purpose of the building is going to be for a full-size snooker table which obviously is fairly heavy and also needs to be nice and flat. The footprint...

Hi Guys I apologise in advance that this post is likely to sound like I am being lazy! However, I've genuinely spent a good couple of hours looking on the internet (including local council site) and have come up short. I am just trying to find accurate details of the specification I need to...

Hi guys Just looking for some general advice really as I am at the planning/preparation stage for building a free standing games room at the end of my garden. From what I can tell, the best option is to use SIPs for the walls and ceiling. I definitely want good thermal properties and want to...

Hi guys I hope this is the right forum to post this question! I am just looking for a little advice or a few pointers really. I am totally gutting (have totally gutted) my lounge in order to completely re-decorate, including re-plastering, new floor etc etc. And I thought this presented the...

Hello guys I am starting work on installing a new en suite in my house, by partitioning off a corner of a bedroom. I need to install plumbing and just after some advice really. I recently had my boiler replaced, and now have H and C pipes in the loft which drop down to feed a shower (standard...

Hi guys I am not an electrician, but I am quite proficient in a DIY sense. I've successfully wired in a few mains outlet spurs in my house, and recently replaced a standard lighting pendant in a bedroom with 8 x LED downlights. No probs with any of that. For my latest project I am partitioning...

Hello - I live in a weatherboard house, with only brickwork at the base to approx 3ft. When the Sky engineer visited to install my dish he advised that he was only allowed to attach the dish to brickwork - so my dish is currently installed at ground level, which sucks. I want to move my dish...

I live in a new-build home and we're having real problems with the en-suite toilet, which just STINKS! I know what you're probably thinking - but it's honestly spotlessly clean. I just can't figure out why it smells so bad. Its probably most noticeable in the morning when I get up and take a...

My Worcester 24i combi boiler keeps steadily losing pressure, and I am b*ggered if I know why!! As far as I am aware, the only possible cause for pressure loss is a leak somehwere in the system. Yet I have not been able to find any damp patches anywhere. Don't get me wrong, the pressure...

Hello! I have a Worcester 24i. It is not firing. With the front panel off I have tried firing it up, but cannot see any spark from the "sparkie bits" (technical term!). Pressure is stable (just under 1 bar). Boiler makes a couple of clicking sounds when I power it on/turn on the hot tap...