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So about to start adding insulation to my suspended floor couple of questions. 1. Can pir board touch the external walls. I am guessing not so plan to put a bit of dpc between wall and board. 2. Can expanding foam touch exterior walls.. guessing not so again will add some doc. 3. What is...

So about to start adding insulation to my suspended floor couple of questions. 1. Can pir board touch the external walls. I am guessing not so plan to put a bit of dpc between wall and board. 2. Can expanding foam touch exterior walls.. guessing not so again will add some doc. 3. What is...

I am looking for some opinions.. I am replacing my subfloor in my lounge. We will be putting a wooden floor down as the final finish rather than carpet. In one of the corners of the room there is a patch of damp.. not sure how long it's been there could be years but all the existing timbers...

So have I opened a can of worms. In a nut shell I am planning to have a parquet floor installed in my lounge. Its a suspended floor which seems very solid and dry. However even though the boards are in good condition the plan is to lift these and install new flat and level chipboard or ply to...

Hi guys, just got a wall hung basin that will of course be hung onto our red brick wall. we have been supplied with some "medium" sized bolts that the guy in the shop said would hold the weight. i guess i am concerned that they wont as the basin is heavy... wot is the risk of the bolts...

Hi... the partition wall in my bathroom seems to be made up of metal lath (like mesh chicken wire) and plaster, and i have just made a hole in it... sadly due to the nature of the wire the normal way of repairing this seems a little difficult..plus the wall will be tiled over shortly so i want...

Hi, currently in the process of renovating my back garden to include a lawn. it is not a huge area.. the total garden is 41' (12.50m) x 14' (4.27m), and i guess the lawn area will be around 8mx4m. Now i think i may need some drainage as i live in london and much of the ground is clay...

Hi, can anyone recommend a good internal wood varnish/sealer for use on oak veener doors.... i understand it needs to be oil based.. i also like a matt clear finish thanks chris

I have a very odd shape door frame.. 20" by 71".. i can get doors that fit the width but cant seem to find anyone that does a 71" (or near) height door. Its for a loo so i have to get one on there, so how much can i trim off the top and bottom of a 78" door.. i know it cutting too much off...

Hi there, i have sanded back my handrails, and things back to the natural wood. I would like to keep them this way as i like the texture and the colour etc..however i know i am going to have to protect the wood against dirty hands and things.. so what do i need to do this.. i want to...

HI, just used some ready mixed reapair plaster to fix a few things..however after 24hours its still soft. Its clung to the walls but it can still be dented and mouled... have i dont something wrong, is it a bad batch or does it just need longer to set and dry... be great to get an...

Is deep gap pollyfiller the same as normal poly filler and just a marketing con. I need to fill some chased out channels in my wall which are about 2cm deep, was hoping to use normal poly filler, but then i saw this deep gap stuff.

Is deep gap pollyfiller the same as normal poly filler and just a marketing con. I need to fill some chased out channels in my wall which are about 2cm deep, was hoping to use normal poly filler, but then i saw this deep gap stuff.

hi... i am in the process of doing up my stairs... basicly the previous owners have painted the stairs in white paint which i have been removing. However, no matter how hard i try there are certain areas where the paint seems too deep for me to sand out and there are other places which i...

I have already posted this but i didnt think i made myself clear..so here goes again I have a 13a fused spur unit with three wire sets coming in at the back, that is powering a plug that will very soon be hidden by a new fireplace, and thus becoming useless. rather than move the plug socekt...

i am about to change the fronts of my plug sockets, however looking at the back of them a few have 2-3 different cable running into what looks like very small holes.. currently this is all done nice and nealy, but once i remove them all the cable will unravel and be a knightmare to get into the...

Hi Guys, i have one of those fused spur sockets that is being used to power a plug socket that i wish to move... my question is this. do i have to keep the fused spur...could i just obtain a plug socket and wire it to the where the spur now is???

Hi Guys, i decided it would be a good idea to strip and paint my windows, however doing this has revealed a section of a window that is very damp and is of course crumbling away.... I cant really afford to get a new window frame put in so i am going to try and repair it so that it will...

I wanna move my stairs to a compleatly different part of my house... i have a few questions 1. How easy is it to cut through an existing floor(and make it safe) 2. How easy is it to cover the old stair well with floor (and make safe) 3. How much (roughly) would this cost i no its...

Hi need some help.... i think that one of my lights has been wired into the main circuit ring... basilcy when i turn off the power supply (at my fuse box) to the lights this particluar light remains on, and only goes off when the mains circuits are turned off.... now i want to move the...