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Howdy, Any reason I can't tile over low voltage lighting wires (only the ones back to the transformer - clearly not the transformer to the mains)? Plan to either cut small groove in plaster, embed wires, then tile over.... or is the more traditional way to run the wires up through the...

Morning all, I have some 'professionally' rendered walls in my garden. They are crumbling, paint is flaking off (proper masonry paint) and I fear I need to hack off the render and redo. 1) Or is there an easy way to patch the render that is flaking - keeping in mind that it is a smooth...

Hi - I cannot locate anywhere in the UK that sells Aluminum or Stainless Steel trim for laminate worktops. By trim , I am talking about along the front edge of the entire worktop, not a joining or end profile strip. I appreciate that the profile of the worktop may affect the options, I...

Hey there, I have a kitchen wall I am looking to re-tile. I have removed the old tiles and have a plaster wall with all sorts of small hollows (where removing the old adhesive/grout has taking bits of plaster away). I want to know whether i need to make this wall flat or whether the use of...

Greetings all, I have several new light switches and plug sockets in a nice 'iridium black' colour (black polished chrome). The screws that came with the switches are not quite long enough to reach the boxes in the wall. I can find longer ones in zinc, but not in iridium black.... need...

Hey all - I have 2 rectangular raised garden beds in my new back yard. They look to have been well made - however they have been rendered very badly (uneven) and then painted with masonry paint. I need to get them smooth and was trying to find some kind of skim coat for render (cement sand...