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Planning to dig a circle out of my lawn and lay a patio with reclaimed common clay bricks (flat all round). Will be filling with leveled compacted hardcore. I'm wondering if sand is ok as a bed or should I use mortar? I'd like to mortar between the bricks when done either way as I plan on having...

Hi, I'm currently building and IKEA wardrobe. It has three sections and five doors. Unfortunately I forgot to pick up the hinges while I was in IKEA. I bought a pack of 20 Hafele hinges (645PH, Screwfix) to try. These are a great price for 20 and good quality. Unfortunately, even with the...

I'm plastering my porch at the moment after boarding it out. I bought a speed skim which I got the first coat on with. I put the plaster on the wall with a roller (yes..YouTube ), it did the job. I found it was hard to get the plaster into the corners with this method. I also found the speedskim...

I've recently fitted a composite front door replacing an old UPVC door. When my house was built, it had an open porch design, meaning my second internal door is actually where the front door would have been. The new composite external door opens and closes perfectly when the inner door is open...

Hi, I am replacing my old uPVC front door with a new composite door with a new frame. The old frame just sits straight on the floor but the new frame is different. I'm not sure if the new frame needs to sit ontop of a separate sill, or whether I can sit it directly onto the floor like the old...

Looking for some info on adapting a composite door's uPVC frame. Basically I need a front door as my old uPVC door is knackered but in a tight budget. I've found a door which is an ex showroom display model which is ideal in width and also has a top light integral to the frame which I need...

I've got a Makita angle grinder, the spindle size is 1/2". I want to use it with some polishing pads (it has a low speed setting). All the hook and loop pads seem to be m14. For example...

I have an Acenta G4 alarm panel with an 8EP42 type bell box. Recently the bell box has started making random squawking noises intermittently. Tried powering it completely down and re energising it. The sounder works in test mode and no faults are shown on the panel. I had a look inside today...

Noticed a bit of a strange issue with my boiler recently. It seems to fire even though the programmer is not calling for heat and no hot water taps are open. Looking at the boiler, the green led next to the Tap symbol is always illuminated. The burner kicks in every few minutes and then goes off...

I've got a garden wall which is double skin and 8 courses heigh. It's got a built-up peer section in the middle where two sections of wall meet to form an angle. I'd like to build this pier up. I'd also like to extend the wall along to the right and and add another pier/columns at the end. The...

Hi. I am extending a double skin garden wall and want to cut the new bricks into the existing wall. I want the first course of the new part of the wall to be 1 course lower than the original wall as it will be easier to keep the footings bellow the soil level. Basically I've pored a concrete...

I'm in the process of building a shed/man cave. It's 5.5 X 2.5 m2 and constructed from timber. Due to budget constraints the floor joists sit on top of 22 equally spaced concrete piers. I've been collecting Rockwool insulation slabs to use in the walls and ceiling. I've used celotex in the...

Looking for input from people who have experience of sound insulating rooms. I have built a garden room which is a 4x2 timber framed construction with a suspended floor of 7x2 joists sat on concrete piers. The room is to be a music room for listening to music and playing music in. I play in...

Several weeks ago I I used a turf cutting machine to take the turf up in my garden and rotavated the soil. I covered the whole garden in in material in weed suppressing material and had intended to lay turf in the following week. Unfortunately other things got in the way and I didn't lay the...

Hi, I am extending outwards my gardens patio area using gabion baskets which will be decked over to walk around on. I am making steps to the side with rectangular baskets also. To the rear of the new patio are there will be a drop off to the lawn of just over a meter. Obsiuly this is oging to...

Just looking for a bit of advice around laying some hardcore. My house is on a pretty steep hill and consequently the garden is sloped. There is a big step down of over 1M from a small patio area to the first level of the garden (there are 2 levels). When I bought the house there was decking...

Hi, I put in a quadrant shower tray as part of my bathroom rebuild. Everything else has gone pretty much to plan and I am nearly finished tiling however its became apparent that the tray is out by quite a bit. Its a 1000 x 800mm tray. Its level on the long side but the shorter side is out by...

I have just bought a house and the UPVC front door is old and pretty knackered. I'd like to replace it, possibly with a composite. I have done upvc windows wood-UPVC so I am comfortable do do it myself. Problem is, the existing frame has windows at either side and one above. Would I need a...

I'm looking for a suitable replacement transformer for an Accenta Gen 4 panel. I was asked by a friend to have a look at it, the old battery had been taken out at some point. With a new battery the panel works but its not getting power from the mains. Made sure that mains voltage is getting to...

I have just batttened out my bathroom and boarded it out ready for tiling. Around the shower I used Hardibacker. I used normal platerboard everywhere else except for the bath area where I used green aqua boards. Can I just tile straight onto these surfaces or do I need to apply something before...