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Have an outside tap on the wall of a new extension and starting to get do garden done. The missus want a bit of patio around where the tap is and I am concerned that the kids using the tap could mean water sitting against the house. I can't get a proper drain in that location but can I do...

We had a pipe running through a plaster cornice, which has now been the removed (the pipe that is) and i have been left with a hole in the cornice. Was thinking that if i fill it with filler, even layering it, over time it may come loose and fall out in a single piece? Was thinking of...

I need to replace the finish on our driveway following building works to our house. The house is c.1900 sandstone house with matching stone walls and the driveway is at a slight slope upto the garage and is large enough to hold a large family car, so not overly large area. I would like a...

Planning to paper a room with lining paper prior to painting but my wife wants one wall to have "fancy" paper on it so no painting. Should I line the wall with the fancy paper on it? The walls are in okay condition and I will sand down but woudl like to get a decent, flat finish on the wall...

We had about 2m of our garden wall taken down when the house was extended so i need to have this rebuilt. Was planning of giving it a go myself. Appreciate that it should be done in lime mortar but can i use normal cement mortar for building and then point in lime or should i use lime...

We want to replace a vestibule door and are struggling to find a door tall enough. One of the diy sheds have one that is wide enough but c. 10cm too short in height. Is it acceptable to extend it by this much? If so, I assume it would be better to have the 10cm split across the top and...

Laying a new solid oak floor and have bought a couple of solid oak thresholds. The previous ones I have used came with a plastic Chanel that was fixed to the floor and the threshold clipped into it. The ones just bought are the same shape but didn't come with a plastic chanel - anyone any...

My wife would like window restrictors retro fitted to some of our upvc sash and casement windows, to prevent the windows from opening too far. Does anyone know of a good source to buy and if it's a DIY job to fit them?

Have been trying to decide on what to use for our driveway surface following a recent extension. Have seen carpet stones (cobble/sett lookalikes but on a mesh background) which i think bradstone make? They are stated as being suitable for use on a driveway (it tends to have a car parked on...

Our pipes in the house have started to rattle at the eNd of the washing machine cycle (also happens when the dish washer has been on but not always). Both machines are cold fill so must be the cold water pipe but I doesn't sound as though the rattle is coming from the kitchen! We haven't had...

how do i go about filling a groove to create a tongue on solid wood flooring. I plan to start laying the flooring from a hearth with the groove facing the hearth and work across the room however this will leave a space of 2 foot or so from the hearth to the wall that i will need to floor...

Planning to lay a new wooden floor and will replace the skirting boards. It's an old house so want high skirting boards but can only seem to find a height of 159mm (in b&q, jewsons were shorter) but I am sure I saw boards at 193mm but can't find them now! I think this was also in b&q. Any...

Am gearing up to lay the new solid oak flooring this coming weekend. Plan to start at the fireplace hearth as this is the focal point of the room and work away from it, with the first plank being laid with the groove facing the hearth. I think i had read this somewhere but am i right, or...

Have recently bought an apple time capsule and have it set up and working fine. Have a couple the Ethernet ports in use and all good but have plugged in a further Ethernet cable to connect mysky box and the port doesn't light. Have switched cables round so all the ports work which makes me...

Just bought and set up a sonos 3 and bridge, which is connected to a mac via a time capsule I can't get my iTunes library set up so that I can play it through the sonos! Anyone any ideas?

I am planning on buying a Sonos 5 unit and currently have an Apple Time Capsule providing the wifi signal in my house. I had thought that the sonos will connect direct with the time capsule via the wifi signal but have been told that I also need to buy the sonos bridge in order to allow the...

I am planning on buying a Sonos 5 unit and currently have an Apple Time Capsule providing the wifi signal in my house. I had thought that the sonos will connect direct with the time capsule via the wifi signal but have been told that I also need to buy the sonos bridge in order to allow the...

Have a new sky+ box that can be connected to the Internet and I have an Ethernet cable inthe right place. The sky man gave me a little connecting cable that has a connector that takes the individual wires. It's coloured up for blue, white/blue, orange and white/orange but my cat 5 cable is...

We are moving forward with our kitchen extension so are starting to look for ideas on the new kitchen. Does anyone have ideas on worktops. We will have a straight run against a wall which will have the hob located on it and a reasonably large island type worktop (although it will sit against...

Plan to install a new solid oak floor over the original suspended timber floorboards. I have installed a floor previously and secretly nail it to the suspended floor. But what would be best practice? Did i did before and secretly nail or lay as a floating floor? With a floating floor...