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Hi all, I am looking to replace my stairs as they are creaky and 2 of the treads have split and disconnected from the riser so i think its time for a replacement. Its a 1940/50's ex council house with a wall on either side of the flight. It is a straight flight with 13 steps but the bottom...

Gents, I am about to smash a brick cupboard out that sits over the stairs . there is plasterboard between the top of the wall and the joists...ie it was build after the roof ceiling was boarded. Also joist run parralell with it which I understand isnt always indicative of non supporting. I...

Guys, I know this has probably been done to death but i cant seem to nail this down. Just to give you some background, i am not a plumber obviously but have read as much as i can to help myself. I currently have a conventional Gravity fed system with a Baxi back-boiler, I recently had an...

Just having some roof work done......I am not a roofer but to me it doenst look quite right. Any advise would be really appreciated . [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] The builder has said there will be stone on at the end of the job. If this is Normal then i guess that's good but to me...

hi all, to cut a long story short i have a leak on the plastic joint between the water meter and my lead service pipe. I want to get an idea of who is responsible for fixing this, i had to dig it up as the affinity guys who turned up just opened the meter cover and said "nah mate not...

Hi, I have done some searching but cant find much info. I have a 2 bed end of terrace house build in the mid 50's, i currently have an AWFUL conservatory that is freezing....i am planning to replace it with an extension at some point. I have been thinking that as the house has what i...

Hi all, I had a large landscaping job done in Sep-Oct this involved removal of 10 skips of earth to move a retaining wall back from my house to build a patio. However the patio pointing has started to crack in some places, and the first 4 slabs in the path move so much they started...

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1111301#1111301 i dont know which section is correct for this so i went for woodwork, i thought id come here and link to it as it is sort of structual. i hope im aloud to link to another part of the site

I dont know if this is in the correct section as it could also be structural. i am having some door liners replaced tommorrow along with some new doors hung, i thought id help the guy out and remove the frames for him but upon doing so i found something i was not expecting. There are...

Hi , this is my first post here so ill try make it a good one :lol: I moved onto my house 18 months ago , its a 1950's built house, i have been decorating and getting the place into some sort of decent state, BUT i have found the following up stairs. The house is at the end of a terrace...