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I've insulated under my ground floor suspended timber floor & now need to board over mostly to raise the floor back to the level it was at before, the boards will be laid on top of the 22mm P5 T&G floor and under Tarkett sheet vinyl which I'm re-laying. It is an open plan kitchen/living room but...

My washing machine waste is currently connected to the sink waste & trap via an extended pipe which seems a bit daft as the main waste pipe runs behind the w/machine, can I put the sink on a normal P trap & add a U bend or P trap & T connection halfway along the run (behind the w/machine) with a...

I had to take up my vinyl flooring to over-board with ply, can anyone recommend a carpet tape or double sided tape for sticking the perimeter back down?? I've tried Duct Carpet Tape and Heavy Duty Double Sided Tape neither of which are particularly sticky! The original tape used was some sort...

I've got a timber sub-floor (ground floor flat with vented crawl space) and have laid 6mm Depron and wood effect vinyl throughout. The insulation has moved which has moved the vinyl and absolutely everything leaves an impression in the floor so I am about to take up the vinyl and overlay the...

Apologies this is so long but I want to give as much info as possible so please bare with me! Can anyone please please help save me from my condensation, mould, damp nightmare!! I bought a ground floor maisonette 3 years ago, it’s about as big as a shoebox which I thought being small would...

Please help!! I’m trying to decorate my flat & its not going well. I had a wall moved 2 months ago & have got to decorate the lounge, hall & bedroom, I’ve been doing the prep & trying to paint for over 2 weeks & I don’t seem to be any further forward. I bought a 5ltr tin of trade...

In the process of preparing to decorate & I'm finding the old paint if flaking off the exterior walls & it looks like the walls weren't sealed/mist coated when they were first plastered. The plasterer I have skimming the ceilings reckons I should skim the walls but at £200 a day he would say...

I live in a ground floor flat and hear a humming/rushing noise every time the upstairs neighbour uses water. The noise isn't a bang or vibration, its similar to the noise if refilling a combi boiler. They still have storage heaters and a cold water tank upstairs and I hear this noise every...

I've got a recess in my bedroom which I use as a wardrobe and want to replace the curtain I use as a 'door' with sliding doors. The recess is wall to wall so I don't need a carcass or end panels, I'd like 2 doors by-passing each other, the ceiling height is 2.4m and the opening is 1000mm, what...

I'm thinking of using Therma-Coat (manufactured by Thermalite) on the ceilings and walls, has anyone used this before? Is it any good? The paint on some of the walls to be decorated is peeling off, if I get it all off & sand them back can I use the Therma-Coat as the primer before painting...

I live in a shoebox of a flat & am looking to replace the flooring. I've been told to make the place seem bigger I should use the same flooring throughout. I need to do the bedroom, hall & open plan kitchen living room. I would like a wood floor but there seems to be a raft of contradictory...

I had a Redring Slimline 650c 9.5kw electric shower installed in June 08, every time I use the shower I have to turn the temperature dial up more & more to get anything above luke warm water. The guy who installed the shower has moved 250 miles away so I called Redring (Applied Energy) & they...