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Hi guys, I have a corner bathroom sink and it has a gap between the sink edge and tiles and as a result water gets down it and on the floor. What's the best way to seal it as it is a gap of maybe 1cm. Can I seal with silicone or should I use that sealant tape. Thanks

Hi guys, I have a towel radiator in the bathroom and want to take it off for decorating. It has the chrome valves but no indications on them which we to turn them. I assume that they both turn the same way to close off. They come out are horizontal like the bars of the radiator. Do I turn them...

Hi, The outside of the house was rendered by the builder before I bought it some 5yrs ago. Large sections of the wall is crumbling the paint has flaked off and now the render is like dust, you can rub it and it crumbles away. This is in varies spots around the lower lever of the wall. The...

Hi guys, My decking has been oiled last year and to be honest looks crap now and it wasn't cheap and I am now thinking about staining it a colour to cover the patchy oil. Will stain cover work that's been oiled and if so any ideas what to go for. Thanks

Hi guys, We have an extractor in the bathroom and we want to isolate it as its more of a pain than anything. When you open it there is live and neutral and earth and also a wire marked LS does this light switch? If so how would I stop the fan from working wiring wise? Thanks

Hi, I know its difficult to say but wondered ball part what people think a garage brick built with pitched roof built to approx 14ft wide x 20ft long. This is the size from border to border, what would the actual floor space be for this garage after footings and walls and would it be adequate...

Hi, I want to update the kitchen door handles and they are 170mm centres but i cant for the hell of me find any on the internet with these centres. I want the D handle type. Any ideas or sites. Lee

Hi, We have a upvc window in the 1st floor bedroom, it is a large opening window with a i think hinges that are fire escape / easy cleaning. The window i think is supposed to open and stay open at 90 degrees on its own. However the window when pushed open just slowly closes. Is this a knackered...

Hi guys, We are working our way through the house and next is the current bathroom. It is only 3.5 sq metres and we want to rip it out and turn it into a wet room. Are they relatively easy to install. Would you tank the full room given it's size or just the shower area. I don't want to put a...

Hi guys, We are working our way through the house and next is the current bathroom. It is only 3.5 sq metres and we want to rip it out and turn it into a wet room. Are they relatively easy to install. Would you tank the full room given it's size or just the shower area. I don't want to put a...

I have had an rsj put in the bedroom as it's supporting the chimney above and as a result it's going to be slightly lower than the ceiling. I am going to have it boxed in and wondered is it possible to have spot lights put in the boxing. Do you have to make the boxing deeper to make a void to...

Hi, i have stripped a room back to brick and ceiling is stripped. At present it has a single light in middle of ceiling and single switch. Can a sparky change this to spotlights and double switch so some lights on some off. Just wondered if this was an easy job for them to do with what...

Hi Guys, I asked about moving an a steel rsj which will be about 130kg, the options were to man handle it some how upto the 1st floor window which would hard but maybe possible. However you guys mentioned the genie lifts, are these lifts moveable when extended with the loads on, thinking one of...

Hi the builder has ordered a steel UC 152x152x30 which on the internet says 30kg per m and mine is 4.4m. So roughly around 130kg. I am getting a few mates round to get it in the house as this cuts down on money i have tp pay the builder for him to hite stuff etc. This weight sounds like...

Hi, We want to put a walkin wardrobe in one of the master bedrooms and wondered if anyone had done this before. It's not goin to be huge but big enough for the room. It would be around 5.5ft wide and 7ft length and just wondered is 3" x 2" best timber sizes for the stud wall. Thanks Lee

Hi guys, I have attached some photos i hope. The photos are ones i got from the builder he did the house prior to us buying it. From the garden photo you can see the extended section to the back of the house with the patio doors. The inside is all plastered and the steel also plastered etc...

Hi guys, I posted a sometime ago and just want to pick me brains again. My Kitchen wall in our vitorian house backs onto what is the old outside toilet and storage. I have noticed the inside of this wall has the paint flaiking off around skirting board height upto 4 inches above that. The...

I posted earlier re floorboards that are damaged in my victorian house. They are a difficult size to replace 170mm width and 18mm depth. I only have random ones that need replacing and wondered could i get some timber 18mm depth and have it cut the correct width and then put it were required...

Hi, The rear of our house was rendered and painted about 2yrs ago before we bought it. I have noticed that in a couple of spots the paint has flaked off and the render underneath has gone really sandy to the touch, you can rub it and the render rubs away. Its only in a couple of spots and i...

We have just noticed some cracks on the ceiling were the velux light is in the roof. They run from the corner of the velux along the ceiling. I looked outside and i can now see that the roof now dips in the same corner. Its as if the roof joist has maybe snapped/slipped. It is a victorian...