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I need to rework some waste pipe in our downstairs loo. I assumed it was standard 40mm solvent weld waste pipe as the house is less than 20 years old. I bought some floplast pipes and elbows etc from screwfix. Offering up a connector it is obvious the new pipe is larger than the old. The old...

We have some in wall LED lights which have seen better days and we want to remove them. Ideally we want to fit some bulkhead lights that take E27 Edison Screw bulbs and surface mount them as they will go with the vintage look we are after in the hallway. The current lights obviously have some...

In our en suite bathroom the soil stack has a durgo valve that terminates at just lower than the cistern height. Whoever designed the house in their wisdom made the en suite so tight that the boxing in for the durgo / soil was basically flush against the side of the cistern - looked awful, and...

I have purchased some Aurora Enlite EN-DLM918x downlights. The instructions state that a 75mm hole needs to be made for them. What is confusing me is that as well as the normal springs there are 2 little metal tabs or "ears" in between. These tabs stick out from the can nearly 10mm and the...

Hi Just wondering if anyone is able to I'd this plant please? Thanks

We have just moved into a new house and discovered that the previous owner had left the boiler condensate to drip into the external wall - the pipe had been snapped off about half inch inside the external face of the brickwork, and left long enough for the wall to go green. Even our surveyor...

We have an old Neff Built under double oven (720 high x 600 wide) which seems to have given up the ghost and so are looking for a cheap(ish) replacement as we are moving out soon. The old oven has a step down from the top of the front fascia to the casing behind of about 80mm, leaving plenty of...

I did search but most posts seemed to relate to proper chimneys : We have had our gas fire removed as it was seldom used, and have been left with a hole in the internal block work and plaster board. House was built in 1997, so is brick outer leaf, block inner, seemingly no cavity...

We have squirrels getting in under pantile roof. The wife saw it pop out into the gutter. Our loft has been converted so this side of the house is just a crawl space so awkard to get into to do much. We had the fascias and soffits done 2 years ago and there should be comb type strips in that...

Sorry for this long post! My neighbour in the process of digging for his pond put a hole straight through the plastic surface water drain pipe that runs from the back of my garage (on his prpoerty) - as far as I know it's gone right through the pipe top and bottom as it was a rather large pry...

In my garage I have a single ceiling rose which is wholly inadequate to actually see anything but directly below it! I want to change to 2 x 5ft strip lights which should help spread the light around a little more. What do I need to do to change over - do I need some sort of junction box...

I have an outdoor waterproof socket that was professionally installed and currently use an extension lead from that into one of those waterproof boxes where I can plug in and keep the transformers etc dry. At the plug end of the extension lead I have a plug with built in switch so I can turn...

Due to have kitchen ceiling replastered and wanted to swap from central single light fitting to half a dozen downlighters. I had thought the plasterboard would need to come down giving ample access to the joists and wiring etc but the plasterer has had a look and the plasterboard is sound...

I know there are lots of threads about misted double glazed units, where the unit has failed or the silica gel has gone etc but this is a different sort of thing. We have had the windows 3 weeks. All seems OK, and in the shade or when the sun is not out the windows look perfectly clear...

I have noticed some hairline cracks running down the internal wall under the windows - they run vertically down almost perfectly vertically in fact from the corner of the window opening - in one downsatirs room with 2 windows there is a crack at each corner, some running down the wall to the...

We are looking to replace our fascia / soffits / guttering and have had a local firm in that seem OK - not too much sales patter etc! Our current soffits have vents running the whole length. The guy that came round said they wouldn't put vents back up, and instead he showed me this piece of...

Along the front of my house I've noticed a stretch of bricks getting pretty wet under the DPC. This really started when we had scaffold up for 3 months (Nov to Feb) and with all the rain / snow/ wind there was a point where water was running off the scaffold board down the wall and pooling...

Our loft conversion has been plastered about 4 / 5 weeks now and so I am painting it all. Before the mist coat I noticed a handful of popped screw heads here and there and so dug out the plaster, filled with polyfilla and got on - I assumed this was normal to get a few go. Over the last...

Had some new door linings fitted and have noticed some dark patches / spots in places. Have sanded which lessens it but some seem to be through the wood to a depth. Does this sound like some sort of mould / rot, or more like resin issues ? Even if it's not will I have issues with painting etc...

Having a new en-suite built in the loft - today the builders have put up the hardiebacker board round the tray but there are gaps of up to 15mm between the board and the tray - far too much to even tile and bridge as far as I can see. To my mind the hardiebacker should be tight against the...