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I know this topic has been discussed - but my situation is slightly different. Bought a new build basement garage, the ground beneath the concrete floor was still somewhat humid so there was some visible efflorescence in places. Anyway, I decided to have the garage tiled to create a...

Doing some work on an office that has necessitated removing all wiring, but a temporary phone setup is required. Know nothing about phones, but here goes: Need to run a pair from the BT junction (?) box immediately inside the building, (the box with lots of slots in it and all the...

In connection with the requirement to replace some supply side plumbing, it will be necessary to shut off main stopcock (outside). Thames Water indicate that it is the property owners responsibility to open/close the stopcock. Stupid question perhaps but does the sort of cover as in the...

Block of 3 flats, one gf shop. All fed via 15mm copper, have replaced all plumbing and now running 22mm throughout, to within 2 feet of underground mains water supply, to which a temporary connection has been made (new 22 to the old 15mm stub remaining) The mains supply, type of pipe...

Here goes. Door linings have a slot for the strips that seems to be precisely 15mm wide. But fitting a 15mm intumescent is hell, if the lining and slot are painted, nightmarish and close to impossible to not mangle the strip, the first set of doors I did I had to scrape out the paint from the...

The background - One building, 3 flats, previously just one common water supply (riser) feeding all flats. Have now separated all flats' supplies, to ground floor near-ceiling level. Hope to have meters installed inside building, extending separation of supplies to ground-floor floor...

Refurbed a flat, and to avoid tenants running wires all over the place we ran a 2-pair phone cable under the floorboards. The idea is: An extension socket box just by where BT may enter the building and place the master socket; Connected via the two pair to a similar socket where the...

As above really. Quite handy and will have an experienced builder with me (or rather the other way round!) so would appreciate any pointers as to whether there are any tricks to doing these, well, even a step by step would not go amiss just in case. Have in the past fitted casement windows...

OK here's the deal. I seem to have two problems - Fitted an undersink water heater. First problem. I don't manage to find flexi hoses that are long enough, so I connect two hoses together. (well 4 in total, two cold two hot) Both of these hoses are the type with a compression fitting one...