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Had a 2 storey side extension. These are stairs where the wall breaks through. Are they acceptable? One thing which isn't obvious from the photos, they aren't level and they actually feel "weird" when you stand on them. (Last photo done in better light)

I got concerned cus my builder keeps his left over mortar in a wheel barrow submerged in water to stop it going off then uses it again the next day. Builder put a wall up just over a month ago and I can fairly easily scrape the mortar out with my fingernail. After 10 scrapes i've taken 5m out...

I have a 1930's build. When I moved in it already had old PVC windows. In one upstairs room, I noticed a gap emerging between the top of the window and the ceiling. I figured I would replace since I'm getting condensation on the inside (not between the panes ,just on the inside of the window)...

I installed engineered wood flooring in the kitchen. Tongue n groove, not snap. Not all the way to the wall but just under the kickboards. I glued the pieces together with PVA and it sits on underlay. The laminate and underlay are not glued down. Today, I noticed water coming through some of...

I'm having my drive done; Tarmac with block paved edges. When the grabber drove over the manhole it partially caved in. One course of brick and a lot of concrete fell in. So they were going to rebuild it. I have to say, they did a good job of clearing and flushing the drain. Came home... saw...

I've hired a well known company to tarmac my drive. They put what I'm assuming is MOT type 1 hardcore down. Few days later, I came back from work to find that some "stuff" had been scattered on part of the drive. It looked like mainly sand but with some large stones in (some over 100mm). Is...

Hi, I have a Worcester Bosch combi boiler. I'll update the thread with model when I get home. It's like the 24i except it has 2 dials for CH temp and HW temp. I noticed the pressure gauge was in the red. I went to check one of the rads which usually gets air. No air. I drained one of the rads...

Hi, Either i'm googling the wrong thing or I shouldn't be doing a T-junction! I'm building a little, single skin, 4 course wall. It will be the boundary between the patio and garden. In the middle of the wall I will have a step up to the garden. I want the wall to look something like this...

I've built my shed with stud walls made from 2 by 4. I've clad the exterior with boards recovered from palettes, horizontally. Each board, I've routed a lip so they each overlap. Problem is, some boards have knot holes or gaps between boards due to damage. I'm wondering what is the best way...

Hi, A bit of a general question for feedback and tips. I want to build a large shed, about 7' x 15'. My intention was to lay some footings, 8" deep, for a 2 course single skin brick wall. I was then planning on building stud walls atop the wall. Roof would just be a simple felted shed roof. 2...

So.... We've had a new kitchen and decided to move the stop cock so it wouldn't require some unsightly boxing. This house was built circa 1930's and the stop cock is connected to a lead pipe. We had a good plumber move the stop cock about 3 inches, just enough so it would be hidden by the new...

Hi, My old hob had a female inlet/connector which connected to a male fitting on the end of the copper. My new hob came with an elbow already connected to the female inlet. Which is just as well as its needed, not enough room to take the elbow off and fit the old male straight to the hob...

Hi, I have a toilet with drain in the floor. I want to screed the floor, raising it about 100mm, and add a new toilet, sink and washing machine trap. My first thought was to get an extender that will be buried in the screed. This would then join a 90 degree pan connector with boss, to connect...

Hi, I keep practising on bits of copper pipe (15m) but consistently get the same problems. FWIW, I'm using Yorkshire fittings but want to add a bit of solder, as is frequently advocated. Method I use is... heat up the joint (smallest flame I can get) remove heat touch solder to see if its...

Hi, My builders have finished plasterboarding our extension. The worst wall, the plasterboard is flat on the top half but then bows in towards the bottom. When I put a spirit level on the wall the bottom is about 9-10 mm in. I told the builder I wasn't happy and didn't expect such a huge...

I have an old toilet (see attached pic), the soil pipe is close to the wall. I have a new toilet which I want to rotate 90 degrees. Doing this would put the side right up against the wall. Can I get an "s" bend connector to fit toilet to soil pipe away from the wall? Would there be any...

Hi, I have a 1930-50's build. It has separate toilet/bathroom upstairs which I want to knock through. The doors are next to and perpendicular to each other. The bathroom door is attached to a stud wall which joins the toilet and bathroom. I was just in the process of taking out the...