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Hi, Will be putting up a pergola style roof shortly and that will entail notching out the beams for the rafters. Lots of YouTube videos showing how to make a straight notch if the roof is flat, but mine will start at 8 foot and drop to around 7 over the space of a 1m. How can I successfully...

Hi, I'm building an outdoor kitchen and will put a Pergola style roof over it, either using wiggly tin or perspex. However how well do you think the uprights need to be supported/how large? The span between posts will be circa 3600mm, so pretty large, with 300mm cantilever either end...

Hi, I have a spurred double socket that I wish to extend out from. I realise that in reality you usually put the Fsu in then spur accordingly, however given I wish to keep the double socket in its current location can I spur off from this to an Fsu thus protecting the circuit from that point...

Hi, I've moved my front door so that know I have the bring course on view where I cut the whole out. My question is should I put a strip of DPM along the bring course before I make good the area with concrete? Or would I simply concrete straight on top? When I bricked up the old door I...

Hi, I've put my Dishwasher in a while ago and all seemed fine. No leaks. However I've noticed it has started to drip. So on pulling it out it's simply dripping from the inlet. I tried to nip it up a little but it's still dripping. I've tried it with PTFE and potable water compound but...

Hi, Put in a new (graded) washing machine yesterday. fagor fwm714it It has been sitting in position with the cold feed plumbed for a while. Yesterday I realised I was getting funny tasting water so put a double check valve on the supply before it got to the appliance tap. This cured the...

Should all these models touch the worktop? We've purchased a Fagor WM714iT, and it gets no where near touching the worktop. You can see the dimensions in the link below and it says it is 820mm high. The feet only provide another 20mm or so of upwards lift so currently it is sitting about 70...

Hi, I have a CDA HVG720 to fit. I've had the worktop cut out a by a local fitter and confirmed the dimensions of the cut out are to spec. But when I drop the hob it it's not sitting flush to the worktop in all corners. There appears to be a secondary lip which I guess is supposed...

Hi, I've seated my bath with holes pre-drilled. I've not had the tiles fitted yet, but did a dry run seeing if the taps would slide in front of the tile once it is on. They don't.. Placing the threaded inlets in front of the tile looks like the holes need to move around 10mm forwards...

How do the seasoned pros fit there bath and tiles. I will fit the bath first with the idea to tile down onto it. Due to the size of the space I will have to chase the wall slightly to lose the lip of the bottom end, around 20mm should be sufficient. I'm keen to try and avoid chasing the...

Hi, I wish to put a ceiling speaker in my bathroom during its refurb. It would just be 1 speaker so ideally it would go dead centre but there is a joist running across the width of the room dead centre. It's first floor so the only space above it is loft crawl sapce that gets christmas...

Hi, I am having my bathroom skimmed out, as it will only be half tiled and plasterer has said he may as well skim the full walls as its no difference to him and makes tiling easy. I know good practice is to fit bath and tile down onto it but should I also have him skim down onto it as well...

I am due to replace a window on my first floor. At present it's timber to be replaced with PVCu. There is a large poured concrete on the inner leaf. So can I put a angle iron in the outer leaf? The opening is 4 foot wide. What size lintel should I be getting? Would a 6 x 4 inch 3/8...

Hi, I've had a crack appear on the inside pane of a double glazed window recently. I did some work on the ground floor below this recently and removed an old window and replaced it with a door. All with catnic's so properly installed. (Hopefully) I wonder if this though has still...

Hi, I am fitting a new toilet and want to move it slightly to the right of where the soil pipe is in the floor. The soil pipe is in concrete and at this point do not want to start digging that up. Its a close coupled WC with the outlet being horizontal, can I put an offset in the top...

Hi, I am putting in a small WC room in the downstairs hallway of my house. Because its such a small room it makes most sense to have the door open outwards into the hallway. Is there anything to prevent this regs wise? It would not restrict access to the staircase (fire exit) as the hall...

I have 3 walls that have been tanked with maipei waterproofing. 2 normal PBS walls. On to these will be 40 x 10 ceramics, and for the floor it's porcelain tiles on a new screed floor. Can I just use keraflex for all of it? Should I prime the whole lot first as well? Ideally want...

Hi, Just had my shower room dry lined, dot and dab 2 walls, stud the 3rd. It's not MR. Plasterer didn't even mention MR board. As yet it has not been skimmed, but the plan was to have it skimmed. Then I started looking on here of best tiling techniques and came across people saying...

Hi, I just had my shower room boarded out. I've got a Triton Thermostatic shower bar to fit. I put in 15mm - 1/2 BSP elbows with wings to support it in the brick work behind. The plasterer though has come too far away from the wall with his dot and dab and I won't get the minimum 7mm...

Hi, I have a shower that will be connecting directly to an underground drain, on a vented stack. Its a slimline tray, so I need a 90mm hi-flow, but do I need a deep seal trap as well or a bottle trap? The one in the link...