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Hi am I planning to change my detached Garage to a home office just for us. I will be leaving the shutter door on the front and will add a bi fold door to the side wall into the garden. The garage is approx 25 years old and has Single brick all round I think. I was planning to do the following...

We have a double garage on our drive way and our neighbours garage backs onto it. I want to make this in an office for me to work from home / Man Cave do I need building Regs? Thank you

Hi we have recently moved in a new house and there is a Galaxy alarm from 1994 fitted. The problem is I need to change some light fittings but when I turn the fuse box off the bell goes off. So I have removed the battery from the main board but it still goes off. Any ideas would be a great help...

I having just bought a hot tub and want to put it onto the paving slabs we will be moving the little shed. Problem is it will go onto the artificial grass a little bit. What is the best way to make it level across the Slabs and grass? I was thinking about about rubber matting / decking board or...

I fitted my first mortice lock yesterday and made the hole slightly to big. I can screw the top screw in but there is nothing to screw the bottom hole into it I have tried going in at an angle but no luck. Can I fill the hole with something and screw into it, Could I use no more nails? Or...

A Few garages have been broken into recently is it possible for me to add another lock to the inside of this garage door as its joined to our house. Any help would be good. Thank you.

I am installing a 50 x 50 mm wooden frame so I can lay fake grass. I have been screwing a bit of timber to the side of the wood and hitting this down but the main wood is not going in straight. Any ideas what I can use? Thank you

I am installing fake grass in the rear garden and I want to lower a access garden drain so I can run the grass over the top. I do not need access to this drain as I can't rod from it but I will be screwing the grass down so I can lift it up if I need access. Is this a easy job and how

I would like to replace the radiator in my bathroom with a towel rail currently the pipes come out the middle of the wall. My question isall the towel rails I am looking at have the pipes connected at the bottom. Do they do towel rails that you can connect the pipes onto the side?

The plasterboard tape has come loose all round the top of the ceiling in my Ensuite. The house was a new build and is approx 5 years old. How do I go about repairing this and painting over it. Thanks for any advice

I am painting my hall way and sanded everything down on the first day. I have now split a lot of white paint on the wood work. Do I need to sand down the wood work again or can I paint straight over it. I am using Dulux dimond satin paint which self under coats Thanks for any help

At the top of one wall / ceiling the plasterboard was bubbling on the tape. I have cut the bubble out and I was tempted to take the whole tape off. It now looks a bit of a mess have I done anything wrong? Should I just fill the bit I have taken out and if so what should I use. Do I Try...

I am just about to paint my hall way and stairs. The walls are plasterboard and are approx 5 years old. I need to cut some tapes out and fill which fillers are the best all round to use on plasterboard and wood. Which grade sand paper should I use on the walls do I need to sand the ceiling...

I live in a new build house approx 5 years old and in some of the corners I have bubbles where two walls meet. It looks like the plasterboard tape is coming away. I am just about to re paint and I need to know how to fix it. Any advice would be great. Thank you

We have just found a colour we like in the B&q colour range. Is this paint ok to use I normally only use Dulux? Should I use it or get Dulux to mix it for me. Thanks

Hi I live in a new build house coming up to 5 years old and the living room radiator has a tiny leak and I noticed all this gunk in the end of it. What is it and how do I fix it? Any help would be great.

Hi I Live in a new build house which is coming up to 5 years old and the following has happen at the top of the bathroom wall. On the ceiling it looks damp in the corner could this be because the extractor fan is not working as it should. Also the paint on the wall is cracking. Could...

I have been trying to screw into brick today to put up a curtain pole and I was struggling using a Makita 18v lxt Cordless combo. I was using a cheap set of Makita drill bits can someone recommend me some good masory bits surely my drill should be good enough to put up a curtain pole. Also...

I am going to lay chippings or pebbles on my front garden as I hate mowing the front garden. Do I need to remove the grass and then put down a membrane or can I weed kill the grass and put down a membrane? Thanks for any advice is there anything else I need to do? Do I need anything for...

I have just stripped wood chip from one of my bedrooms and I now want paint it cream. I am going to sand it down tomorrow ad sugar soap the walls. Will I need to do a bass coat and if so how? Thanks for the help