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Hey Guys, We've just moved into a new house and one of the first things we decided to do was get the kitchen sorted out starting with the floor. It's a suspended floor and I was hoping to tile over it in the coming days, i've lifted some of the floorboards, checking for overall...

Guys, I was down me mates today and we removed his old gas fire and found this (see picture) it seems to extend a brick or two up inside the chimney, my qestion would be then - is it safe to remove, i'm guessing its superficial and was used to aid flue/air flow. He wants to install a log...

This should really be dead easy :) , but please can anyone tell me the proper name for this type of soil/pan connector (see images below), it's upvc about 700mm long and pushes directly into the soil stack, one end expands out to 110mm to take the pan connection on the back of the toilet, the...

What's the preferred/recommended way to pipe up hot and cold to a bathroom sink? Come up directly from the floor below, up inside the pedestal to half height and then use flexs etc to connect upto the taps? Or chase the pipes into the back/supporting wall and bring them out (half height lets...

I want to mount a 4 port network faceplate about 2 inches away (ideally, space an issue) from a mains double socket, is this likely to pose a problem with interference? What's the recommended distance between rj45 faceplates and mains sockets? It's unshielded twisted pair cat5e running to the...

Just moving a couple of bedroom rads around, and wanted to know if it's acceptable to do the following (see picture below) - I can't get behind the joist to bring the pipe up, nor can i bend the pipe tight enough for a true 90 elbow without notching the joist further, so i've used a...

Just moved into my new home, and one of the first things that needed looking at was the heating system. To start with most of the radiators have rusted up and split on the bottom, i've basically replaced the lot today, so 8 radiators measured up and hung. Floorboards are up and it looks...

I'm having my house rewired at the moment and i noticed in the main bedroom while the floorboards were up - that the wire feeding the dining room main light (downstairs) runs parallel with the joists until it reaches the centre of the room before exiting through a hole into the ceiling below...

Hey Guys, I've noticed the wooden lintel above my door frame is cracked horizontally right through the centre section (cause for concern?? see picture below). Ideally, i want to take this out and put a new lintel in, my question is what type and size of lintel would be the best for...

Do they exist? Have you seen any about? I'm looking for a slim dual panel single convector radiator, i've had a good look most are in the 100-110mm region from wall to face which will stick out too much for me - ideally i'm trying to find something around 80mm wall to face. 8)

Feel a bit silly, like i should know this but looking at my gas meter the other day i noticed that the last digit on the far right of the reading was ticking around albeit slowly. I thought to myself, well the central heating isn't on (i turned the gas supply off at the boiler), nor are the...

I've just ripped out the old fireplace in my front room only to discover what i think is the original back boiler. I'd like to know if it's safe to remove it, and whether is it reasonably easy to do. I've stuck my hand up the chimney opening/breast and i can't feel a lintel which concerns me...

Hello :) I'd greatly appreciate it if a builder could tell me whether or not the wall highlighted in the picture below is a supporting wall or not. I've just moved into the property and would like to knock this small brick partition out so my (new) kitchen worktops will flow from one...