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Exterior doors really baffle me. So many places online don't specify if they are pre-hung/include frame or not, so when it asks me "what size" do I put in door size or brick to brick opening size? Basically the narrowest part of my brick to brick opening is 895mm. Top to bottom it's 2105mm...

We have a semi and on our non-attached side, our neighbours have an extension that is right up to the property line and hard up against our garage wall. We're knocking down the garage and rebuilding a two-storey extension in its place. however, due to the curve in the road, we're straightening...

It's a Zenith 70s upvc door which is tatty but the frame is fine. Was wondering if these are standard fit mounting screws and fittings wise or will I have to do the frame too? It's one of the "lift handle to engage locks" before locking types.

In our hallway we're removing some horrible 1970s thin (2mm or so) wooden fake parquet. this appears to have been laid on a thin layer of adhesive. Fine so far, but it would appear that the original floor was a really nice set of quarry tiles. We can see this as, in places, they are showing...

It's upvc, probably from sometime in the 70s looking at it. The locking mechanism and frame appear to work together so I'm imagining that I need to do the entire frame and door at the same time? Brick-to-brick the opening is 900mm x 2070mm - is this a pretty standard size or will I be...

Hi there. I have a 1948 semi that has a hallway & stairs in need of renovation. I'm going to be putting ceramic tiles down in the hallway and replacing the skirting. The existing staircase is painted in about a bazillion layers of eggshell gloss and will probably fall apart if I try and scrape...

I know that many of you on here a professionals. I only wish to highlight to you the problems faced by punters such as myself when looking for a heating engineer. In the old days, it was off to the Yellow Pages and a quick look up the "plumbing" section. Then heating got complicated and the...

Hi all. Recently posted in here about a problem 10-year-old Turbomax 242E. It heats the radiators just fine (even with the radiator dial set to "3", we have to turn the individual radiator thermostats right down or you end up practically burning yourself on them if you touch one! However, the...

Hi all. We have a 12-ish year old combi that is starting to show signs of age. It is largely our fault though as we haven't had it anywhere near regularly serviced or flushed (years and years since it was flushed or even touched by a plumber). Now whereas the heating is fine (radiators can be...

Doing a new floor and skirting boards to match. Existing boards are horrible old things and getting tatty. Trouble is, the microbore heating pipes are attached in several places and I think this could prevent me getting much leverage to remove the boards. Will I have to drain system (combi...

Hi All Old wood floor is currently glued straight onto concrete (50-ish years old, very dry!). Old wood floor is 12mm thick. It got ink spilled on and insurance has paid out for new floor. We're planning on getting a nice new wood floor and the supplier has some 23mm thick stained pine stuff...

Hi all. Want to move washing machine from utility room to garage. There's an existing drain right outside the garage wall to run the waste to, so no probs there. The nearest water supply is the existing copper tubing to the downstairs loo. About 5 metres directly measured to the new...

Hello All. Interested in any links/ideas/suggestions for building a large swing in the garden for the kids (who have outgrown the little metal framed one) and also me! Current ideas are either to try and go for a sort of a-frame construction with some long-ish poles either side leaning...

Hello all, Getting fed up with replacing washers every few months so decided to change bath taps. They're the house's original taps from when it was built in 1948. Now I'm probably going to get my terminology wrong here, but bear with me and I'll describe what is there. The hot tap is...

Hi all, we have a traditional 1948 semi and I want to put some simple boarding in the loft to allow us to store and easily access stuff up there. At the moment we have stuff strewn all over the place and it's a pain balancing across the joists to get to the more far-flung regions of the...