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I've supposedly got an electrician to be coming to install 8 outdoor down lights on the walls around the house, running conduit between them. He made no mention of lifting floors or cutting ceilings. Anyway, he's been giving me the run around so I got another electrician to give me a quote for...

Have removed the tiles that were coming from wall around bath, and the plaster beneath is damp. Removing bath tomorrow and installing new one. Was hoping to stick waterproof tile backer boards to the walls with adhesive then drill into wall when cured. Will I be ok setting the board to this...

Our existing bath is starting to let water come down the edges, and the tiles around the shower are starting to come off so feel it's time to replace it. Only one local plumber contacted showed any interest in fitting a new one for me but didn't turn up to give me a quote, so think I'm going...

A few years ago we got an Indian sandstone patio laid and they used Easyjoint for grouting. The warranty we were given has expired now and the Easyjoint is just turning to dust and coming out of the joints so I want to regrout the patio. Anyone got any recommendations? I'm now expert and...

We've a sandstone patio and I've noticed the Easyjoint that was applied to the joints is breaking down and also a couple of slabs have a very slight rock on them. Any advice of the best way to stop the rock? The base is solid beneath the slab I lifted. Will this need knocking out and...

Hi, Our kitchen has a 20A ring main for our double oven. Looking at buying a new double oven and they're all 32A. The existing cable appears to come out the consumer unit, up the wall, into the ceiling, along a joist and then back in the wall and goes down to the oven. The walls are solid and...

Hi, At the end of August we took delivery of a Fort Harpford Barn shed, with 15mm pressure treated shiplap and shingle roof. Last week I noticed water soaking along the t&g roof on the inside and on inspection found that there is no felt overhanging the edges of the roof sides and likely...

We have a Nest 3rd generation thermostat waiting to be installed and I was considering having a go installing it myself but just want to ask opinion on here first then decide whether or not to get a professional to do it. There is a fused spur going into the Salus which then goes onto the...

Our gutters look to be pretty well useless now, probably around 50 years old and practically every joint is leaking with several cracked. I climbed up and took a look the other day, and notice the hooks supporting the gutters go underneath the roof tiles. Are these called rhone hooks? There's...

We've a wooden floorboard floor in our bathroom and have just had the bathroom done and have some 5mm thick lino to go down. I've read that it's best to line the floorboards first. Most people say use WBP ply. Would a waterproof plasterboard be acceptable too?? My thinking is that the...

We've rejigged our bathroom and the basin has been turned 90degrees which means for cosmetic reasons it's no longer viable hooking it up to the internal soil pipe. So, what I and most others in this type of house have done is exit the basin waste through the external wall below the window, then...

The thermostatic bath shower mixer tap, has, all of a sudden started delivering only lukewarm water. This morning, and for the six months it's been installed it's been fine. Now though, it'll give you full on cold, but as you turn up the temperature dial, it gets warm then no hotter. All other...

In the process of fitting a new bath and when we exposed the soil pipe, which is cast iron, the 40mm solvent pipe coming off the bath its terminating into a branch on the soil stack which is about 50-55mm in diameter. All the previous installer has done is shove the bath waste into that branch...

I'm about to fit a deck mounted thermostatic mixer tap shower to our new bath, which will run off a WB 30CDi combi. Can anyone advise me whether a check valve or no return valve should be fitted, and if so which pipe to fit it to please?? Thanks

We changed our old back boiler to a WB 30cdi combi back in September. Over the past week I've been keeping an eye on the gas usage and quite frankly I'm a bit disappointed. We kept the existing heating system, adding one extra radiator in the main bedroom takingthe total to 9. Its a 2...

Hi, we live in a 2 bedroom, one bathroom house, and currently have a 25 year or so old back boiler. Thinking maybe it isn't going to last much longer, so as a preventative measure I'm considering replacing it with a combi. Is a combi the right choice though? We currently have no shower, so...

I bought a solid oak table just before Christmas and used some of Ikea's Behandla wood treatment oil on it twice. The other day I noticed that there's a small crack appearing so decided to do some research. I've searched the forum, and decided tung oil is the way to go so I bought some Liberon...

Since having our really crappy walls rendered and skimmed and couple of our new sockets are now too deep for the existing screws. Really silly question like :lol: But can you get 40-50mm screws for them? If so, what are they called and where from? :?

Considering getting tile effect laminate in our kitchen and came across the Krono range of stone effect laminates. Has anyone come across this stuff before? It works out around £130 cheaper buying this stuff off the net rather than something like B&Q's TileLOC stuff. Just wondering how good it is.

In the past few days we've had two pipes which were connected to the heating system but sticking through the kitchen ceiling capped off and a radiator taken off the wall then refitted for the plasterer. Just wondering if we have to manually refill the system to replace lost water or if it does...