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I live in an 1895 stone built terrace with no cavity, this year I plan to internally insulate the bedroom wall it's the full width of the front of the house it was originally lime plasterered but it seems over the years it has been skimmed with gypsum plaster so no longer breathable and the...

Hi, my plumber has suggested running a 32mm basin waste through my 3x2 wall studs in my bathroom, I'm feeling pretty uneasy about this, due to it weakening the integrity of the studs, the wall is currently down to bare studs and will be reboarded in 12mm moisture board once the plumber has done...

Hi and thanks in advance This is in my bathroom, above the stud wall is a 7 inch ceiling joist it runs external wall to external wall, where the small stud ladder is, that is to square the room off as that back wall is the chimney, I'm having a new bathroom suite fitted and the plumber has...

Hi, I have just moved house and will not have any broadband till 24th, the house I have moved to already has a Sky Q lnb, so I have connected my 2tb box up and it is working fine, but I want to connect my teenage sons mini box to my router wifi only no active broadband, I can connect my main...

Hi all, I need to adjust the piping slightly for a new bathroom radiator, and I want to prep the pipes properly what do you guys/girls recommend for deburring the interior and exterior of the pipe and making sure it's nice and clean so I get good joints Thanks in advance

Hi, I have an older central heating system with gravity hot water ideal Mexico floor standing boiler, cylinder on landing f+e in loft, I recently had cause to switch off the bathroom radiator this radiator has lock shields both sides, I turned off the right lock shield fully and the radiator...

My wife has seen this kitchen colour on the flash advert, is this familiar to anybody anybody know what manufacturer and colour name

Hi, I've ordered a new basin that recommended a certain click clack waste, and my monobloc mixer is supplied with a pop up waste, if I'd rather use the click clack is it just a case of not fitting the rods for the pop up waste and install the tap as normal thanks in advance

My bathroom ceiling had multiple layers, silk paint, removed with steamer, artex also removed with steamer underneath the artex was PVA and under the PVA some kind of sand textured paint I am down to bare plaster in about 50% of the ceiling area, the first picture shows the area still to be...

Hi firstly sorry if is in the wrong place, I have steamed off the artex in my small bathroom it appears under the artex is pva really struggling to get this off, and under that appears to be a textured paint its rough like it got sand in it, and under that yellow paint, in some areas, the steam...

Hi, Im about to decorate my bathroom and need to switch off the radiator, I hope without shutting down the whole system, my understanding is with my central heating system the bathroom does not have a thermostatic valve so it does not get turned off so the heat has somewhere to expand if all...

Hi, we currently have an ideal mexico super RS 3/40, it works fine, but with its age its not very efficient, however there is very little to go wrong, in the 13 years we have lived here we have only had to replace the thermocouple once a couple of years ago, one minor downfall with the setup is...

I'm replacing the old taps on my bathroom sink, I'm going to install flexible tap connectors 13mm inside diameter and isolation valves while I'm at it, as the flexible tap connectors have a rubber washer I assume no fibre washer is required, a little smear of LS-X and just a nip up is required...

Hi, I feel a total idiot for even posting this, as maybe its blindingly obvious but which way is off

Hi All The several years old paint on my bathroom ceiling had bubbled and blistered, so using a steam wall paper stripper, I've stripped off all the paint back to bare artex, I eventually want to paint it with zinsser everwhite satin but I suspect I cant paint this straight on to bare artex...

As the title says, I've cleaned the whole room with sugar soap, and during rinsing off no matter of many times I rinse I'm still getting residue, I've used wilko ready to use pre mixed sugar soap, I've used 2/3rds of a 500ml spray bottle on a 12ft by 11ft room so don't think I've used it...

Hi all, I'm looking to eventually replace all my household bulbs with LED bulbs, several reasons, energy efficiency being the main one, but better life expectancy secondary to that, I plan to start in the kitchen, where I have a bar with 4 halogen spot lights, these tend to be switched at...

Hi, I am contemplating removing the wall between the small bathroom and small toilet to increase the size of the bathroom, my neighbor has done it already( already done when he bought the house) and makes a big difference, the rafters run in the same direction as the wall although the rafters...

Hi, Ive just installed the above dishwasher, it is second hand and has been stood unused for quite some considerable time, the dishwasher fills, and heats the water, but does not much from this point, it sits silently for approx 10 minutes, then it drains and refills, occasionally it will...

As above, I've just installed a dishwasher, I've had to run the drain hose inside the cupboards to the spigot under the sink, the drain hose extension is about a meter too long so needs cutting down, I can buy the rubber boot for the end of the hose from B&Q, it has a screw thread that screws...