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Hi, I have a damp problem in one room I am trying to diagnose. I suspect it is to do with close trees keeping part of the room in shade but I am not sure what causes damp or indeed if that would be a problem. I've posted pictures of the trees below and proximity to the room as well as the...

Hi, I have a damp patch rising up a wall in one room. Directly outside is the air brick below. You can see that its effectively at ground level and I wondered if this was correct - I imagine they should be higher and I believe the ground was brought up around it. I think water is going in...

Hi, I have to get someone to chip off some old render, repair brickwork, re-render and paint. I'm going to get a builder to do it. I just wanted to check first though what the type of render I have is called - I'd best describe it as textured though I'm sure it has a more technical term...

Hi, I have some tiles in our wet room that need regrouting (according to surveyor when we bought house). Any tips or tricks for getting the grout out? I've seen a few tools on line and it just looks like you have to scrape it out? If its important the grout is black (tiles are black...

Hi, I'm building the wardrobe as per my plans below. I want to fit 3 equal sized kitchen type doors, one over the shelving side and 2 over the hanging side. My question is what width should the doors be as I am unsure of the clearance needed etc. I plan to use blum kitchen hinges. Thanks in...

Hi, I'm designing and building some built in mdf wardrobes to fit in an alcove approx 1290mm wide and 2500mm high. I'm doing it to create quite a simple minimalist look, the left side will be shelves created from boxed mdf and on the right will be hanging rails. Doors I want to be completely...