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Morning All, I am going to build a fake chimney wall for an electric log burner and for a tv that will be slightly recessed. Just a quick query - what would be the most suitable size of timber to build the frame? It will be fixed to the ceiling, floor and wall. Photo is just an example of...

Hi All, We are decorating our lounge, i have capped off and removed the old gas fire, there is now the hole (see photo). I am building a fake chimney for a tv wall and electric fire, but not sure if i can safely block off/cover the old hole. Not sure if it needs ventilating somehow or filling...

Good Evening all, Hope someone can help please. I am in the beginning stages of redoing our lounge. Originally the radiator pipes were fixed to the skirting board on 2 walls(1 breezeblock), (1 timber frame i think) both plastered. I am putting new skirting back in but think they are really...

Hi, This may be a really basic question, looked at my local planning site and they don't allow questions, only submitting of an application - happy to do this but trying to get a better understanding first. My drive currently has a fence and hedges. I am wanting to build a wall, as the road...

Hi there, i'm doing a bit of temporary work in my kitchen, which has chrome tile trims on some of the tiles (see a similar image attached - not mine). Basically, i'm looking for some kind of tile trim cover, or tile trim that would fit over this curved tile trim. Does such a thing exist? I...

Hi All, Posting on behalf of my Dad. He has an aluminium(i think) sliding door, from Anglican probably 30 years ago. The door itself is fine but the runners/rollers are broken. He has contacted Anglican but they obviously don't sell this door anymore and can't track down much information about...

Hi all, please can i have some guidance on what timber to use as ledger boards, joists and noggins for a decking frame please? Thanks

Morning, Usually when i have done decking i have done it leading away from the house. I am considering doing it horizontally to the house. I know there is usually a fall to aid rain falloff, but horizontally would the logic be the same, just running off to the side? I have to use a number of...

Hi, I want to build some decking, we currently have patio bricks and ive got 100s of spare bricks. Can i simply build the frame on top and use spare bricks perhaps cemented in place as pillars/fixing points? Additionally i want to make it the same level ish as the house floor height, so will...

Hi, i'm looking to do side by side fencing like the image attached. Is there a proper name for it, or just side by side? Also, what wood would be suitable, or what type of wood is in the image? Thanks http://i68.tinypic.com/2z8xj75.jpg

Hi, i need to run hot water, cold water and electric from my house to the top of my garden, guessing say 30 meters. I was going to get creative and run this via battons connected to a fence to merge with another project. I think this would work well and very little likelihood of damage but i...

Hi, I'm not far from putting up a new fence (individual slats) and this will be very close or on the existing grass. I will be putting wooden (gravel) board and the fence on top. The problem I think I may have is grass/weeds/plants growing underneath or behind the fence. Is there anything I can...

Hi, I'm trying to find some advice regarding fence height on a change I want to make on our fences in the back garden. I've tried to explain this as best as possible via image... hope that helps... Basically, the image is side on, and the side of our fence is our multiple neighbors rear...

Hi, ive got a fairly largr garden with about 30-40 panels on each side, i want to put featheredge board infront of it because i want a seamless look ie not seeing posts between each panel. I thought the best way would be to fix this through to the concrete posts by drilling the posts but am...

Hi there, I've purchased 6 of these lights: http://www.screwfix.com/p/robus-fire-rated-fixed-led-downlight-ip20-brushed-chrome-3-5w/50280 I have them linked in the following way, Feeding from an existing lighting circuit joined in a junction box (JB), I go from JB > Light 1 > Light 2 > Light...

Hi All, trying to do a quick fix for a child safer garden. If you see the photo the red line is the boundary,the blue are changes in height, the garden complete overhaul is a bigger project later in the year or next year but any quick suggestions to making it safer for a 1 yr old and 3 yr old?my...

Hi all, ive been using crown matt emulsion, the big tubs for ceilings and walls, problem is im finding it hard to get it to cover anything. For example on a white ceiling, small marks say a faint pencil mark are taking a good few coats to cover. This normal? I think i had this problem with one...

Hi there, sorry if this is the wrong section of the forum, I wasn't sure where best to put it. This may be a real noddy question, it's just something I've never done. We've just moved into a new house, and we're trying to plan ahead for the future, i.e where we will change walls, doors...

As above really, current owners of a house arent sure if they ever had one, but i would like to see if one was ever served to a property? Do you know if this is possible? Thanks

Hi there, this is the letter I sent to my solicitor regarding a house we are in the process of buying. ####### We have been looking at the deeds again/charges register which stipulate a few covenants in place. The one that is of concern to us is (d) regarding erecting any building basically in...