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Hi all I’m in the process of removing the sloping floor from a wet room to reinstall a bathtub. Where they’ve cut away the floorboards would it be ok to replace with marine ply or even normal ply? Any info would be grateful thanks

Hi all, there is a leak on my boiler it’s coming from arrowed part in photo. Can anyone tell me what the part is called so I can order a new one, thanks in advance

Hi there could someone tell me the correct name of these external tiles I need to replace some which have dropped. There on the front of my 1960s property

hi all I've got an armatage shanks toilet that keeps running after the flush ( probably seal) however I can't for the life of me get the cistern lid off. It should just lift off but for some reason it seems stuck at the back I can lift the front up a few centimetres and see there's nothing...

I'm in the process of replacing my old condensing boiler to a combi, I've had what I think is a decent quote but not sure which boiler to choose. The options are a Worcester 30i with a 5 year warranty or a viessmann 10kw with a 10 year warranty or viessmann 29kw with a 7 year warranty any info...

hi all, my mother has a wet room as she is disabled, however she now wants To go back to a bathroom suite my query is can I run the bath waste pipe into the existing drain for wet room Cheers in advance

the seal on a double glazed unit has gone so needs replacing, is there a way of measuring the glass without taking it completely out? could i measure upto the beading and deduct say 10mm

i,m going to replace the tiles in my bathroom what i want to know is do i need to prep the walls after removing the old tiles or can i just tile over where ive removed them from they only go half way up the wall the rest is painted, im wanting to tile all the wall would diluted pva be ok to put...

just finished my latest project not turned out to bad, well the rabbit seems to like it anyway

hi all, ive just ordered a ton of crusher as a sub base for my garden patio will it hurt if i mix a few bags of building sand in with it left over from a previous job?

hi all, ive just ordered a ton of crusher as a sub base for my garden patio will it hurt if i mix a few bags of building sand in with it left over from a previous job?

my open plan living room just doesnt seem to get warm enough and i reackon its down to the radiator but i,ll just run the room sizes first and see what you think. the room is north facing 17ft x 13ft and 7.5ft high,it has a double glazed 8ft x 4.5ft window at front and dividing french...

ive just finished putting up my conservatory and wondered if it was ok to leave the concrete floor as it is without any screed and lay laminate ontop? what are the advantages of a screed finish

i know you should use cavity closures for the job but have been told there a con and i could just use spray foam or slate is this correct? also do i plasterboard over window cavaties and glue the internal cill on top? thanks in advance

the base for the conservatory i have ordered is out by about 75mm across the diagnals, what problems am i likely to encounter when i fit the conservatory and more importantly ways around them?

i was wondering if i could build the outer skin upto dpc first then lay the concrete floor then continue with the outer skin and build the inner skin ontop of the concrete floor, is this allowewd or do i need to build up both skins from foundation level?

i,m going to start my dwarf wall soon as the weather permits and not sure on a couple of things so i hope somebody can put me straight. 1 do i fix the wall starter brackets above or below the DPC? 2 do i need a DPC behind the brackets themselves? 3 the wall will have a brick outer skin...

are thermalites ok to use under ground level for the inner skin of a wall? if not what would you recommend

i need to build a 600mm dwarf wall for conservatory, the foundations are in and there will be six course of bricks up to dp level (4 course to ground level) which bricks/blocks would be best for the first six courses upto dp level? also is a 50mm cavity ok?

is it ok to put a new concrete floor on top of an old concrete slab as long as i put a dp membrane on top of sand before laying the new floor?