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I thought I read on the forum once here that if you laid down all the new MDPE pipe yourself on your building the water company had to connect it up to their supply got free as it is replacing the lead, but the water company say I need to make an application and the application itself is almost...

We have at the moment a central heating system which goes into the second floor and drops down to make connections to the first floor. It goes in a loop like normal systems do. Is it acceptable to put in a T-Piece near to the boiler exit and return of the loop (essentially making two loops...

Not exactly a plumbing question but I bet it's the plumbers who do it. I've seen one of these, a 45 degree angle box in vertically across a corner of the room which unlike every other method of boxing in, doesn't look like s***. So how do you do it? Otherwise I'm going to have to sneakily...

There's a nice cheap second hand front uPVC front door but I measured my opening brick to brick and it's a little on the large size: 2071 x 921 mm (81.53" x 36.25") Where as this door (including frame) is only 33" wide, so I'd need to do something to "make it bigger". What do you do in...

My home isn't a home anymore is a dusty shell. Paint and dust don't mix. I painted a cupoard with that plasticoat spray and the finish was superb, except everywhere dust got on it. So it's obvious I need to create a dust free environment to do the spray painting. I do have a full face mask...

I wanted to be Mr Big and order all new chrome radiators but I can't afford it. Still, there's nothing wrong with the old imperial battle axes I took down other than looking like crap and needing a good flushing. Can I have some recommendations that will make the radiators look like chrome or...

I want a powererd screwdriver cause my drill is bulky. I do a lot of work on laptops and phones so I want something small that can take the small security bits and the battery last a while. Whats a good tool?

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a second hand kitchen and some of the dimensions he gave me say "corner cut out for pier 120mm". What does that mean exactly, will it cause me any problem? Sorry if this is wrong forum but there wasn't a kitchen fitters one I could see.

I dunno why I had to do it. The pro plumber we had in didn't bother he just buried the pipes in the bonding unprotected. But the most complicated bit of plumbing I've ever done connects his work to the rest of the system There are 9 joins in very close proximity, reducers, etc. I'll do it...

Bumping up old threads isn't always so bad. I want all the gas moved in my place and was going to just call in a corgi and ask him what labour he needs doing so it's just a case for him to take a few things down and that, I want the boiler disconnected for a while and then reconnected so now I'm...

I had to knock off all the bonding behind the skirting to lift some boards. This means I've got to put it back on again. Being as it's not going to be visible and I have a sander with hoover attachment it seems like a good job for a newbie. I read that I should use a 5:1 water:pva mix and if it...

they're big, hard and you wouldn't want to meet one down a dark alley at night (trust me, I've met part of one). anyhow, when i lift out floorboards and what not the nails they were nailed in with leave holes. can i put some strengthening filler in there, even though it's a complete waste of...

I know it's really pedantic but when i cut floorboards i like to do it dead centre of the joist so the load is as perfectly distributed as it can be. I don't have the metal plunge cutter but the nails that are sometimes in the centre line are annoying the hell out of me, just to be sure, it...

I saw a video of this on youtube once, because I have a lot of crap to clean off this wall. I think he called it an "alligator" (which doesn't help cuz it's also the brand name of a dewalt saw). Anyways, I've got the DIY cabled version of the GOP with rigid blade which will do the job but this...

I measure these floorboards as 142 x 21 mm. That seem right? If so, where's a good place to get some cause I'm stealing boards from one room to finish another and they need putting back at some point :)

These things seem cheap yet I have read it is not worth using them unless they are auto-levelling as you will not be able to be accurate enough with the bullseye. Is this true? I've only experience the the bubble levels but these laser lines constantly visible could be very handy. Does anyone...

This entire house is in need of at least re-skimming. I am not at all experienced with plastering but bought some books, tutorial CDs, watched Youtube videos and will keep replastering a small room until I am satisfied my finish is good enough to do the whole place. A question for you all...

After pulling up some boards bodge discovers there is a floor joist which has a horizontal crack beginning inside the wall running along it for at least 9 feet (could be much longer, cannot see any further). This crack is about 3mm thick. He can't see how far it goes without ripping up more...

Stayed up last night with insomnia and when daylight broke decided to take a trip into the attic. It was raining and to my horror I found the roof is leaking around the skylight: The leaking appears to have been going on for some time an done something nasty to the binder: Does...

I'm guessing that having longer floorboards increases their strength. I'm not a carpenter it's just a guess. There is a very short section of floorboard between two floor joists and I wondered if it was safe. What is the shortest length of floorboard between floor joists that's safe before it...