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Our downstairs bathroom window has failed and needs replaced. I've calculated the entire unit is 22mm thick and it seems as if it would be replaced from the outside as the internal moulding on the frame is just too fine to allow any prying. The windows are timber, I have no idea what company...

So, today I changed both existing valves to manual ones as planned. I've figured out from Toolstation reviews that the additional 10mm space I plan to use at one end will need about 20 wraps of PTFE. Any advice on how much tape to add to the tails? Do these manual valves need any tape or paste...

So.... Yesterday I redid all the he plumbing in the shower room with a mix of JG and traditional compression fittings.... On gently repressurising the system there were evident very minor leaks, all where the 2 differing systems met. HW to JG all good nice clean straight exit. But CW not so...

Hi folks, Please bear with me on this one...Our poorly thrown together house of 12 years aged needed a revamp of the downstairs shower room, I'm a stonemason to trade, have my HNC Building but obviously not clued in to every trade. Cut it short, rotten rusting radiator, removed and took all...

Hi folks, Following on from my radiator questions (thanks for all the replies) here's my next set of questions !!! Had a look at the idea of: A- tile over tiles(not keen) B- fit Respotex or equivalent over it. C- rip it all off the wall, replace plasterboard with marine ply(+ tiles or...

Hi, We have a radiator needing replaced, it is permanently on the TRV was removed 10 years ago. I'm assuming that the ends can be closed off to prevent the need for an entire drain down. Maybe though after 10 years I should drain it all down anyway !!!!??? TIA

So, Done the front brakes fine, all went well and they're good. The self adjusting kit arrived yesterday so this afternoon got the N/S wheel and drum off with no wrangling and found this.... On closer inspection I realised that the adjuster pivot is lacking one of those spring washers you...

Hi Folks, Last year the handbrake cable snapped outside the O/S hub. When the garage fixed it at the MOT they found both cylinders were starting to leak so the van got the rear brakes fully replaced- well- shoes, spring kit, cylinders, new handbrake cable. Since then the van has done just 3,600...

Hi Folks- our system is a 210L thermal store heated by: A- 2 x 3kw immersion, never used B- Thermal solar panel C- Multifuel Stove (Woodwarm 12kw) At the moment "C" is the only thing contributing to heating the store and the central heating pump is set to come on at 70c although all radiators...

Hi, does anyone have any advice on how to patch the holes around the pipes that carry the water to/from the thermal store. The pipes are external and off from the wall, but where they enter the ceiling cavity the existing "filler" is a right dogs dinner, some form of mastic by the look and feel...

Our house is only 6 years old, but in the last few years ALL the taping is failing all over the house. The plasterer who did it is referred to locally as "slap-dash"(!!), but he was subbed in by an NHBC registered main contractor. The joints have been paper taped, not the mesh tape, and as the...

Hi- our house is only 5 years old, it's all timber construction and on metal stilts(200mm) on concrete pads. The ceiling of the living room is getting progressively worse, think the joints were paper taped and they have all failed, and the screws are visible on some walls and along the joins of...

Planning to lay a circular slab 4.2m diameter, maybe 100-125mm thick. The ground below is glacial till, no soil, and IMO doesn't even need a sub base. I built a 1m high circular drystone retaining wall 3-4 yrs ago and it hasn't budged an inch. The slab will be a recreational area within the...

Decided to go half on the costs and labour of putting up a 28m fence between us and the neighbours. We both want proper privacy, so far I've estimated that we'd need 17 (100mmsq)posts to make 16 bays @ 1.8 m apart, using 3.6m (100x38) rails and 150x19mm boards- fixed to both sides of the rails...

Hi folks, We've decided to put down a new floor in our upper hall/living space. It's awkward in shape, nothing I can't deal with, but I'm not sure over a few things as I've never laid a SWF before. 1- the subfloor is chipboard t&g, from what I've read this doesn't work too well with nailers...

Oh the irony....I have a sand and gravel quarry just 3-4 miles away. They only deliver with a 21T lorry which would struggle to get in as the turning is tight and the delivery costs are huge. I've 135sqm to gravel probably using their 10-14mm rounded grey stuff. I have a Daxara trailer (1.45m x...

I had edged the side of our lawn a few years back when the soil was put down with boulders from around the garden (we're talking 28 metres)... An absolute bu**er to strim the edges, and now the border(3m) around the house is getting gravel put around it I want a nicer interface between...

I've just cancelled my Sky+ subscription, it went off today. I have an old Sky box, and the Sky+ one. The old one will be connected to my panasonic hard drive/dvd recorder- it's far better than the + system because using autoview programming in conjunction with manual programming of the record...

Hi y'all, Can anyone advise whether OT is compulsory? Been at my job 10 months and since November we've been "expected" to do alternate Sundays. It's double time per shift but this additional money is going to screw up my student loans threshold, to the point if I start paying it back I'm...

I left a secure good job in April and took one much closer to home(5 miles not 75) and on more money, happy days I thought. There's just 4 people in the company(we do have another 10 based in Glasgow but never see them), and within 2 weeks I realised what a monumental mistake I'd made. The...