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Our house was a newbuild 10 years ago, and I'm planning to replace the existing (2 tap) basin with a single semi recessed mixer basin. The bathroom currently has a single piece worktop with a hinged cistern access panel above the cistern, and I'd like to keep the single piece 'end to end'...

Looking to commision a spark to install new lighting circuit for an outside wall I'm having built as part of a garden improvement Does this sound like an acceptable spec for advert? * Add a new circuit\MCB to consumer unit. * Run SWA from garage to new wall and terminate using gland kit...

I'm getting my deck built just now, using scandanavian red pine deckboards. I've been reading that decking stains are best avoided and decking oil's are the preferred approach to protection and maintenance of decking. Has anyone used this decking oil...

My new build house has the DPC installed above the weeper vents. Is this normal practise, and correct? I know the patio base has been laid to close to the DPC (fecking cowboy landscape gardener), but just thought it odd that it was at the top, not below the weeper vent. Cheers

I'm looking to have a rectangular deck built 12m x 4m at the back of my garden. Standard 6x2 beams\joists, 144mm pine deckboards, with a ledger attaching the rear of the deck to the retaining wall at the back of the garden. Its on a slight slope so will need dig out and concrete posts in...

I'm looking to have a rectangular deck built 12m x 4m at the back of my garden. Std 6x2 beams\joists, 144mm pine deckboards, with a ledger attaching the rear of the deck to the retaining wall at the back of the garden. Its on a slight slope so will need dig out and posts put in (appx 24)...

I bought a new build house a few years ago and in the main bathroom, specifically at the end of the bath is a boxed area slightly wider than the bath which was tiled completely, as part of the specification. (In fact the whole bathroom was tiled floor to roof). I've pulled the side cover of...

I'm in the market for a new 'general purpose' drill for DIY duties around the house, however it should be able to manage the odd bit of brick drilling. I came across an offer via email from tooled up.com on the Bosch Gsr 14.4-2 for 89.95 inc VAT (reduced from £257.32+vat) Anyone any views...

Hi folks, Just entering into 'discussions' with our neighbours around their impending installation of 6 foot timber fence to replace the existing 2 foot boundary fence installed by our house builder between our properties. When we initially discussed the fencing around 6 months ago not...

I recently decided to add a TV card to my PC and to use one of these popular TV aerial amplifiers to boost the signal down to the PC and the main TV. When the amplifier arrived, to test its effectiveness, I hooked it all up using the existing TV aerial cable at the TV end, and subsequently...

I have a 'new build' house and would like to add a couple of double sockets, into the loft. I have a single socket on the upper landing which I can access and which is part of the 'upstairs sockets' ring main, to I could easily add a single spur, but I would rather have a couple of double...