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Hi, I'm refitting my bathroom at the moment, so turning the water off quite a bit. When I do, I leave a tap open downstairs and then open one upstairs to drain the system (combi boiler) so I don't get wet when cutting pipes. When the system refills, I get brown water for a few seconds from my...

Just seen this posted on a Facebook group for people that own Teslas. This guy has spent the thick end of £50k on a car, and jury rigged this set up to save some pennies on a charger

Hi All, I've read the sticky, but want to avoid the use of SLC if possible. Got a bathroom with original floorboards that are not in great nick. Nice and flat, but with gaps, and some kind of varnish that's leaking through the sheet vinyl that's down now. Planning to over board with 6mm ply...

I've got a couple of corded SDSs, a lump of a Titan one that is brilliant, but very heavy, and a lighter dewalt corded. I've also got a cordless green Bosch combi drill. My cordless doesn't even scratch the hard bricks of my 1930s semi, but digging out extension cables is a pain. Would a...

Hi all, I have a situation where I think water is tracking along an external pipe, and then in through the wall causing damp. It's a 22mm gas pipe that exits through a solid brick wall, then travels externally upwards on the outside of the wall. Water is dripping off the pipe inside, where it...

Hi all, sure this has been asked and answered, but had a search and can't find an answer. Thinking of cross battening the loft with 2x6 to then board over so I can increase the insulation from the paltry 25mm that's there at the moment It's already boarded with 4x8ft ply sheets, so want to...

Just removed some boxing around pipes, expecting to find a leak (creeping yellow stain on wall and ceiling nearby). Instead I think I have a condensation issue. Cold water pipe, very wet to touch (in same room as tumble dryer) It's very awkward to get too, so lagging effectively is not...

Hi All, I'm converting an old kitchen into a downstairs loo, and upon removing the old cabinets, I've discovered that the wiring for the extension (lighting, socket ring, garage radial, cooker radial, I think) have been run surface mounted behind the units (cable tied as a bundle). On one wall...

Hi all, I'm walling off some of my utility room to make a toilet. It's difficult to judge , so in a room that's 166cm wide, how much depth do you think would give a reasonable sized toilet? Not after a cupboard with a loo in, likewise don't need something palatial

I'm thinking of building a warm room in my loft, to protect what's stored up there, and the boiler that was installed there by previous owners. We have a hipped, cut roof (I think? Original 1930s, so not trussed) Was thinking of rafter insulation down to purlin, then verticle walls down...

Hi, we have an existing opening between 2 rooms in our house, and I'd like to fit a bifold door. I'm concerned about what lintel was used, so was looking for a bottom rolling set of bi-folds, rather than top hung. We will have different floor coverings in the 2 rooms, so not worried about the...

Anybody know what sort of socket this is? I initially thought it was a clock socket, but I think it's the wrong shape. Google suggests a britmac, but I can only see 2 pin hole Socket https://imgur.com/a/poBz704

I've got a really deep (500mm) horizontal hole I'd like to fill with resin and a threaded rod. Anybody any tips to get the resin as far back as possible so I don't get any voids?

Hi, I turned some lights on earlier this week, there was a pop, burning smell and both the MCB for that circuit and the RCD switched. Upon turning the RCD and MCB back on, the lights worked. No blown bulbs, no visual signs of damage. Now, one of the ceiling roses on that circuit had been...

Hi all, I've used metal architrave back boxes behind some wall lights for the connections, and I've got a blanking plate with a hole drilled though it for the cable supplying the lights. The issue I have is that the screw holes in the blanking plate don't match with the lugs in the back box...

Hi, I posted this in the regs forum, but thought I'd get the perspective from here in case different people see it. Applied for inspection for a load bearing wall removal, conversion to a vaulted ceiling and insertion of a French door (named work on building notice) Will be moving kitchen into...

Hi All, I'm due my last BCO visit for a knock through and kitchen install. The only work on the notice was the knock through, conversion to a vaulted ceiling and install of French doors. I've put in extra lights and sockets. These are not notifiable, but the BCO will see them when they come...

Hi, I'm looking to put some shelves up. They will be quite deep, 40cm, and likely to hold considerable weight (cookbooks). I was thinking of using some oak worktop off cuts, and I'd like them to be floating. The wall I'm attaching them too is dot and dabbed single skin 7.3n medium blocks. I...

Hi, I'm blocking an external doorway, double skin of block with cavity, and I'm wondering what the best combo of wall starters and ties is. If I use wall starters for both skins, will I need to tie the skins together? Or would it be easier to do it another way? If I use wall starters, will I...

Hi All, we have just knocked through into an extension on the back of our 3 bed semi, with the intention of turning it into our kitchen. We are converting the flat ceiling into a vaulted one (without roof lights), and I am not sure what sort of lighting would work. Not a fan of spotlights...