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I'm currently having a small extension built on to the back of my house and we started laying the first course of blocks yesterday. These blocks took me to about 50mm from the brick courses (imperial) on the main building that I'm trying to match up to. I was intending on buying a few 40mm...

Hi there, My sister-in-law's boyfriend is just starting out as a builder/handyman so I thought a good xmas present for him this year would be a site radio. The Makita BMR 100 looks the best but does anyone know what would be the best sort of battery to get for it that could power it for a...

Hi everyone, just getting round to fitting a 4 hole deck mounted set of taps to my new bath. Everything makes sense apart from one thing... I can't work out how to thread the shower hose through the holder for the shower head. It needs to come from the outlet underneath the main spout, up...

Afternoon everyone, I've got a concealed shower valve that I'm fitting in my bathroom. The hot and cold feeds are in the vicinity of the valve in 15mm copper now and the stud work is almost finished for the false wall, which will then be pb'd and tiled. The valve has two inlets and 1 outlet...

I’m currently in the process of renovating a house and in doing so we’re completely re-wiring in and installing a new bathroom. As part of the bathroom re-fit I’m installing a simple sound system. It consists of an amp in the loft powered from the lighting circuit with a switich to turn it...

Hi everyone, I've just had a Worcester 28i Junior Boiler installed and have been given a brand new Salus EP200 2 channel programmer from a friend who bought it by mistake. The 2 wiring diagrams don't match up in n obvious way, I was wondering whether the programmer is compatible with the...

Was wondering if anyone knew of a place I could get the above mentioned switch? I'd like it for controlling the electrics in a bathroom. Basically the dimmer knob would control the lights and the switch would control an amplifier in the loft above. To have them both on one switch would be great...

I'm in the process of laying a new lead replacement water supply down my drive. I've ducted the entry into the house using 110mm soil pipe but what is best to use for the rest of the length? There is a gentle 90deg bend in the pipe route. 63mm blue twinwall seems perfect, but I'm trying to...

Hi everyone, having a bit of trouble with the National Gris regarding the installation of a new gas supply pipe. I’ve just moved in to the house and when I tried to have a meter fitted was told that the supply had been disconnected, I’ve applied to get a new supply and am excavating the trench...

Hi everyone, I've had British Gas out this morning to fit a gas meter at my new house (Gas main terminates in the house but has been capped off). Engineer said that when he uncapped it there was no supply coming in so couldn't fit a meter. The house has been empty for a good few years so it...

Hi everyone, I have a problem with the floor in my terraced house that I’m hoping someone can advise me on. When I moved in to the house 3 years ago I levelled the very uneven concrete floor in the front room and then put carpet down but have had problems with it ever since. I used a...

Hi everyone, I'm in the progress of building a simple bathroom unit but I'm struggling to find a material to build it with. I went to the local timber merchants and they offered me something called MFC - melamine faced chipboard, which is perfect as I can get it in the mahogany effect I am...