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Just moved home and I've got some sort of modern sash window without weights. When I undo the locks, the top window slides down, which makes it hard to close again as I have to go outside to push the top window back up before locking. How do I fix this so that the top sash doesn't slide down...

I'm getting conflicting advice from various parties, most of them with a vested interest, so thought I would ask for some impartial opinions! I'm installing engineered wood oak flooring in my house. It is a pre-oiled wood, with already two coats of oil (normal oil, not UV oil). - The floor...

Sorry for sounding like such an amateur, but I am! The wife wants several bathrooms redone in a house we just bought. Going to be talking to a plumber next week. Was just browsing around to get a handle of the costs of taps, shower heads, etc. Saw that there are some Germany based online shops...

I'm looking to install mirrored bathroom cabinets, and due to needing around 2.3m width of wall to cover, struggling to find any single mirrored cabinet to buy that wide. So looking to maybe get a few units of one, and just hang them side by side. Problem is, will the doors get in the way of...

Q: Can I build a double storey side extension, all the way up to the side boundary, where on the other side is an council-owned allotment? Context: House is semi detached. On the right is the attached neighbouring house. On the left is a 4m gap to the boundary. On the other side of the boundary...

Hi, I've been meaning to put in engineered wood flooring onto my first floor self contained maisonette, and just got some pushback from the freeholder after enquiring about it. The context: There's a flat below me, and my current floor surface is just joists with wooden floorboards. I'm...

Doing a complete refurbishment of the property and replacing all the radiators. All the old radiators have been taken away and the system drained. The new radiators haven't been connected yet. I wasn't going to change the boiler before, but having just discovered that its got energy...

I read through several threads in the forum and was going to reply to this thread (//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1541317) but thought it would be better to start a new one as my query is slightly different. I'm contemplating laying engineered wood flooring in my 1st floor...

Just bought a property where a double glazing pane in the living room needs replacing. TBH, the whole window frame and all the panes could do with replacing, as the frame is an ugly white uPVC. But there's alot of window and alot of frame, so can't just afford at the moment to replace. So I'm...

Due a really tiny bathroom and a big window, I've been tearing my hair out thinking of how to fit a shower screen onto my bathtub. Essentially, one end of the bathtub is against a wall with a big window, so it won't be possible to mount the shower screen to that wall. So the only way would...

I've been looking to install a new WC into a bathroom that I am doing a complete makeover, and quite into the idea of having a wood-finish WC unit, with the cistern inside, and then having a wall mounted WC on it. Its been hard to find a WC unit that has fixing brackets that come with it, but...

I’ve been getting builders to come and quote for a renovation project, and getting quite diverse quotes for one of the works – removal of two chimney breasts from the bedrooms. As a background, the property is a 2-bedroom 1st floor maisonette, in an Edwardian terrace house that only has the...

I'm about to complete on a property at the end of this month. Part of the works I am envisioning involves the removal of an extremely large chimney breast in a small bedroom. The chimney breast is on a party wall with the neighbours next door. As I'm quite keen to get works started...

Just about to complete on a 2-bedroom maisonette purchase, and looking a total refurb job. Liveable at the moment - but current vendors haven't really updated in 10+ years and we wanted modern and new fittings. About to get my builders in to take a look to assess the financial damage and the...

I've been following the threads on this forum for quite some time, getting lots of tips that I have saved to apply to my renovation project that will be starting soon after I complete my flat purchase! However, I just got back the results of an Environment Report, and was unsure about one of...