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Hi, I'm changing the sink waste plug and trap for my kitchen sink. I've purchased McAlpine appliance trap 40mm and a waste plug with 40mm thread. I cant connect the female thread to the basin waste as the thread is approx 50mm. I've searched and not been able to find a sink waste plug larger...

I'm looking into ways to sort out a smelly / musky problem I have in my house which comes from the damp earth solum under my house. The first thing I am doing is installing more air bricks to help the situation, but I'm not convinced that this will be enough. I've attached a detail showing the...

I'm finishing off opening up my old fireplace for a wood burning stove. Regulations regarding flammable materials within a certain distance from the stove has made me look for metal stud work to attach plasterboard on the left and RHS walls. I've never used this before and can find many...

I'm needing to skim my walls as they are a bit of a mess after removing the wallpaper. I came across this whilst looking at guides. It seems to be an American thing but gets very good reviews for ease of use and finish. has anyone any experience with this?

I'm in the process of knocking out the existing fireplace to fit a stove in. I've done this in my livingroom already with no fuss. Typically, something funky has been done to this fireplace sometime in its past so I need to do a bit of work to it to get it ready. One of the things I need t do is...

I'm in scotland and my foul drainage currently goes to a septic tank however I have recently discovered that there is a combined sewer system in the village. From digging some exploritory holes I have found that there are 6" clay pipes taking the roof drainage on the east and west side of...

I'm putting together a new kitchen. I've got all my carcasses in place and I'm tying to get drawer fronts. The style of kitchen I'm going for is the handle-less style with an aluminium profile so you can get your finger behind to open the drawer. The problem I'm having is this. The carcass is...

I'm on a mission with my house to keep it warm and dry. I've just finished attaching 75mm kingspan to the walls, and in the process of placing rockwool between the joists under the floor. This is not a nice job as my crawl space is just about enough for me to lay flat on my back in some places...

I'm planning on heading under my floor to put rock wool between the joists. There's not much space down there, maybe 50cm max to bottom of joist. I'm not really wanting rockwool all over my face under my floor! My plan was to wrap the rockwool above ground in a cheap plastic vapour barrier for...

I was always under the impression that rendering a brick wall was good as it protected the brick from the weather. I've saw a couple things now that are making me think. Some things I have seen are saying rendering over brickwork is bad for is as it stops the brick breathing and will result in...

I'm wanting to paint the stone around my windows. I've found a nice colour i like but dulux dont do a weathershield version of it. i've already painted everything with white weathershield so can I just paint gloss over the top, or will i be able to get the paint mixed somewhere?

I've been reading through the many posts on the forum to try and figure out how to finish around the fireplace. What I am doing is re-pointing the original chimney brickwork in the recess and plastering the wall around the chimney. I've read Gypsum plaster is not as option, and VITCAS has been...

I've removed the render on my house wall as it was frost damaged. I found some of the red bricks underneath were quite badly damaged also, up to half the brick crumbled away. The construction of my wall is a solid wall scottish bond with 9 inch bricks. I cant find a size match anywhere ( i need...

I've stripped the render off one of the walls of my house and found some of the red bricks quite damaged and crumbly. I'm planning to remove the worst ones and put new one in as I don't want to out new render on a surface that's not sound. The bricks my house is built with measure 9" L 4 1/4'...

I'm in the process of removing the roughcast render from the west wall of my house. I've found in places the bricks are pretty crumbly, I would think due to water getting in. for some bricks 10-20mm is coming off. What should I do, just take off the loose brick and then fill it up when I put on...

I'm trying to find screws/nails to fix 12.5mm plasterboard + 50mm PUR insulation to my timber studs. With a total thickness of 62.5mm I'm struggling to find a nail/screw to do the job. All I can find are 75mm, which i think are too small, and 100mm which are too long!

I've just had my cavity wall surveyed with the veiw to get it insulated. Unfortunately my cavity is too small, 30mm, so the company wont do it. I'm thinking now to put insulation between the wall and the internal plasterboad. The gap is only 1inch would this be fine? I'm not keen on making it bigger

this is a pic of my wall. I've stripped the paper off to find chipped gloss paint underneath. what's the best way to deal with this if I want to paint the walls? cheers

On the west facing wall of my house I've noticed that the roughcasting is coming away from the wall. I've noticed this because the paint is cracking and it's sounding hollow when tapped, I've also got small areas of damp inside. My first question is does this sound like both layers of the...