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I have a wooden garage at the bottom of my garden 6m x 3m approx. resting on a bed of either soil or hardcore (or a mixture of both). Needless to say the plywood floor is rotten and the whole thing is beginning to sink into the ground. The garage fronts onto a side road, and the rest of the...

Hi, I made a unit using 18mm MDF. I primed some of it (I ran out of the Dulux MDF primer I was using!) using this stuff: http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint-woodcare/primers-undercoats/primers___undercoats/Diall-All-Surface-Primer-and-Undercoat-White-250ml-12858564?skuId=13369271 Some...

I'm after some advice on rejigging my garden. The garden I've acquired is a concrete and slab jungle. I have a little one so I want to put down some turf for the good weather. I also want to keep a paved seated area. It currently looks like this: There's a wooden garage at...

Hi, I'm planning the landscaping of my garden at the moment. Just now it is a mixture of old slabs and concrete. I have a wooden garage at the bottom of the garden with a concrete path running alongside. This path leads to a wall bizzarely and a bit of it is at the sunny corner of the...

I'm having a loft conversion done. I've had the design and structural drawings done and the building warrant approved. Planning permission wasn't needed as it's Velux windows only. My other half has decided now is the time to look more closely at the drawings. :roll: (This is after we...

Hi, I'm trying to replace my hardwired doorbell chime. The existing one is wired in to the lights and has a built in transformer. I bought a replacement that requires 240V & the signal from the button. The old one had 3 cables going to it and when I removed it to paint the wall it...

Hi, I've had an architectural guy in to discuss a loft conversion. There's a few possibilities around dormers or just Velux windows so he suggested I get a builder in for some rough quotes before proceeding. The first builder right away told me the place I had envisaged the new...

I recently had a room skimmed that had a load of wood below and at the sides of a bay window. I removed all the wood and strapped and boarded it. Strapping the wall was a real pain to get level due to the nature of the walls and window frame. I have to do the same in another room that has a...

Hi, I'm plumbing in my bathroom basin. The waste pipe is 36mm OD, having googled it I think it's pipe intended to be used with solvent weld fittings. I need to fit an S-trap. Will a 40mm compreesion S-trap fit ok or do I need an adapter bit? cheers for any replies.

Hi, I have an awkward back to wall close coupled WC to fit. It has a horizontal outlet. The existing soil connection is vertical. The soil pipe ID is a bit bigger than a standard 90 deg. WC connector I've tried and is not a snug fit. The old scabby existing WC is one with a vertical...

Hi, At some stage I'll be doing a loft conversion and adding a second bathroom. I thought joining into the existing soil pipe would be the easiest way to connect a new WC. My existing soil connection is an odd one. I've asked a couple of plumbers their opinion and they have yet to give...

Hi, I have a close coupled back to wall toilet to fit into a vertical soil connection. I was planning to make up a bracket to hold a 90 degree connector like this: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Pan%20Connectors/90°%20Pan%20Connecto/d20/sd2887/p37429 I'm wondering if it's...

Hi I've studded out 1 of my bathroom walls to hide a shower valve. It's an outside brick and stone wall. There's an original stud wall, of lathe and plaster maybe 60mm deep half way up (photo attached). My new stud wall is 89mm (CLS 4x2s) deep. I have an abundance of old polystyrene...

Hi, I've just removed a section of what I thought was going to be boxed in old redundant pipes. Instead I've found a big dirty crack :( The wall is solid brick or concrete. House is 100 years old. There's nothing above other than the roof. Anybody have an idea what could cause...

Hi, I'm putting a false ceiling in up my bathroom. I've bought 4x2s to do the frame. After ripping out some existing studwalls and finding 2x2s used I'm wondering if 4x2's are overkill or even too heavy for the ceiling? The room is 2250 x 1650. I'm using plasterboard at 1800x900...

Hi, I plan on getting a spark in to do some work soon. Looking for opinions. I'm going to get an extractor and downlights fitted in a false ceiling I'll fit in the below bathroom. I plan on dropping the ceiling to just above the window so there will be a void of about 700mm...

Hi, I'll be fitting a bath in a couple of weeks and have a couple of questions. The bath will be against 1 stud wall and 1 brick wall. I plan on plasterboarding, tanking and tiling these 2 walls. The brick wall is plastered and I would like to overboard this wall to save the hassle of...

Hi, I plan on adding a front and rear dormer to my semi detached 1 storey house. It's very common in the area. On the Councils planning website I found an identical house a couple of streets down who got approval for a back box dormer (50% width roughly) and 2 Hip front dormers. If I...

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice on insulating behind aquapanel and moisture resistant plasterboard in a bathroom. I plan on fitting a bath with over bath shower. 1 of the walls the bath goes against is an internal lathe and plaster stud wall, on the other side is a bedroom. The other wall...

Hi, I've recently bought a semi detached bungalow that I plan on doing a loft conversion on to add 2 more bedrooms (1 en-suite). Many in the area seem to have had similar done and I've looked at planning applications online to look at whats been allowed. I'm a Mech. Design Engineer by...