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We have had an ongoing issue with a roof light on a flat roof leaking sporadically. It will leak for a few weeks and then go away for months and come back again. When it started the first time (2 weeks after moving in) we had a roofer come round who said the felt needs to be replaced as it was a...

Can anyone recommend a good engineered wood floor fitter in and around SW London?

We asked our plumber to chase some pipes into the wall in preparation for redecoration. I think it is a gas pipe and a condensate pipe. I have attached an image and just wanted to check that it is all above board and safe to chase a gas pipe as he has done surrounded by some sort of foam...

Does any one have any recommended brands for electric underlay that they have used and are happy with? And also, if we are using insulation boards as it is a kitchen extension with a concrete floor, do we still need an underlay or can we just install as below from top to bottom...

We currently have some roofers covering up an old skylight and fitting a new one. Before the job started it was agreed they would do the roofing works and we would get someone else to "make good". They are finishing up the job today and have said once the skylight is in they will leave the 3...

we have a couple of window frames where the paint is in a very bad condition and needs to be stripped off and repainted i guess. i started using a scraper to scrape off some of the damaged, peeling paint and have now gotten to the stuff which is still "stuck". what is my next best course of...

Does anyone know any decent tradesman who could re-do our bathroom for us. We will be ordering everything ourselves and need it all to be fitted, so there will be taking out all existing furniture and tiles, then basically installing all new furniture and sanitary ware. re-tiling, a small amount...

Has anyone ever had any problems or could they foresee any problems fitting Tredaire Technics 6 which is 6mm under a 9mm laminate ?

We have been using a builder who has been really good up until now and generally giving us a good finish on the walls he knocked out, plastered and painted. All in all we have given him about 3 weeks of work and as I say have been happy. However now that it is nearing the end of the job and...

I would like to get some advice on what the best acoustic underlay would be for our flat. We are wanting to put 9mm laminate down onto a concrete floor. We have been asked by the freeholder to make sure we meet Approved Document Part E so as not to cause a nuisance to the flat below. Any...

Is it correct when fitting a 9mm laminate floor onto a concrete sub floor that in between the underlay and laminate we should have another layer of ply board otherwise it will be too "bouncy"?

we are looking at having a breakfast bar in our new kitchen and the worktop with be the bushboard omega range. we have hit a little snag in that we cant actually imagine how it will work as laminate edges are so restrictive. i have attached a diagram which shows the breakfast bar in the top...

we are getting our new kitchen installed in 3 weeks and part of the new kitchen is a breakfast bar which has an overhang of about 1.3m X 0.7m. Although half of the 1.3m bit is along a wall. We thought we just needed to put a couple of "legs" in place to support it, however from investigation...

we are knocking out some walls to make our lounge and kitchen into one room and getting a new doorway built we should be fireproof as it separates the kitchen area from the rest of the house. our builder has said a 30 min fire door should be ok to meet regs, is there a specific set rule or would...