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Morning All, I have a weird path at the front of our house, at the moment its loose red gravel and loose stones. I'm thinking (from looking at youtube), of just mixing the red stone with cement, and relaying as level as possible? Is this the best option. For a bit of background I recently...

Going to do the kitchen out (upstairs kitchen, bedroom underneath) and it would really make sense to position the washer and dryer on the other side of a doorway (that can't be moved). However this would block off the path to the sink / external drain. The joists run in the correct direction...

The house we are in has a very high mains pressure (7.5bar). We have a disconnected Steam generator in the loft (there when we moved in), which at the moment can not be isolated. I want to take it out ASAP as it has started to leak (luckily not causing any damage at the moment). It is fed...

Hi All, spent nearly 2 weeks reading up and I'm more confused than ever. Had a few quotes for a new roof, and each roofer has suggested different things. I'm after a roof that will give me the least maintenance issues in the long run, whether this means ease of repair (I won't be doing it...

Hi moved into a house that will (money depending) be getting a new roof and kitchen next year. We are getting a bit of rain water in through the hob extractor (flex pipe cracked). Can't seem to find a rain cover on screw fix or Toolstation... Am I missing something. Worse case is it best just...

Hi, We seen to have damp in a ground floor bedroom. Had 2 builders round and a damp prevention company but none have been able to advise corrective actions. However while walking round the back I noticed the pointing on an adjoining wall has come away and I can see into the cavity of the house...

Moved into a new house and we have 3 hobs, 2 gas burner, 2 electric, and a large griddle type halogen. Not sure what the halogen is for, it isn't smooth, like you'd expect to put a pan on, but doesn't look like it is designed to cook straight onto either. Thanks Darren.

Hi, I have moved house and we have a very small log burner. I really don't know what I'm doing with it so have some stupid questions! Will the chimney need sweeping? Why Doesn't it kick out any heat (the chimney is direct above, I assume all the heat is dissipating out of the top). What can...

Hi, I have moved into a new (old) house, and it has a system boiler. The water tank is next to the garage with the overflow just on a down pipe into it. There is quite a lot of run off on this and the previous owner has fudged a hose pipe onto the end and just run under the garage door. This...

Hi I'm just about to start tiling my bathroom and the wife wants the bath panel tilling. I'm concerned if anything goes wrong with the tap then this would then be a nightmare to fix. Currently we have quarter turn taps which I guess are about 10 years old. Is it with replacing now while I can...

Hi, I've just had my first year in my apartment, and nearly died when I got a 4K electric bill (now paying out £490/month).... :( I'm looking at every possible way to save energy. We have a total of 29 50W MR16 Halogen spot lights in the apartment and I have a wife and 2 kids that don't...

Hi, I've being living in an apartment for just under a year, and I've just found out my electricity bill (we don't have gas) is just over £4000 for the year. So obviously now I am looking at every possible way to save money on heating etc. In terms of insulation, I've resealed the...

Hi, I'm after some advise. I want to put a TV aerial point in my kids bedrooms, but as we live in an apartment it might not be as easy as I'm hoping. We have 2 TV then split it again at the other side then drop it down the 2 wires down the cavities of the partition walls into each...

Hi, I've had my worktops fitted 'professionally', and to say its a poor job is an understatement. Just wondering how big a gap between the wall and worktop will I get away with when it comes to tiling. Ive not yet seen it as I've been working away all week, but my wife said she can fit her...

Hi, the fridge part of our fridge freezer, which we inherited when we moved in keeps flooding. I'm assuming its due to the ice on the back wall defrosting. It does look like there is a drain but this doesn't seem to work. anyone know if there is a simple fix our even if its normal. Money is...

Hi Guys, I new here (well was a member years ago but lost my details!) and hoping somebody will be able to help, because lots of googling and I've got nowhere! We have recently moved into a converted mill (apartments), and it's all electric. There are some pretty big oil filled radiators...