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I've got a plasterboard ceiling that used to have polystyrene tiles on it. The tiles have been removed, there's a tiny bit of mould and and some staining from a water leak (now fixed - boards seem solid). I'm going to clean the mould off, then I was planning to use Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 plus...

We're having our kitchen redone, and we're removing the polystyrene tiles from the ceiling. Some of them were coming away anyway. There are a couple of small patches of mold. This is where we'd had a leak in the bathroom above, I believe. The plasterboard feels/sounds solid, and doesn't look...

We're having our kitchen redone. We're doing it in stages, and we're doing the floor last. We still haven't even decided WHAT we want, whether it be lino, lvt, laminate, or tile. What doesn't help is that it is open plan into the dining room and at the moment it's old lino meeting carpet. I...

We have just had our back porch demolished and made larger. We are still waiting for the final screed to be put on the floor, but this is effectively a utility room. What we have now is a U shaped recess, in which I want to place a worktop. We have 2 plain red-brick walls (left end and back)...

Hi. We are in the process of ordering a new cooker. We currently have an old (~30 years!) 55cm free standing all gas cooker with eye level grill. We cannot fit a 60cm, and 50cm would leave a large gap, so we're very limited in the models we can choose. Especially as we are restricted to gas...

Right, I would like to preface this with the fact that I am NOT a qualified electrician, and as such I will NOT be touching any of this myself. I'm already leaning towards telling them to get a qualified electrician to check their installation, although they supposedly had an inspection 2 years...

I am re-building my drive gates and I've hit a snag. Gate frames are built. But I forgot to offer up the hinge bracket to the post before starting work. I was going to use 47x100 bolted to the existing concrete posts to take the gate brackets, but they are 55mm wide DOH! Due to the width of...

My wife has purchased a molded mushroom table. The top attaches to the stem be means of a 1/4 turn screw fixing. However this has come out of the underside of the table. What would be the best method of re attaching? I'm thinking probably some form of epoxy, but should I also be looking to...

I'm mounting these lights from B&Q, and as you can see from the picture, there will be a gap between them and the wall due to texture. What would be the best product to fill this gap? Wire will be entering from the bottom of the light we it meets the wall, NOT through the wall.

I am planning on building a car port in front of my garage. Roughly it will be 4.8×3.6 metres. One of the long sides (A-B) will be bolted to the A frame in the apex of the front of the garage. This was rebuilt by me a few years ago and is 47×100 (or 95? Can't quite remember) with a marine ply...

I'm looking at decking over our dishevelled patio to take the inflatable hot tub the wife has purchased. The patio is paving on a raised concrete slab. It was with the house before we bought it, so cannot comment on thickness. Ideally, I'm planning to use WPC decking (such as this Eva-last...

Looks like my pump has gone, I'm resigned to replacing it anyway, but I do have a question. It's been making noises for a while, can't really describe them though. Finally, it's just stopped. The boiler fires then the overheat trip cuts it out because the water isn't circulating. I dint...

I asked in DIY disasters, but got told to post in here...

In the process of working on my bathroom, I dropped the sink in the bath and the waste pipe chipped the surface of the bath. Replacing the bath is not really an option and the chip is relatively small - 10mm by 3mm at it's widest. I'm looking at repair kits as I'm worried about it leaking -...

This might be a stupid idea... I'm nearly finished renovating the bathroom. Colour scheme is white tile, with a subtle hint of marble, for the wall, and black faux stone for the LVT floor and laminate counter tops. The windows were previously boxed in with plain pine boards, no sills or...

I'm trying to find the supply to my old shower. I've got the boot where it comes out of the wall, but am struggling to find the source. I think I may have it, but I'm not sure! This is where it comes out. I'm sure the chasing to the ceiling is electrical. I'm assuming there may have been a...

I reading the installation instructions for the Trevi Boost. I'm a bit confused by them. Does this mean Fibre washers and a compound such as plumbers mait or BOS white. Or does it mean to use hemp? Would the jointing compound be the same as mentioned above? I'm a bit surprised that they...

I am looking to install a Trevi Boost shower. I am going for the exposed one at the moment as I need to get the bath in ASAP, but the shower can wait. I don't really want to chase the wall, even though it would be neater, due to having to do that while the bath is out. So I was looking at the...

When installing a new bath, how does one reach the rear feet to screw them to the floor boards? Or does one simply not bother, and just adjust them so they are supporting the bath, only securing those feet that can be reached?

I bought an L-shaped bath that arrived damaged. It has since been replaced by the supplier. Well, I say replaced, they have sent a new bath but left us to dispose of the old one. That means I now have 2 fixing kits for it. The base board is enclosed in the GRP. Will it hurt to add the...