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Hi folks I'm in the middle of renovating my house and have a quick joist question if anyone has any advice? So basically the house is two cottages knocked into one. The old stairs have been removed however the wall that supported the stairs remains. There are no interior walls on the floor...

I hold my hands up I made a school boy error changing my double light switch over, somewhere I've cocked up the wiring so the lights only work if the other double switch in the room is at certain positions and vice versa! Being a chap I'm quite happy to have the lights working full stop...

Hi all I'm 'lucky' enough to live in a grade 2 listed house with wooden guttering. The gutters have split in places and have started to leak so need repairing and I wanted to run my plan by you guys before buying the gear, etc... So the plan is to keep things simple, one coat of bitumen paint...

I've got a leaking outdoor tap that I want to sort out. I'm told the supply is the old outside loo and there isn't an outdoor stop valve for the house at all (got the utils co. out to check). I've tightened the tap up as much as possible but I think the olive must be damaged inside (it's...

Hi I'm rewiring my living room (with mate who's a sparky) and need to make a channel for the wires in the ceiling as I can't get in from above floorboards (chipboard). I want to do it with a less mess as possible (I know there will be a fair bit) so I'm planning on drilling upwards with a...

Hi folks, First up I'm a new user here so hello! Apologies if this has been covered a million times before, but if it has I can't find it. We've just moved into an old 1830/40's house and my first big DIY project is sorting out the loft. The insulation currently up there looks to have...