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Hi, Probably another daft question from me but.... I'm fitting an Ikea kitchen in and have a gas hob and electric single oven. The gas pipe for the hob though sticks out 80-100 mm from the wall and most ovens have a depth of 545- 557mm to fit a 600mm cabinet, so the oven will stick out...

I'm in the middle of putting a new kitchen in and have recently had a new gas pipe installed. The plumber connected my existing free standing Gas Cooker so we could cook, until the new gas hob and electic oven had been fitted to the kitchen. I would now like to disconnect the gas cooker so I...

Hi there, I've already posted this in the roofing & gutterin section. I own the upper maisonnette flat of a spilt terraced house, with a separately owned basement flat at the bottom. The building is about 100 years old. Up in my loft the brickwork on both party walls are crumbling...

Hi there, I own the upper maisonnette flat of a spilt terraced house, with a separately owned basement flat at the bottom. The building is about 100 years old. Up in my loft the brickwork on both party walls are crumbling badly, especially in the chimney stacks on the right side of the...

Turned on the hot water tap in the bath last night and couldn't switch it off again. It's a very old style tap and the handle slips loose just as it tightens, kind of like when you tighten a jam lid but if you tighten it too far it comes lose again. Anyway, by putting downward pressure on the...

I just found out last night that my bath taps and stopcock by the front door have been leaking, possibly for years, causing servere damp in the walls. Once fixed will this dry out eventually, or is there more serious damage to be caused. What action should I take next? It's a converted...

The wall in my house are very uneven and I am thinking of overboarding them. Is this a good idea and if I used ivory backed plasterboard, would aviod the need to employ a plaster? On a really tight budget but don't want it to look rubbish either. Thanks for any opinions or ideas on this?

Hi there There are two bedrooms in our flat that has thick 80's style artex over all the walls. What is the best way to remove this. I think it's a bit to bumpy for a skim over as it raised about 10mm from the wall, and am aware there is probably aspestos in the artex. Any advice would be...

I've just moved into a maisonette, which is the upper part of an old terraced house, and has a basement flat below. The place needs a lot of work and I've just found out, the one load bearing wall downstairs is stud wall, and also has an arch in it to make the whole of the dowstairs open...