Search results

Hi all, looking for a bit of advice for a project i wish to undertake later this year. I have a workshop that is about 8m long by 2.4m wide and 2.4m high, I'd like to split one end of it to hide a bar/mancave. The idea being two big doors, 2.4m high by 1.2m wide would fold back to each side of...

Hi everyone, hope you can help. I levelled my hall floor with a load of SLC on top of the original concrete floor which was solid but uneven. It went pretty well but there are a couple of areas which are approx 5mm lower. Do I either: 1. Use a thickset adhesive to make up the difference...

Hi all, We're redoing our bathroom at the moment and as the floorboards are in poor condition I'll be pulling them all up and replacing with 25mm ply which will then have a Karndean floor professionally installed. I can't get full 8x4 sheets of ply up the stairs so will have to rip them down...

I need to tile this step into my utility room, I was going to build it out with timber at the front to cover the pipework then lay a sheet of ply over the step extending to the timber and bridging the pipes: Is this the best way or should I be using backer board for this? Many thanks

Hi, A gully on my patio has never worked so I thought I'd take the oppourtunity in the sunshine today to excavate and establish what was wrong , however I'm a bit stumped now. The gully itself looked like it was full of concrete and the Y that led to the gully also seemed to have been...

Hi, We have a Greenstar Ri system boiler on an open system. Most of the radiators have TRVs on as we have gradually replaced old rads with new ones, three radiators currently do not have TRVs. I think we have a manual bypass controlled by the gate valve bottom left of the attached...

I'm looking for a bit of advice regarding a problem we now have since a neighbouring property removed their finlock gutters and replaced them with normal plastic guttering. The neighbours are the end terrace in a row of 5, they have recently had their gutters cut off and replaced with...

I'm in the process of sorting out our new ensuite which is going in the corner of an existing bedroom, building control are involved and everything is being done by the book. I am trying to make sure that there are no joints in water pipes, either under the floor or in the walls to prevent...

In my office we have a suspended ceiling with probably 30 light fittings similar to: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MDIL255PL.html each containing 2 x 55w PL-L Lamp 4 pin like these: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LAPLL55CW.html Every time one bulb goes, which seems...

Hi, not sure if this post is better here or in the woodworking secion, thought I'd start here as it is to do with the stairs! The diagram below is a top down view of the landing on the 2nd floor of our house: Originally there was wood panelling from floor to ceiling each side of the...

I'm just about to start work on my dining room and want to replace the floor. The current floor is a mix of chipboard and original floorboards (circa 1890). There is a little bit of bounce in the middle of the floor which I'm hoping to take out. There is a single thickness brick wall...