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Just bought these to put up a long oak shelf which will work as a breakfast bar. Brackets Link I would have thought the long side of the bracket would go against the wall to provide the most strength, however the pre drilled holes in the bracket suggest otherwise as they are 9mm in diameter on...

Hi guys, trying to fix a new light on the ceiling of an extension built around 1970, long story short half the ceiling ended up coming down with me underneath it. I think it makes sense to replace the whole lot and replasterboard it as most of it seems to have gotten wet in the past and is...

Gas fires were removed prior to me getting the property and this is how it was left, I'd like to board it up but just wanted to check in was doing the right thing first - chip away a bit more of the surrounding plaster and then put some plywood or plasterboard across the whole thing, then...

Seen lots of info about what to use with internal walls, but a few of the walls which have been chased in are external on the other side. They are brick walls and the chasing is just through the horsehair plaster. What would you use to fill these?

I've got two outside drains and both have quite a lot of standing water around them, which can get worse if I forget to unblock frequently. Is there any way to prevent it? Drain one the metal grate sits slightly higher than the concrete - should I just redo the concrete to make it higher? Pic...

I've got two outside drains and both have quite a lot of standing water around them, which can get worse if I forget to unblock frequently. Is there any way to prevent it? Drain one the metal grate sits slightly higher than the concrete - should I just redo the concrete to make it higher? Pic...

Only got a small space for sink, washing machine and cooker to go into, and the boiler is at the far right which means the cooker can't go there. Which order would you recommend? Sink has to go far left, then its currently washing machine, cooker, drawers - but does that leave hobs too near...

Just renovating an old kitchen, this is what was under sink, with previous washing machine waste pipe going into the right hand side. Is this ok? I just wasn't sure as there is a bend in the pipe where the sink waste pipe meets if that makes sense.

Removed wallpaper and never seen these type of cracks before, just wondering if there is a common reason for it? Am I ok to skim coat over the top and then paint?

What should I be filling this with please? Is it fillable or needs something more?

Kitchen is in a lean to, with no damp proof membrane fitted. Old laminate flooring is coming up, and underneath the laminate the underlay is very damp. I wanted to fit LVT flooring or self adhesive vinyl tiles. Should I use a liquid dpm underneath this, or is underlay with a vapour barrier...

Previous owners installed bath, shower and lino flooring in the bathroom, however the lino now needs replacing. The shower and bath are ok for now, but if I had a bit more money I would probably swap them, and as they were installed by previous owners there's always the potential that they will...

On an electric blanket, switch is stuck but can't find where to get drill bit to open up, anyone know what I should look for or where ?

Dripping tap on bath, decided to look at just replacing the tap. This is what I found removing the panel (been 3 years since I moved in). I'm guessing this is not good, but what should I do? (Hot pipe is the one on the right)

I currently have something like this: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Bath-Pop-Up-Waste+Overflow---Chrome/p/161897 installed on my bath. Thing is when I'm away my house is rented on Airbnb and whenever I come back there's anew problem with it (turning mechanism comes loose, and more recently...

Just had a downstairs toilet done, with extractor fan, however since it's been finished I noticed the fan was constantly blowing cold air in from outside. Reading on these forums it seems I need to fit a backdraft shutter? Like this? My questions: 1) is there anything I could do to stop the...

It's a small radiator in my kitchen and since moving in I've not properly looked at turning it off until now - but with rising heating costs etc I'd like to. Pic 1 is on the left side, pic 2 is on the right side - all the other radiators have thermostatic valves, and look quite different, so I'm...

Hi guys, would really appreciate some help - moved into a new house and the estate agents don't have the tool apparently to open some of the windows. Does anybody know what I need? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ymHr2FsIEuwAXkYZMi6FJTnFPsqn7MPb-9VMNRYzpE?feat=directlink...

Hi all, I'm running a small language academy, and the place we have rented has two washing machines in a laundry room. Thing is, with so many students eating here the washing up is taking a long time, so I'd like to buy a dishwasher. It's a short term let (2 months) so I'd ideally like to...

Hi all, There's a small pipe running fresh spring water into a tub for animals to drink from, it runs under a summer house im trying to renovate. Pipe is 25mm in diameter, but internally is only about 16mm diameter. I'd like the water to do different things before heading into the tub...