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Hi All, Thanks in advance for any replies - you guys/gals amaze me with your generosity of time and experience. I am hiring a decorator to go over all my yellowed gloss, internal doors and skirting boards. The last time I looked into it dulux trade satinwood (solvent based) was on my...

I have just finished a 2 storey and a single storey extension. I calculated the BTU requirements for radiators. In my kitchen/family room there wasn't sufficient wall space for traditional rads so I had to buy the expensive vertical ones. I went a little over with the BTU but the room is still...

I have seen a good deal on a bath filler tap, however I need a basin filler.. can the bath filler fit the basin. It is physically about the same size but the thread dimensions seem a little bigger These are the products in question...

how hard can it be! I have looked and can't find a dimmer at screwfix for 12 x 5 2w Ledsham. can anyone help me out?

tiler cam and levelled floor but where the cavity closer is the leveller has cracked as the cavity closer offers no support. what the best thing to do under the cavity closer to prep before tilling?

I got some levelling compound on Friday and its been on a pallet on my drive covered with a tarp since then.. I have just been reading the instructions and it talks about storage conditions saying store in containers in dry conditions protected from damp.

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Hi All, I dropped a couple of 150mm pullout larder units from my wickes order as they were about £500! even with the 50% + 15% sale. I did get a couple of 150mm door blanks and was just going to blank off the space. However... I have seen the following 150mm pullout basket and mechanism at...

Hi All, I have some old strip lights under my kitchen units that I want to swap out with some mains powered led wedges. The mains cable comes out of my wall underneath the high level kitchen units, the led light also has a cable... whats the most discreet way to join the two cables properly.. I...

I have installed a belfast sink on a unit.. the unit lines up with existing units. trouble is the belfast is about 9mm lower than where the worktop is going to go.. the fitter said he could fill the 9mm gap with silicon but i said i would raise it.. would using 6mm plastic shims all way around...

hI all.. just changed my sink to a Belfast so need to replace a section with a 90 degrees or cap it off. and also move the whole waste to the left 150mm and up 130mm... there has to be an easier way....

I have just broken through from my dining room to my sun room extension. Both the new and existing floors are concrete slabs, the wall that we removed was a brick and block cavity with an 80mm cavity. The floor in the dining room is engineered oak, as it will be in the sun room.So at the floor...

Hi everyone! I am installing some rigid insulation in my vaulted ceiling at the weekend and wondered if anyone could give me some pointers.. the rafters are 8 x 2 so I was going to use 150 or 125mm boards and 30mm insulated plaster board. foil side to the room or the roof? I know I need to...

fitting of 4.5x4.5 roof trusses for an extension including sofits and fascias. they can do it over a weekend, 2 of them... and its ahem cash. labour only. truss plan attached.

I'm about to break through and dreading the mess. is it worth the effort to put up some kind of dust shield/screen? it will be me doing the cleaning up afterwards! and its my house so keep that in mind. if so what are my options.. I'd sooner spend 1 hour putting up something than 4 hours...

well I have had 3 people out to my boiler now.. long story. turned water off and ch is on but thermo not calling for heat and boiler fires up and rads get hot. whenever water goes off rads go on regardless of ch setting on controller or thermo setting. now I've set ch and water to off on...

what size ridge beam would you guys recommend for for vaulted ceiling? the room plan is 3.5x3.5m and I planned using infills of 150x50mm? I am being told 12x4? seems crazy big. also are purlins required for such a modest roof? tiles are marley mendip concrete - not sure on pitch yet.. maybe 35'

apparently I should have some "joists straps" and I don't... my joists rest on the blockwork. is this a big problem? possible solutions?

so I am looking for a bath shower mixer and pick this, good trusted brand. http://www.building-supplies-online.co.uk/bathroom/bathroom-taps/bath-shower-taps/ideal-standard-tempo-1-hole-bath-shower-mixer-chrome-b0733aa.html Then I see one that's "thermosatic" and think I need that.. and the...

Hi All, I have a space that I want to populate with a shower, cw and sink. Trouble is the soil stack is in and my initial idea would mean putting a toilet waste through at least 2 joists and that a nono.. looking for inspiration around where I can fit everything. I wanted the shower to be a...