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Could do with some advice here. The problem- timber floor a bit tatty, weak spots in the bays by the chimney breast, usual stuff. Lifted some floorboards to find zero void beneath the joists which were supported on random bits of brick. Joists in surprisingly good nick (3" x 2" old fine-grained...

Citroen C5 rear strut. Mr Haynes (and a few Tiktok videos) all glibly show the clip coming out with modest force- not happening in this case! I've tried hammering (the pin is bending), heat, penetrating fluids, pulling with leverage (the R is distorting/opening up). I'm tempted to try drilling...

Baby lorry (Merc 609) has gone poorly. Was on my way home, trundling up a hill. Engine dropped onto 3 cylinders (no clang or any drama) then ground to a halt. Tried to restart- turns over fine, no clanging or rattling but only fires on 3 and won't rev above tickover so stops after a few seconds...

Problem- failed hydraulic line on the suspension (Citroen C5 with the Hydractive stuff). Problem 2- the parts are no longer manufactured. Standard thread (M10 x 1.25) with steel pipe , an alloy spacer/plug and fancy O rings so just ramming in a bit of 3/16 copper is a bit tricky Solution- the...

Have to confess to a faux pas here- the hard disk on said machine has crashed and burned (twas an SSD so can't even hit it with a stick). Annoyingly my backup is not loading and Sony have removed all the drivers from their website cos the machines are old. So, a cry for help- does anyone have...

Had a good search, not found an answer. Library floor- void filled with demolition rubble so clearing it out and digging down into the (very firm) clay to give room for dpm, 50mm concrete oversite, 150mm airgap, 150mm joists. Planning to sit the joists on dwarf walls (max span is 4100 so 3...

Sounds odd I know. Chucked a sort of temporary ish driveway in about 10 years ago (100mm of road plantings, no membrane) so not surprisingly it's full of weeds. Now started to relay it exactly where I want it- digging down to 150, putting membrane down. Is there any easy way of cleaning the soil...

Small shower room and small bathroom. The room shape means there isn't enough space for one big radiator (big enough to have a towel rack above and still emit heat) but I've just realised there is enough room to put a towel rail in both as well as the radiator (which will hopefully improve the...

Got another suspended timber floor to refurb- joists and boards look ok but there's next to no clearance under the joists so good odds the short ones by the chimney breast will be rotten, may find the tails on others gone when I've lifted the boards and start digging out to get the 150 airgap...

Disappointingly, the arch in the chimney breast has been removed/bricked up by others when installing a rather nasty fireplace. I fancy reinstating it- main question is whether the metal strap usually supporting such arches is steel or wrought iron. Yes I could just put a lintel in (be a 3kw...

Has anyone used this new smooth slippery osb3 board for laminating a GRP deck? Luckily I've got enough of the old 'rough' stuff for tomorrow's job but after that ....

Problem- very small bathroom, you have to wriggle between the bath and the door so you can close the door. There isn't really room for a sliding door (only 500 each side of an 800 width frame) plus I don't like sliding doors. A bifold timber door would solve the problem but..... 1 Is there any...

Hopefully pic will make it clear- bathroom window, reveals bottom, left and top but not right (the wall runs straight to the window). I'm planning on tiling the walls and window reveals and sill, will be using quadrant trim for the external corners (wall to reveal). Question- will it look weird...

Original plan was to use Kingspan but current pricing is a bit ouch so I'm looking at building a 3 x 2 framework parallel to the full brick solid outside walls then filling the void with Rockwool (got a lot of timber and rockwool so those price hikes aren't a big worry). Question- am I ok with...

Building a false wall to separate bathroom from one bedroom, looking at which type of acoustic insulation to put in the gap. Retail prices- Rockwool 100mm slabs are about 4 times the price per cubic metre than Knauf 50mm acoustic on a roll. Anyone got any views on the performance difference...

Adding a gas boiler to my baroque heating system (thermal store, woodburner, plate hex for dhw) and looking at control options. The system is plumbed so that the woodburner always heats the thermal store. There are manual valves to allow the gas boiler to heat the store only (rads then run from...

Apologies-I've waded through all the posts on this subject and i think i know the answer to my question but would appreciate confirmation. Situation- EICR on rental, bonding undersized- whoever renewed the CU in 2010 put the proper size from MET to CU but didn't bother upgrading the rest...

Has anyone tried using one? I have a loading valve with pump etc in the primary side, the pump triggers when flue temp exceeds 120 deg c which is fine when the thing is running hard but not so good when its on tickover. Idea was to have thermostats on flow and return (before the loading valve)...

Hopefully the title tells the tale- half brick internal wall between bathroom & bedroom with a bit of a lean on it (+40 at rhe foot of the wall) Using the @noseall method (solid top & bottom, solid verticals every 300). Is there any gain to be had from chucking a load of cement render or...

Thermal store is now in, woodburner heating it via a loading valve (direct). Anyone using a woodburner to heat water, loading valve is a splendid thing- stove heats up much more quickly and seems to burn more evenly and use less fuel to achieve the required effect, all good. But back to the...