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Hi all, My Parents internal water stop cock has seized, I've tried everything to budge it heat, hammer! etc etc but nothing. External stop cock is missing in action, no sign of it anywhere outside the property or in the 3 man hole covers in the Garden! I can see one across the road (marked...

Quicky lads, I have some Polyester Powder Coated Metal Sheets on my Garage and I used some Black Jack All Weather Roof Coating to basically seal a few leaks which it done very well however it seems to have 'washed' off in places but ok in others, been down maybe a year or so. I know it's not a...

Evening all. I am looking at options and potential costs to run some power to the Garage that is roughly 40m away from the house in a block - see pic. I am after a couple of sockets and a light, nothing major in order to do some diy stuff, currently using a extension lead from the house...

Quicky guys. Lights upstairs have suddenly stopped working after a friend of a friend changed my parents kitchen strip light, it is the old fashioned type. Fuse is OK so guessing it's a loose wire in the new downstairs light that is the issue. Do you think it will be that before taking it...

Posting on behalf of my Mother. She's had her drive block paved, finished it today but this is unacceptable surely, check pics, Thoughts??

Posting on behalf of my father in law. Firstly I don't intend to mess about with it and I didn't fit it either just to be clear. Yes they should get a sparky out but I am thinking it's relatively straightforward! OK here is the story. The Fluorescent Tube stopped working and was replaced...

Any ideas on this? My Parents want away with the grass as they want a low maintenance alternative. Excuse the mess at the mo! It measures roughly 7m wide by 5m at the back towards the shed.

Hi all, All looking very tired and in need of s upgrade as paint is flaking off but no rot that i've noticed. Front and back circa 10m total, how much to replace/clad roughly, anyone have a rough idea based in Manchester. I'm guessing its a pain to DIY it.

What can I use to seal it? I don't wish to tear it off and start a fresh as I am pretty sure it's coming in through the joins and screw hole areas. It is in very good condition apart from this. I have some Cromapol knocking about, will this do or is there something better out there? It...

Thoughts on this guys please? It's my Mum & Dads place and they want some French doors in place of this window but it seems to lack the 150mm span each side to my untrained eye or have I missed something?? I am guessing I'll have to put a new one in before I fit the doors. Thoughts please?

Evening all. Thought I'd ask on here and see where we end up! Current sliding door frame measures 2150mm x 2040 and the French door frame is 2070mm x 2010mm how can I make them fit? I've read about UPVC extenders but the gap is rather large width wise - height not too bad. Ideas please?

Any thoughts on what I can do with this? It measures roughly 5x5.5m so only small. just thought I'd throw it out there for ideas. Low maintenance and child friendly ideally but open to anything in between! Thanks.

Thoughts on this please? Brand new basin and its leaking from here - ceramic, faulty product??

I thought I'd throw this out there as I'm a bit stumped. I have installed a back to wall toilet including a concealed cistern and I am getting a small leak from somewhere but no idea where! I have looked and can't see anything thats leaking and to me it seems an odd place to be leaking from...

Question guys. How can I get the vanity units to sit flush to the wall when the soil pipe is in the way at near floor level? Pics. This: To this: Easy methods please! Thanks.

Hi, Can anyone shed light on this issue, maybe it's me being stupid! I basically can't cut the tile length ways without turning the tile over because the guard mount is in the way. The blue line is where it goes to and then I have to mess about turning it over and it's not great. Any...

Any issues doing this? I had a spare 500w outdoor floodlight doing nothing so I've took the flex of that to wire a couple of downlights and the dimmer switch. I was going to get some 1mm t&e but thought I'd use the spare flex. The flex is clipped in the loft. Any problems doing this??

Hi, Can I improve this at all? I basically used some Easyfill to fill the joint then sanded it and painted it with some Zinsser Perma white and when it dried it looked like below. It looked ok when I was doing it but it's beginning to bug me now and I know it will annoy the hell out of me If...

Afternoon all, We ordered a new toilet and stupidly forgot about the cistern :oops: Can anyone recommend one that is a side entry (on the right) please to fit this WC unit. Many thanks.

Evening all. I am in the process of fitting a power shower and have adapted the pipework slightly in order for the Warix flange to fit but since doing this the hot water is spluttering from the taps :( Any ideas? I havent yet finished the install to the pump (speedfit stop end on as a temp...