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I'm looking to replace our carpet in our makeshift home office with carpet tiles, however, the floorboards are old, warped and uneven. If I ply line the floor do I need to leave an expansion gap around the skirting? If so, what's the recommended gap? Also what size ply would people recommend...

I'm looking to add a separate remote run-on timer to an existing bathroom fan. The fan is rated at 8w/240v. Looking at the Manrose 1351 it mentions minimum load of 20w, so no good. Can anyone recommend a decent run on timer please? Anyone used the RT5A timer? I won't be adding an integrated...

I've found that our flat roof garage has two broken clips on the gutter causing water to leak down the side wall. Easy fix. However, our lovely considerate neighbours built their extension less than a foot away. Meaning that I'm unable to fix face on (as you normally would). So forced to fix...

We've recently had a new kitchen installed - Yay! ;), but have found a damp patch on the concrete floor - Boo :( The damp patch is located just in-front of the hot & cold water feeds, which are buried under the concrete. The pipes have been there for about 25 years (part of an extension), and...

I've had a couple of panels blow out over the recent months due to a rotten wooden post. I would like to replace the entire fence (8m) with close board, but because our land is raised it's retained with foot high concrete slabs (on end), which leaves me with a few questions... I've manage to...

I've gone and removed a load of skirting board today on walls that comprise mainly of breezeblock. However, when taking the nails out, quite a lot of the cement/plaster layer covering a wooden horizontal support has come off. I would like to put new skirting on soon and I am concerned that...

I'm purchasing a property and would like to create an opening slightly larger than a regular serving hatch in a load bearing wall between lounge and dining room to let more light through. I've never needed to do this before, so don't even want to think about doing this myself, but would...

My current Dewalt XRP DC925 has just given up and I have some renovation work coming up, so I'm looking for a new combi drill. I've shortlisted the following with a £150 budget, the dewalt having 1.5ah batteries and the other with 3ah. Makita BHP456RFWX...

Hi, I have some windows above our interior doors, which are looking a little dated and I'd like to blank them off so I can put coving up. I'm thinking I could do the following, but would appreciate your comments... So I'd remove the glass & wood frame above the red line (as indicated)...