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Hi all. Wasn't sure where to put this post so hopefully it's in a suitable category. Does anyone know of a product or a clever technique they've come across for fitting a weather cowl on an extractor fan outlet - from the inside? I'll be fitting an extractor to draw moisture from the...

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Not quite free diy stuff, but does anyone know if such a scheme exists? Basically I've been doing lots of jobs this past year and have excess boxes of tiles, bags of adhesive, litres of nitromors, forests of lumber. Maybe an exaggeration, but does any kind of scheme exist where I can just...

I'm finding differing advice online so just thought I'd double check with people on here. I've got a pro coming to remove an existing fence and erect a new one 1m further forward. It's approx a 10m run with gates. The fence is closeboard with arris rails and wooden posts set in concrete. He's...

Please can the learned few offer their opinions on which of these is the strongest method of screwing cant rails to 4x4 inch posts set in concrete, or are they all pretty much the same? They'll be just less than 3m in length between each post, then featherboard on to these. Thanks for...

Hello gents if anyone can offer their advice on this it would be appreciated. I removed my cold water feed isolation tap so that I could fit a new angled one, shown here: The tap leaks whenever the shower is run or the toilet is flushed, no more than 10 - 40ml. I connected it with some...

Hello all if anyone could give me their advice on this I would appreciate it. I am fitting a kitchen sink from ikea. I have the sink which is a double basin model but no pipes or traps or anything else. In the kitchen I have a single 40mm pipe coming up from the larger floor waste pipe. So...

Hi all. Appreciate some advice on this, I haven't been able to find exactly the right answer on other posts. I would like to replace some under cabinet lights I have that are wired to the lighting circuit controlled by one of the three wall switches (single box with three switches...

Hello gents I would appreciate advice on this please. I have three single blanking plates behind where a cupboard used to stand. My plan was remove the blanking plates and attach new wall plates to each box. This is what was behind each plate: Box 1 has 2 earth wires, 2 red...

Hello gents. If anyone can advise me on this I'd be grateful. Fitting a new kitchen and will be putting 3 wall units onto what I now know of as a paramount wall. It's plasterboard either side of a cardboard egg box construction. I've been reading up on here and decided to follow the...

Hi all. Just after a few good opinions on this. I've had a new boiler put in, a Worcester 30si combi and it is positioned pretty much in the corner of the kitchen. I'd like to put a cupboard on the adjacent wall but this cupboard will project into the 600mm clearance space needed for...

Hi all I'm trying to decide on what wired house alarm to buy with 5-6 PIRs and also covering two doors. Do people find windows benefit from being included? What are the options for including outhouses if wires could be rigged up effectively? I'm a bit worried about being out at work and the...

Hi all I think this would be the right section to post in. I'm looking for something like this: to go on either end of some thin wire rope that I want to hang net curtains from. I have hooks set in the wall and want a way to hang the wire onto these hooks that allows them to be be...

Hello all I'd like to make my own version of the attached image - a plant stand. Can anyone offer any good advice before I start? I have some good wood and I was going to use butt joints and typical wood screws. A friend of mine says I need to use something like metal joist hangers to stop...

Hi all. If anyone can help me with this it'd be great. I have lots of wires around the house that are the beginnings of a wired burglar alarm setup. They are a pair of wires in each room and at doors etc, bare ends sticking out of the ceilings, and working their way back through the...

Hello Gents Can anyone advise me on the following please? The council have all but refused my erecting of a 6foot fence at the side of my garden as it is adjacent to the highway and I dont want to pay a fee to have it confirmed. I'm now looking at putting hedges in and putting a fence...

Hi all Just wondering if anyone can advise me on what type of hedge to plant. I was going to erect a fence down the side of my garden but it will be adjacent to the highway and the council are making things difficult. Therefore I am looking for a type of hedge that I can put in that will...

Hi all. Just looking for some advice from more learned people really. I recently plasterboarded the porch with dot and dab, and some of this went straight onto single thickness red brick but I just didnt think about damp proofing. My question is should I just bite the bullet and rip it...

Hi all. Is it possible to tile half of a floor and finish the job at a later date without it looking bad or going wrong? I am redoing the kitchen while using it. In a nutshell, is it possible to clear half the room of worktop, units, etc. and clean and tile the floor. Then obviously dont...

Hi all. I recently replumbed the pipework to the bathroom shower and then boarded the loft floor. It was then that I decided to replace the old extractor fan with a same but newer model and I replaced the plastic flexi hose with an aluminium one and some rigid 100mm piping at entry and exit...