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hi people i hope you are well. i have o hot water and i am wiring the house so i was wondering if i could use an old electric shower as a inline water heater. they seem very easy to pick up o eBay

Hi people hope your all well, I am in a right pickle and could do with some ideas i am wanting to insulate a ceiling in an old cottage. The existing ceiling is lath and plaster directly on to the joists then there are the slate tiles. a total distance of 100 mm max and no where to put...

hi all, i am opening an external cavity wall to place french doors. I was going to use a catnic but the cavity is 40mm and i cant find one to fit a 40mm cavity any suggestions. door is 1200mm

i have quarry tiles in the lounge of our project house. i want to have laminate flooring. 1900 house. no DPM tiles onto lime mortar/ earth. tiles are solid and flat. no damp in the floor, but i think that is because it can "breathe" at the moment. any constructive advise...

hello, I have a house which has had a double door openening placed next to a single door opening, all within a load bearing wall. There are no lintles, the only thing that seems to be holding the first floor up appears to be the door frames. The opening would be 2600 in all so i think im...

hello everyone, I have a 1920's traditional three bed semi brick semi with a 6 m frontage. the house has been badly painted in the past, with red paint peeling away in several areas around the front sides and back. I would like to inprove the apearance of the house in the most cost efective...

I,ve been asked to buy an oven and ceramic hob on ebay for some friends in france. apparently its much cheaper over here, even taking getting it couriered over to france; But will it work? i don't know allot of electrickery will a british cooker and hob work on french electricity.

I was pondering the reason a lilion battry wont work in a nimh tool, now i know the fittings are different but i mean in principal. I have heard that Milwalky li-ion batterys can be retro fitted. I have Makita 14.4v tools, they are great. but why hasn't some boffin invented an adaptor so...

We are replacing part of a lath and plaster ceiling that has fallen in. I am trying to find a supplier of the ceiling decorations but don't know what they are called. I have a cornice (around the wall and ceiling) a rose in the middle but i don't know what to call the decoration plaster...

i have a small lean to roof to slate, four tiles high and 25 long (6mtrs). it is over a bay on a terraced house. all the neighbours have slate but this one is felted. can i baton and slate over the top or do i need to remove the felt and put under tile felt on first?

HI my mate has bought a conventional three bed semi detached house it has two chimney stacks, front and back, both of which have conventional chimney pots on. Set into the fire places on the ground floor, front and back, he has two gas fires. Upstairs in the bathroom he has a combi boiler...

I am installing a new kitchen into the house that Jack built. The walls are not straight but bowed so I end up with a gap in the middle of the worktop against the wall. I have thought of a few things that have worked in the past but they don't seem to be appropriate for this job Digging...

Hi, I have an electric outlet for a cooker in my kitchen but she who must be obeyed now want an intregal oven on a different wall. Is it possible to extend the cable that comes out of the intregal oven or even replace it with a new cable and still use the existing cooker outlet ( the cable...

I have a 1930’s terraced house and built an extension to the rear. The two rooms that were originally at the back of the house are now in the middle with no natural light or ventilation. I have converted one into a bathroom and corridor, with an extractor fan venting through the ceiling, the...

In september i had an electrician rewire a house as part of a renovation, I've used him before and he used to be alright. He said three days He got two "boys" to do most of the work and the house was a mess. I replaced loads of floor boards and replastered only to find the light switches...

Hi, i have a yale lock on a upvc door. the key does not turn the lock in the barrel. I have tried inside and out. the handle still releases the bolts and secures the door. this happens if the door is open or closed. i have tried the spare keys and other peoples keys to the door so it...

Hi i buillt an extention two stories, however i have damp patches above the upstairs windows after prolonged driving rain. there are no weep vents and no cavity trays. is there some way of fixing this?

PLease help, Ive just managed to smash one of the the glass on my (well my wife's) cooker. Where can i get a new one from?

so the plan so far is to remove the drum from the washing machine then invert the inner metal drum from inside the outer drum and then re-attach it to on top However, i can't see how to remove the inner drum from the outer. Any advice and guidance would be gratefully received.

Hi we are in lancashire and would like to get french language tv. I would appreciate any advice.