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Evening, I'm about to get our new extension slab screeded and transitioning into the older kitchen. Kitchen is still in place what's best to run around the legs/ feet to stop the self leveller from going on them.. Thanks

Hi, we are looking at fitting dual sliding barn doors to separate our dining room and play room / guest bedroom. We also want to have a lock fitted for privacy. Has anyone done this? I'm a little confused over what handles to use as well, I've seen this privacy set but then what do I do with...

After a bit of advise please, new shower tray (bedded on cement) all tiled and a shower screen. Seems to be leaking but can’t work out where or how, we haven’t moved in yet so it’s only had water sprayed in while testing hot and cold etc. Waste has a drip but this is tiny, can water pass...

Hi, I'm about to tile our bathroom but unsure what size diamond hole cutters I should use.. usual 15mm pipes for sink, toilet is a hidden cistern think its 50mm to the pan. Any pointers would be appreciated so I have everything I will need. Thanks

Morning, Trying to work out best layout for our bathroom tiles. 3 walls around bath, bath is 1600 x 700mm Tiles we are going for are 600x300mm and plan is to stack horizontally. The long side of the bath do I start in the middle with a full tile and then cut both ends? And do I start with...

People, we have an issue where our next door neighbour is a a.. hole. we won't get access to put dry verge on as we would have to put scaffold over his property, I think either a continuous dry verge can be installed without having to go on their side? or would cloak verge be a better option...

Long story short, new shower room that was being created down stairs with our extension no longer needs to be a shower room, so my thoughts are make it a toilet room but use the space to put our washing machine in there instead of shower. Which will in turn save space else where. Anyone got...

Hi, We are about to have our extension built and will end up with 3 bathrooms without windows as they are in the centre part of the house... so looking at the best way to get them ventilated. Ground floor Shower room 2.7m x 1.2m no external walls or window. Directly above will be an En-suit...

So finally we have the go ahead for our extension… and I’m after some advice on plumbing! Currently have a 4 bed 1 bath with rubbish pressure on a 32kw combi boiler. it will be a 6 bed 3 bath when extension is done, boiler is only 6 years old so need advice on what to go for. keep boiler and...

Hi, i'm in a bit of a quandary... I need to lift the boards and insulate my loft to a better standard, I have these options but unsure which is best The joist are 100mm so not much room for thick rockwool. I can either cross lay more 100mm joist with an extra layer of 100mm rockwool then...

We are in the throws of getting an extension done and need to work out additional extras I want to put in place... we will end up with 3 bathrooms with no windows... so what is the best way to get rid of condensation and I assume it is better to keep the rooms warm what would be the optimum...

We have at the front of our house the gutter down pipe which services both semi detached houses. When we had our drive done a month or so ago the guys had to put an extension piece on the drain to raise it up, what we also found was there was that much moss etc coming of the roofs that the drain...

That is the question... I'm about to have a new drive laid in concrete Tegula type blocks, is it wise to seal once done or not?

Hi, Looking for some advice/inspiration for our driveway. We have had planning passed but have to increase parking space by 1 so we want to get rid of the bit of grass and have it all redone. we have looked at resin, block, flagged and imprinted but unsure which is going to be best. Any advice...

Hey, we have had planning permission granted so our 4 bed 1 bath is soon to be 6 bed 3 bath :) we currently have a Vaillant 834? I think which is around 5 years old still has 5 years warranty left so was trying to keep hold of this and add a water cylinder to it Is this possible? Or would I...

We are looking at re decorating our living room :) but unsure what to do and where. we have a chimney breast but its the main 3m wall (flat) that is the feature with tv on and cabinet below and above. I wanted to wallpaper the tv wall (currently painted but has lots of hairline cracks :( ) but...

Hello, We have a conservatory which is 3.5 x 4.5 double hipped poly carbon on timber trusses. We have just had the windows replace from timber to pvc and next up will be to look at boarding the roof either using a decent quality felt shingle or plastic tile after boarding it out. We have one...

Hi, looking for some advise please. We have a wooden conservatory approx 3m x 3m and the roof is 6" x 2" trussed with 2 hips. I have been thinking of my next project in the house seeing the kitchen is almost done. So I have been thinking about reducing the amount of glass as its freezing in...

So finally got majority of my kitchen in and I have an issue with the bi-fold doors the company made for us in the fact they don't bi-fold correctly. They say there is no way of doing what we want (more like they ballsed up!) any how I have seen...

Hi, so we have removed a low (1.2m) wall in our kitchen and I need to make good and blend in to the existing floor as its now a new walk way whats best to use? its approx 900mm wide and about 300mm deep from edge of floor to back of old brick. Thanks.