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I have some old figure 8 dropwire coming into my house through my window frame. Each cable then goes into a jelly crimp joining it to some CW1308 cable that goes to my master socket. I need to remove the window frame as it's old an rotten, so will need to disconnect the cables and then re...

Hi there I have a leak under my kitchen sink, and I'm looking to fix it before I redo my kitchen. I have attached an image and have circled in red where the leak is coming from. I'm a little confused how it's all working, water is coming in from the bottom, then I assume it goes right around...

Afternoon Looking at how to wire my bathroom timed extractor fan. I know I need Live, Switched Live and Neutral to my isolator, but all diagrams have you coming off the ceiling rose for the bathroom light. This makes sense to me but my bathroom light has a single wire coming in from a 4-way...

Hi I'm looking for advice regarding a bath panel I'm attempting to build. My corner bath left a small amount of room at both sides that I thought I would box in. I've built a frame and fixed plywood to the top, but was unsure what to sit on top of the ply. I was initially going to tile but...

Today I had my old 3 inch waste stack removed, so a new 4 inch one could be installed and a new toilet connected up to it. The 3 inch was connected to a 4 inch pipe at the base, so was expecting this to be quite a simple job. However it appears as if there is an obstruction in the drain a few...

Hi there Just looking for some thoughts on where I should position the radiators in my house. I've attached a rough floor plan below, with the red rectangles showing where I was going to put them. Does this look OK? Cheers

Hi there There is a small gap between the edge of my bath and the wall. I am planning to put some kind of shelf in to hide the gap (see picture). Originally I was going to use cement board and tile on top of it, but have decided it would look better if it was curved to match the shape...

I have a piece of no more ply tile back board and was wondering if I am able to paint it. I was planning to use it as a base and tile onto it to make a shelf at the end of my bath, but I'm thinking that tiling it isn't the way to go as it's going to be an very awkward shape.

I'm hoping to fit my corner bath this evening, and just wanted some guidance. I have fixed some battens to the wall, and had read I can use silicone to fix the bath to the wall. Does this sound right? I've read of others using gripfill to fix it to the wall, so wasn't sure.

I'm hoping to tile my bathroom in the coming week or so, but I'm not sure what to do with regards to prepping the wall. When the old tiles were removed, it appears to have pulled off some of the finishing plaster (although it's a very thin layer). This has exposed a very coarse layer of plaster...

My bath has some awful instructions. I'm trying for to fit the feet, but it's not very clear what to do. It appears to show using 16mm screws to fix a metal frame to the bottom. There are no pre drilled holes or markings on the bottom to go by, and the bottom of the bath is very difficult to...

Just checking before I get an electrician round. After finding no wall lights that she liked, my girlfriend bought an outdoor light with the hope of fitting it indoors. It would be replacing an existing ceiling light. It does say not to wire to a lighting ring, is there a reason for this.

After a battle with a rotten window frame, I have been left with a big mess around my bathroom window (see below). How would I go about fixing this? I'd love to give it a go before getting a professional in.

I have several of these ventilation boxes on walls of my house. I don't like them, are they ok to remove or replace?

I've just lay a new 18mm plywood floor in what will become the bathroom. It is only a small room (1.5m square), and the Bath will take up a large amount of this room. What floor there is exposed I was going to lay ceramic tiles on, but should I tile under the bath? Seems a waste to. If not...

Hey again, another bathroom floor question. I have removed the old floorboards with the intention of laying 18mm plywood down. The current state of the joists is shown in the picture. I had planned to noggin around the edge and where the plywood join would be. Would this be sufficient. The...

Whilst ripping down the old ceiling in my house, I noticed the ceiling boards between my dining room and corridor were put up before the wall separating them was constructed. Does this mean it isn't load bearing, and if I fancy, may tear it down. I've attached a floor plan and a picture of...

I'm looking to replace the floor boards in my bath area. It is 1.5m x 1.5m square. Any recommendations as to what to replace it with. I was looking at 18mm chipboard from Wickes. Will that suffice? Cheers

I'm looking at extending the doorway pictured all the way to the right edge wall. The wall is load bearing so some kind of support would be needed. However the right edge wall is a party wall. Would this then require a party wall agreement?

We're in the middle of renovating our bathroom and was looking for advice regarding the flooring. We are looking to Tile, or possibly vinyl, but we're unsure what to lay on top of the current floorboards (see below picture) to ensure a flat surface. What would you recommend? Cheers