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I have some pipework running parallel with the floor along a section of wall with a fairly sharp kink in it (see pic below). The way I was planning on doing this was to get a length of timber, kerf cut it and fix some wooden blocks to the wall & attach the length of timber. Questions I have...

I'm fitting a nice old wooden external door with a gothic arch onto the side of my garage. Not really sure how to approach the arched part of the door frame. What I have in mind is a couple of soild timber uprights and affix the arch to the top of these. I was thinking get a thick piece of...

I'm fitting a nice old wooden external door with a gothic arch onto the side of my garage. Not really sure how to approach the arched part of the door frame. What I have in mind is a couple of soild timber uprights and affix the arch to the top of these. I was thinking get a thick piece of...

I know nothing about these devices but the shower head leaks when valve is in the off position and there’s increased flow of the leakage and a whistling sound if I turn on another tap in the bathroom. Am I right is assuming that you can’t get parts for these shower bars and you just replace the...

Any idea what these 2 apertures are at the base of the window? Are they vents? If so don't see how they work as there's nothing corresponding on the inside of the window....

I've had a look at various other threads on this topic and still can't see what the cause of my problem is. Basically, the plaster on on internal wall of an upstrairs bedroom has got damp and the paint is flaking. The area where this is happening is confined to the end of the wall where...

I've got a shutter frame that I want to fit into a window recess. Because the frame is quite deep and the sides of the recess are chamfered there is a gap of approx 35mm between the recess wall and the front of the frame uprights (see pic). Also the sides of the recess are not straight so this...

I'm installing some engineered wood flooring. Haven't decided whether to have a floating floor or glued parquet flooring. Either way, I'm going to need to cut out a gap at the bottom of the first stair riser and fit it under. Reason for this is because it is curved and as far as I'm aware you...

I'm planning on fitting a set of French doors in my living room. Got a builder to make the opening & do the fitting but struggling to find firms who will provide bespoke windows without also insisting on doing the installation too. Can't really do off the shelf because I'm in a conservation...

I've got a fence running along the top of a stone wall. The posts are secured using metal supports that are screwed into the concrete capping. Two of these supports have become loose because the screws have been loosened by the action of the wind & there's no bite anymore when I try to tighten...

I'm building a covered store for my motorcycle. Not so much a shed, more of a car port type construction with a couple of heavy duty posts, some cross members and a roof covering the whole lot which I intend to tile with slates. Basically, what I want is a pent style roof with a slope of...

Just cut out a section of floor panel to install a hearth in front of my fireplace - what I found was that the chipboard floor panels have been laid on batons with polystyrene insulation resulting in a thickness of approx 70mm (see pic). This is an old thatched cottage & the headroom is...

I need to cut out a section of floorboard (approx 1300 × 500 mm) to install a hearthstone in front of my fireplace. Floorboards look like the interlocking chipboard variety & are lying on a solid stone / concrete base - what would be the best tool to use to get this done?

I need to fit a wider door on a big standard 8x6 shiplap shed. Aside from everything else, what's the best tool to use to make the vertical cuts to enlarge the door opening? I want to do this with the shed in situe.

I have planning permission for removal of existing porch & construction of a new 2 storey extension (on front of house). For a number of reasons - I've decided to stick with what I've got and extend the existing stone, pitched roof porch out sideways to accomodate a small cloakroom. This will...

I'm extending my porch out to one side by a couple of metres so I can install a downstairs cloakroom. The existing manhole/inspection chamber is right where the new wall is going to be so it needs moving. At the moment, the pipework runs from the soil pipe along the end wall of the house to...

Landing light stopped working a couple of weeks ago & I can't find anything wrong. When it stopped working it went off with a pop so I replaced the bulb. Nothing. Have checked the live wire with a mains tester screwdriver & there is current there. There is also current at the live...

I cant get a TRV for the radiator in my bedroom. Bottom line is the old one is knackered & leaks so needs replacing. Cant believe what a hassle this is turning out to be. (this post could do with somepics but I'm on the road at the moment...) I went to a plumber & he sold me a valve that...

I need to drain down my vented heating system. Been through all the usual steps - tied up the ballcock, opened bleed valves etc but when I open the draind valve hardly anything comes out. I'm guessing there's an airlock somewhere but the radiators are fine and Ive bled the pump. The drain...