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I have built a shelf for a countertop sink and tap to sit on. All the pipework is exposed. It's all chrome and very neat so looks pretty cool (IMO)....however the taps connectors are 300mm long and (IMO) look a bit crap. 150mm flexible tap connector would be sweet...they'd tuck in nicely under...

Looking for advice on resin driveways. I'm looking at using a non uv stable resin with a grey/silver stone for my driveway. I've read various things regarding the issues with using a non uv stable resin. Some say it will just give the stone a very slight honey tint to the appearance...whilst...

i have a part built single skin blockwork shed at the end of the garden. It's an eye saw. I was planning on having it rendered but don't have the funds at the minute. Is it a bad idea to paint it until I can get it rendered in a couple of years?

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Looking at converting my front garden into a driveway. Considering either tarmac or resin bound. After digger, skip, whacker hire amongst other things, I'm wondering if it's just worth paying to have it done. Does anyone know the going rate per m2?

I know the standard for a decking sub frame is to use 6x2 joists. That's unrealistic for me though as I have a concrete base and bifold doors that limit the size of the joist I use. I thought I'd get away with 4x2 but even that is too deep. The decking is going on an uneven concrete base (old...

So I'm fitting a bathroom myself. All the plumbing, fixtures and fittinga are all straight forward to me. Tiling on the other hand is new to me. I thought the floorboards were a bit rough so I went out and bought some 3.5mm ply and covered it. I screwed it in plenty (every 6") and stupidily...

Just 'self-levelled' an area of my floor. Although it felt more like I was plastering a floor. It certainly didn't feel like it was levelling itself. Now I have a couple of raised areas. Is there a tool I can use to 'sand down' those patches?[/list]

I'm self levelling a 20m2 area, around 5mm. I was after a spiked roller and ideally a one of those smoothing tools (looks like a rake but with a flap on the end instead). I haven't got time to order one of the web, so I need a shop. Any ideas?

Finding a BTU calculator for a regular room is easy, but finding one for an open plan kitchen/living/diner with a 5m bifold door is tricky! Now, let's not go into this too much and ask me all the u values of everything. I don't know them. I just want a rough idea whether the rads I'm on...

I have an existing suspended wooden floor that needs to be merged into an extension concrete base. The finished product will be an engineered wood floor seemlessly covering both. I am in the process of making sure the sub wood floor is perfectly level using packing pieces under the joists...

I'm having a headache trying to find a ventilation route for an over head extract (kitchen and island are in the middle of the house). A downdraft extractor would be an answer except for the fact my island isn't really big enough to house the fan unit. Is anyone familiar with these units...

I asked my roofer to install a roof tile vent for my kitchen extract. He installed a 100 tile vent which I think would be ok for a bathroom extract but not a kitchen one trying to push 520m3/h of air. Also, I need a vent diameter of 150mm. I don't want to reduce this because there's a 90 bend...

I've chosen a 'click' engineered wooden flooring. It's advertised as 'Herringbone' but from the sample piece it looks identical to any other click system flooring I've seen. Question is, would it take a professional considerably longer to fit the flooring in a herringbone style as apposed to...

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I've had my house re-plastered. We knocked off all the damaged plaster and replaced it with dot-and-dab and skim. Due to the extra width of the wall, some plaster now protrudes the door frame by up to 5mm. Any advice on what the best practice is in this situation, other than replacing the...

I'm trying to chose where to put my heat detector. It would be pretty simple if I could put it in the centre of the room, but I have a kitchen Island with a hob smack bang in the centre. I also have recessed downlights all around the island. Does it matter if the heat detector is near the...

I'm building a single storey extension. It's 6.4m wide and will have a 4.8m bifold door. One SE, that I have paid for, says I need windposts as the opening is over 2/3 of the wall length. Another SE (that I haven't payed for his services yet) says I do not need windposts as I 3 bricks...

I'm building an extension over an existing drain. A branch off the main drain now needs capping off. I've read various methods of capping off a clay drain pipe, but I'm unsure of best practice. Plastic bag, hardcore and cement is one method. Fitting a rubber cap or plug is another...

I was originally looking into installing an engineered wood floor in my extension. This is an open plan kitchen/living/diner. The reason for the engineered flooring was that I don't like laminate and solid was assumed to be out of budget. I've since found out that you can easily find...