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i am going to do a patio with 450 concrete flags. its at the bottom of a garden that needs levelling up about 150mm its 18 square meters so i need a lot of fill. whats the best way to do this? I was thinking a tonne of MOT 1 to start with then the rest in ballast mixed at 6 to 1 with cement then...

has anyone used a flow switch on the hot feed on a shower to turn on an extractor fan? i am thinking of putting one on my new concealed shower to a manrose mixed flow timer fan. don't want one using the lights and don't like the humidistat idea

i bought a bath for my own house the other day and decided to fit the waste to it yesterda I have taken the photo without the rubber washer to show more clearly the gap. I am used to fitting sinks and basins, i have never come across any waste that fit so poorly. I have no experience with...

Hi i have stripped a bathroom floor that was rotten and wanted to know the best way to re board it as i plan on tiling the floor? the joist centres are 450 and a few are at 400. is there a product like cement partial board that will do the job in one? or do i need to use 18mm ply then the...

I have been looking for some solid surface worktop that i can fit using my jig and router and all i can seem to find is earthstone. They only have a few colours. Are there other brands that can be fitted like a laminate with the jig?

Im looking to have a curved or j shaped breakfast bar. Wondered if you knew of a place where i can order doors cabinets and back panels for a bar? Also anyone recommend a worktop manufacturer for the composite type tops in the west yorkshire area if possible?

i have made a lowboard and want to have drop down doors 300mm i want them to have push to open but also have a nice smooth strut for when they are falling down. can anyone recoment some hardware? doors are 297 by 715 cheers

Hi could anyone recomend a good supplier of engineered oak flooring? i am after some about 190mm wide 14mm ish thick. natural, oiled or uv oiled. i want it to go on top of a screeded floor with underfloor heating. i think i need to glue it down but not sure what to use and does it need a...

Hi i am going for underfloor heating in my extension its 6.5m by 3.8 internally. just after some advice on what to use. ie finish the concrete sub floor how much lower? what thickness kingspan? whats good gear for a single room UFH etc what will i need. from a quick search this aft i have seen a...

Hi all, just wondering what to do about the company i work for, they want to change my pay from day rate to price per job. Basically i work for a boiler company, i go round the country making cabinets to cover the boilers and or pipework. Sometimes rebuild renew airing cupboards, various...

can anyone recomend a pointing gun? i have the front of my house to point its all raked out but before i started the old fashioned way just wondered if there is a good gun or bag? the pointmaster one looks like a good idea as i bet the ones like a skelly gun hurt your rist after a while??

after some advice on mixing some pointing. i want to repoint the front of my house in the next week or so and i want a dark grey colour similar to marley modern tiles. whats the mix needed for this or a very dark grey mix please :)

going to build a large open plan office in the corner of a modern warehouse unit. just after some ideas. its going to be about 10m by 6m and have a suspended ceiling at 8ft so i am thinking 4x2 stud walls at 10ft high. but what should i use on the top? does it need a full ceiling of 4x2's if its...

i have been asked to prop a perlin it is 2.4m long and the prop needs to be in the middle however there is no load bearing wall so in need to come off the ceiling joists. the prop has to be a 100mm by 100mm but what is the best method for spreading the load on the ceiling

just had a grey carpet fitted in my conservatory. paid £20 a yard plus fitting. had to pay the shop upfront on my credit card. when the fitters had finished i noticed a crease line all the way down the 4m length of the room about 18 inch from the skirting board also this last 18 inch appears a...

i have a hallway to tile i have 55 400x400 porcelain tiles all cut to size, but i have two probs the concrete floor has a bitumen layer of paint on it, and to get the level to meet up with the other rooms i would have a 10mm to 12mm bed of adheasive. i could also do with it setting as soon as...

what is the correct position for a bedroom light? is it as central as posible or is it slightly back or toward the window?

just swaping from gas to a halogen hob. i was thinking just share the 6mm that powers the oven but this hob is 32 max amps, can beleive i need to run another 6mm and another 32a breaker! is this normaly the case with electric hobs?

looking for some coloured glass upstand and splashback, anyone out there know of a cheep supplier?

i have some 42mm z-p dryline screws, they are silver with the bugle head. will they be ok for plasterboard and skim, or do i need the black ones??