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Morning! I've just pulled out a window with the view to brick it up. I've got a couple of questions, I hope somebody can help me with. Do I need wall ties between the two leaves? The window is 1m sq, so not very big Secondly, I've discovered there's no insulation in the cavity. It's only a...

Hey guys...I've run into a problem with regards to moving my toilet in a downstairs bathroom. I was going to dig out the existing soil pipe, cut back and couple a straight piece on to the existing in order to move the loo. Unfortunately the pipe is too close to the wall and I can't cut it back...

Morning guys I'm just pulling out our old downstairs bathroom and digging out a channel to extend the soil pipe so we can relocate the toilet. Seems like a straightforward job... however, I didn't realise that the soil pipe enters the building under the dpm. My plan was to dig down to the...

I'm in the middle of installing a new heating system in our house. The setup is 4 port manifold upstairs feeding the 4 upstairs rads, all controlled with heatmiser neostats. Downstairs is another 4 port mixer manifold feeding 4 UFH zones, again controlled with heatmiser neostats. The...

Hi all I had a plumber in today to run the flow/return to my two manifolds. One for UFH, and the other for upstairs rads. When we had the boiler installed a few months back, the original plumber left a couple of tails to run to the UFH manifold which I told him I was installing later. For some...

we have an opening between our kitchen/dining room that I want to put French doors in However, it's an odd size. Can anyone recommend a supplier to make up some that would fit? Thanks

can anyone recommend a supplier for UFH gear? There seems to be a lot around and difficult to compare pricing! Thanks

Hi all We've got a combi boiler and are fitting UFH (4 zones) downstairs. No problems there! We've got rads upstairs (x4), and while things are all apart in our house, I want to convert these to run off a manifold with individual timer/thermostats in each room to make it more efficient. I've...

Hi all Just looking for a bit of quick advice. I am considering buying a thicknesser/planer to straighten out wood for different projects. The question I have is, are they really only any good for straightening already PAR wood, or are they ok for straightening up of the cheaper sawn stuff you...

Hi all, and I hope that you had a merry Christmas! We are shortly about to rip out all the old floor and subfloor in our early 1800s mid terrace. We were originally going to go down the limcrete route, but budget is tight and we're not going to be able to afford it. Anyway, we've decided on a...

The starter motor has become intermittent on my Freelander...I see somebody sells solenoid replacement/repair kits on ebay for all sorts of makes and models. Anyone used these? £15 must be better than £150 for a whole new starter!

Morning guys! We have an early 1800 stone rubble cottage in Cornwall. I was measuring up for new windows upstairs to find that the previous owner had cemented over the wooden lintel from outside, allowing it to rot away nicely. The walls are thick (as you'd expect). The lintels are made up...

hi all, we're renovating our house and found a fireplace in our upstairs bedroom. We'd like to fit a small log burner. Won't get used a lot, more for aesthetics than anything, but has anyone got experience of the bradfords stoves? This one is very competitively priced...just wondered if it...

Thinking of getting one of these to brighten up our landing which has no natural light. Has anybody got one or have experience of them? At nearly £500 without fitting it's not something I want to waste money on, but potentially it looks really good! Link: https://syneco.co.uk/shop/

I'm fitting new joists to our old house, and the load bearing wall is rubble. What are your thoughts to packing them like this? Seem OK, but wondering whether I should be shuttering and making a cement pad. (brick looks wonky in pics, but is actually straight!)

Evening all... We're in the midst of renovating our house and are looking to install gas. I assumed that this is a gas pipe, but EDF have no record of a gas install. It's def not the main water pipe. Cant see what else it could be. I don't think the property has had a working gas supply in...

Morning all I am replacing the first floor joists in the front of our house. I could do with some clarification with regard to the span tables. It is an old house, and want exposed joists downstairs (yes I know it'll be noisier, but it's the look we want). Will be using 600 centres. Open...

Hi all I'm in the midst of renovating our front room in our 1850s house. It's stone wall, so no DPC, have noticed that the end of the floor joists are rotten. It seems that the floor is laid by way of red brick in soil, the joists laid over the brick, and floorboards laid on joists...

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice, had a look on the GOV website, but can't find anything really definitive. our 1850s house has sagging 1st floor joists. A couple are also riddled with woodworm, another has been poorly repaired in the past. I am looking at stripping the floor back and...

Hi, whilst working on our mid 19th century home, I've found a fair bit of this It's not been disturbed yet, but am a bit concerned it may be an asbestos product. I can't quite make out the logo...thought someone here may recognise it? Thanks