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i have noticed hairline cracks around the wooden supports in my newly built and plastered kitchen vaulted ceiling, i take it this is the roof settling now its all finished, around the velux windows its fine, should i wait a while to check movement and then paint over the cracks at a later date...

i know this topic has a few questions already but they seem to date back to 2009, 5 years on and i was wondering if fitting an induction hob over an oven is do able nowadays, wickes designed my kitchen and they put the hob over the oven, nothing was mentioned about the possibility of the hob...

hello, is there a fitting that can be used to go from condense drain pipe straight to standard soil pipe ? also can i fit a 22mm copper pipe straight to a soil pipe? the boiler is right above the soil pipe and instead of running the condense to outside i want to run it inside to the soil pipe...

hello all, i have had a kitchen built, block outside and timber frame inside, how big can you go before the roof needs a brace in the middle to stop spread? the ext is 5m x 5m ext size, but the kitchen area is 3.7m along 1 side because i have a timber framed wall going to the middle of the ext...

hi people, i have a new 5m wall which needs rendering to match existing house, cant afford to get anyone in to do it so any advice about starting it will be much needed. im going to break it up into smaller sections with beading to make it easier to manage, i have been reading that i need to...

i have fitted a velux window with the correct flashing kit, an edw kit, on the top of the flashing kit is a small 1" angled piece connected to 2 strips of metal, whats it for? is it to hold the bottom of the tile steady? there is no description of its use in the paperwork. thx in advance

my plumber came round last night and measured the mains flow to my outside tap, its getting approx 10 litres a min, he says this is fine for a combi, he measured the flow to the makeshift kitchen as its going through an undersink water heater which is using 8/10 mm flexi pipe to the tap he said...

hello, i am having a kitchen built and was wondering will code 4 lead be ok for the flashing? weather can be a bit fierce here, and how much does need to be safely on the tiles and going up the wall? will approx 9" be ok, 1" in the wall, 3" down the wall and 5" on the tile? thx in advance

hello to all, i am having a new kitchen extension built and had to scrap my boiler(was in when i bought the house in '88, a stelrad concorde boiler) all the pipework and tank is still there for a regular boiler but was wondering about a combi, which would be the best to fit, i know i will...

hello, i am having a kitchen built and the timber wall has been insulated with 100mm loft lagging, my spark is leaving it to me to run the cables but before i start is it ok to run the cables over the lagging? will this generate heat considering it will be covered in plywood then plasterboard...

hello, is 10mm t&e too big for cooker cable? i have enough left on a roll to use for the new cooker and was gonna ask my spark to use it, it will save buying other cable for it, it was bought to replace the old shower cable, he is gonna get me to run all the cable in for my new kitchen, he...

hello, first post so be gentle, i am having a kitchen extension built and have been offered 8x4 polystrene sheets for nothing, can these be used in the cavity or does it have to be kooltherm ? if not in the walls can they be put under the floor? any ideas would be a bonus thx