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Hi all, I will be fitting a keyclamp style handrail to a raised driveway, I have the following brackets to fix to the walls (6 in total). The holes for the brackets are 10mm before galvanising and I whilst I originally thought I would use 10mm fixings I think it will be very unlikely that I...

I have a single skinned garage I would like to add a side door too, it's dense blockwork AFAIK (at east it's a beast to drill), I'm aware that strictly speaking Building Control Approval will be needed, I guess a simple concrete lintel with a 100mm bearing each end will suffice. It will be at...

Hi all, looking for some permitted development advice please. Looked at a house to buy which we would like to extend if we bought it. It’s a detached bungalow about 1970 with a loft conversion and a conservatory on the back, the conservatory is not original. We would like to do I think they’re...

Hello All, a quick question please, I looked at a house to buy today, a detached bungalow with a loft conversion that needed planning permission because there were dormers on the front. Let's just suppose that the volume of the loft was say 45m3. I would like to consider adding a single storey...

I have an Acer Extensa 2540-5140 (NX.EFHEK.010) laptop https://www.acer.com/datasheets/2017/4876/2540/NX.EFHEK.010.html#_ga=2.91015066.1088840024.1589927871-388060229.1589927871 and wish to upgrade the Ram to 16GB. It has 4GB atm and I know it can take 16GB so I was hoping I could just buy the...

Hi, we have a Hotpoint oven model sa2840pix_ss and the bulb has blown (presumably), it's a G9 25w, two questions : Does it need to be an oven (or high temperature) rated bulb or are all G9's the same? Also could I upgrade it to a 40w or is this best avoided? TIA

Hi All, I have just ordered a TV for my wife, for use in the bedroom: https://www.johnlewis.com/samsung-ue32n5300-2019-led-full-hd-1080p-smart-tv-32-inch-with-tvplus-apple-tv-app-black/p4069396 I went for this model as I'm on a budget, seems a reasonable brand, comes with the obligatory JL 5...

Hi I have a step in my back yard that needs repairing. So ideally given my abilities I was thinking I could fabricate some simple shuttering out of timber and infill in with a readymix concrete repairer such as https://www.toolstation.com/blue-circle-quick-repair-concrete/p35292 I could possibly...

Hi there, a bit of a sanity check please. I have a 1970s property that has an existing side extension as per the image below. (BTW the front is at the bottom and the rear is at the top) I wish to build another side extension encompassing this existing one as per the image below. It is my...

Thinking of getting the wife/kids (6 & 10) a laptop. It will primarily be used to browse the web, for word and I guess the odd PowerPoint presentation as the kids get older and need to do school projects. At the moment the kids just need to log in to various maths/english websites for online...

Hello all, I have one of these room stats and it’s worked fine for years without any trouble. We got home from our hols yesterday and went to click the temperature up and found that the temperature buttons are non-responsive. The programme button responds as does the + and the – buttons. So I...

Hello, I live in a terraced house, No. 48 on the map image. At the rear we all have a kitchen extension of varying sizes and a small yard, maybe 15' x 10'. We each have a private drain that runs into a public sewer that runs down the back lane that separates our properties to the ones to the...

Hi Guys, A quick question for you, I have planning permission for a single storey rear extension (about 1/3 width of existing house) and a double storey side extension. The side extension is nearly up to the roof wall plate level and will continue until completed, the foundations for the rear...

Hello all, I've acquired a G Plan desk (actually it was a dressing table originally), its looking a bit ropey and I think it was actually being stored outside, I believe its solid teak rather than laminated. No matter, it is what it is and I would like to rejuvenate it, that's not say do a whole...

We have just had our bathroom refurbished and I now need to fit a shower rail, I have bought a Croydex Bendy one that screws to the wall rather than one of those pressure fix ones as it needs to bend to match the bath. http://www.croydex.com/products/66-bendy-rail.aspx One end the wall is...

Hi all, I'm new here, though not DIYing I thought I would add a thread here as bit of a blog as to our bathroom project. DAY 1, 4pm I have spent a year or more getting funds together for our bathroom project and have finally pushed the button on things and the contractors have commenced...