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Hello All I’m looking to move a bathroom mirrored cabinet and replace it with a mirror due to it sticking out too far. I would like one which is heated and built in bluetooth speaker maybe. Problem is the nearest power supply would be a shaver plug which is concealed in a bathroom storage unit...

Hi All, about 5 years ago i completed an extension to the home and at that time i had fitted 3 x MK04 velux centre pivot openers on the pitched roof. At the time my budget afforded me only 2 manual and 1 x electric. To be honest i wished i’d have fitted all electric! Anyhow, I'm in a position to...

Hi all Apologies if this is in the wrong section. Due to the location of my internet switch I would like to run a cable from the switch located in the loft, through the bottom of the soffit and down the outside wall (will be partially concealed behind a rain water pipe) and then into a room...

Hi all Just a quick question, I need to fix a couple 2.4m sleepers to a wall which is made of concrete blocks. It will basically only be used as a 'shelf' but needs to be very secure and then there will be a second row of sleepers which will bedded below as a step down onto grass. What is...

hi all I appreciate its possibly very difficult to answer but an electrician whom I've used for years and has always been good to us was wiring my new extension has stopped communicating with me and left the job unfinished. It was an unusual job insomuch that it wasn't a first fix then Second...

Hi all I taken delivery of a 1.2m solid surface bathroom worktop which needs to be cut to allow a semi-recessed sink to be fitted. How difficult is it to cut??? It was expensive so I'm worried about trying it myself albeit I'm pretty decent at most DIY tasks barring electrics & plumbing, I...

Hi All I have a desire to construct a seating area on the patio I'm currently tiling. I've worked it out that I'm about 4m2 short on tiles so it give me perfect opportunity to build a seating area which will be about 2 meters long and have a right angle turn at the patio edge to make it a...

Hi all, Apologies if in the wrong section, but if not, can anyone recommend any particular sealant when cutting a bathroom plinth to size and needing to seal the cut end to waterproof it Many thanks Gaz

Hi all Yes I know, I've done the search function and a lot of the posts that pop up are quite old in technology, where mitre saw updates are concerned. I'm wanting to buy a sliding mitre saw for DIY only, I'm due to fit new skirting and architrave over the next week or so and have a project I...

Hi all, I appreciate there are many threads on here in regards to this topic, however most are in regards to smoothe floor tiles, thus Please help, I have grouted a wall today and being the dumb ass I am, did too big an area for a DIY'er and although I removed the majority of the excess...

hi all My bathroom is nearly finished but for a bit of tiling & 'finding' a worktop I like Now having been looking for some time I found a company that makes resin work tops. This was whilst in a bathroom showroom & based on the way it matches the bathroom fixtures/fittings, So I gave them the...

Hi all I've got a new shower tray fitted and had glass panels all around. I've already sealed the tray prior to the panels being fitted and then the glass fitters sealed the glass corners/edges, etc.. This was a couple of months ago and it has not been used yet due to ongoing building work...

Hi All, Need help please When I took this water meter plug off, gently might I add, the red lead was already disconnected, or it was loose and it came out easily. Can someone please tell me where this should actually go! The other end looks like this... Where the blue wire was...

Hi all Can anyone advise/recommend me some tiltable down lights please I need 12 in total, ceiling height is 6 lights set at approx 2.3m height and 6 set at approx 2.5m height. There's so many on fleabay I have no idea what's god or bad :confused: The room itself is 6.2m x 3.2m if it helps...

hi all The new house extension has resulted in the water meter reader now being 'inside' the garage. Thus I need to move it so that the meter reader have access without having to get us to let them in. Can anyone please help me with what type of wires to use to extend this... It's only a...

Gents, please excuse the title as I'm unsure as to the exact name of the item I'm after if at all available? I have a large bifold door that opens out and doesn't have any kind of mechanism to hold it from being blown by the wind etc which could substantially damage it. I'm looking for a type...

hi all, With the high winds last week, the end ridge tile to the new extension blew off, landing on the rear roof of the new rear extension, damaging a tile there too!!! Luckily it missed the new velux!!! Roof was only fitted a few months ago. The roofer has no issue coming back to remedy...

Hi all I'm just wondering what people do IF they choose not to finish off a bathroom using skirting board? I'm going to start tiling soon & there's not a lot of area left to skirt due to fitted furniture. Where the floor tiles meet the wall tiles what would you recommend? Overall, I'd hazard...

hi all Currently undergoing an extension on the house and have taken down a rotten shed at the bottom of the garden. It stood on a patio I made and due to the nature of the garden, it's an irregular shape. Having a made to measure shed would cost a bit and no doubt to make use of the shape it...

Hi all Sorry if this is long winded but I had some issues with a neighbour over our single story extension currently under construction albeit all that's is changing is instead of featheredge board fence, he will see brickwork.... To a degree. Not wishing to disturb anyone's life and harmony...