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Not sure if I will explain this right but my garage is build front to back onto side of my house and the utility room is at the rear as a seperate room as part of my house. Last year and this we have had a frozen pipe to the washing machine and I just thawed out the pipe with hair dryer. The...

Evening Looking for some assistance on how to run cables for a new TV. The good news my house had escape of water and the wall for cable management has no plasterboard. The TV was previously wall mounted with power socket behind and this was done by the installer breaking the wood to run...

HI, Probably asked a thousand and 1 times but I just wanted to have someone check over what I plan to do before I begin. My house was built around 2011 and I am looking to floor a small part of the loft just for some general storage (Christmas tree and decoration and possibly a few other bits...

Hi, My builder started converting my garage and just said that he spoke to the plumber and he has said since we have a pressurised system we shouldn't just tap the radiator at the other side of the wall as it will make the existing radiator colder which I understand. They have given two...

Hi, we are about to commence with our garage convertion, just waiting on builder to come around and confirm start date etc. I am planning ahead and wondering what would be the best underlay to put down on a floating floor for a decent quality carpet. The room is mainly a play room but it will...

Hi We are about to get plans for our garage conversion into a play room. As part of this we plan to have TV on a wall and I am thinking it be easier to get it put on the plan so we can have power and cable run put in. My question is what do we ask for or need. I was thinking a power socket...

Hi wanted some advise. I'm about to deck a 4m long by 3m wide deck. I have dug down so that 2m of the width (3m) is flat and length is all flat. My decking boards will be running the length of the decking so 4m boards. I was thinking of using adjustable deck feet like the ones you get in b...

Hi I am about to build a 3m by 4m deck which will have a play house (1.8m by 2.4m) sitting on it and was wondering about the foundations. I have dug about 1.5m by 4.2m flat and was planning on decking the rest as raised, but was not sure how to go about it. My plan was slabs at 2 rows of 3...

Afternoon, After 7 weeks my new shed has arrived from the local shed joiner and I want to put some sort of treatment on her so that she kept in good nick. I would prefer for the colour of wood to be maintained so I am looking for a clear coating. I was wondering if you guys had any...

Hi, We are considering converting our attached garage into a playroom but obviously there some stuff in it. Most will go into the shed but some of it need new home. The house is about 6 year old and garage is full length of house with back portion being our utilities room which has for to...

Hi, Long time lurker but just joined as I am considering a project. I have a semi new build (2011) which has a sloped garden raising away from the house. I have plans to level some of this for my kids to play on but first I am trying to wrap my head over plans for a raised patio. I...