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During/after rain, the bottom 4 layers of bricks are always wet. I think the DPC is above the 2nd layer so not sure why there's wetness above it. Clearly, the bricks higher up have dried quickly but the bottom 4 layers seems to be consistently wetter. Is this normal? Note: The inside has no...

Looking for possible DIY remidies with a roof leak. My house is a 2019 new build from Barratt Homes. The ground floor pitched roof has two Keylite windows. About a year after I moved in, I noticed a couple of small (<10mm diameter) plaster blowouts under the corners of each window. I assumed it...

So, I'm looking to wall mount some cabinets with sockets/phone/TV points accessed from inside the cabinet (all hidden). However, one of the cabinet's vertical columns goes right over the existing TV connector on the wall and ideally, needs to sit flush against the wall. I could move my cabinets...

I bought the Hive Active Heating 2 (Black Friday) but I'm having trouble with the wiring. It seems my 20+ year old system is missing one wire - has 5 connected, but should have 6 wires. This is the desired dual channel wiring diagram for the new Hive receiver which looks fairly simple if it was...

I've had some new polished porcelain tiles laid (60 x 30cm) by a tiler. I'm not sure if the grout is too low (about 1mm) but they said it was a special effect to accent the brick layout. I don't know anything about tiles but would have expected it to be flush with the tile surface. I found on...

I purchased a new kitchen and found some professional fitters to install it for me. I'm a bit dubious on the quality of the installation as I'm just an amateur DIY enthusiast and was wondering what other's thought about the cutting. 1) The laminate worktops where they've had to cut the...