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Just been quoted £420 to plumb in a cloakroom toilet, small rad and a sink. existing plumbing is there for rad and sink. Soil pipe is directly accessible for the toilet. Thought this was a bit on the expensive side, any thoughts. Also, was quoted £600 to line the cloakroom with...

Hi guys. Getting my new kitchen fitted on Monday and i was having a look at the electrics installed by previous owner. I was always wondered why my cooker didn't have an isolator switch and i just found out that the cooker is wired as a spur to a double socket that also has a spur for some low...

I am in the middle of getting my loft floored and installing partition walls and ceiling. The house is circa 1920 and does not have gang nail trusses, instead there are 2x4 cross members, which are below head height, ideally i want to move them up around 12", to give a more reasonable head...

Hi, i have a fluorescent strip light in the loft that started going flaky. It stopped firing but manual "jiggling" of the lamp while it was on would make it fire up, but only if i held the bulb in a certain position. I took it apart and looked at all the connections and it all looks good. I...

Everybody i know who has had a plasterboard ceiling put up has always paid a plasterer to skim it. I got a ceiling put up in my loo and i didn't want to pay a plasterer to skim it so i used joint paper and compound to seal the joins and just compund on the screw holes Then i painted it...

Me, it'll be a few beers and a glass of wine tonight, wee shot on the guitar if my wee boy allows it. Hopefully a nice weekend and me and mum will take him out somewhere. Then i think i'll make a nice curry on Saturday night for me and the missus. Then i'll be plastering a hole in the ceiling...

Hey folks. Here's the situation. I like a bit of DIY, to save money and for my own enjoyment more than anything else. Everything i've done so far has turned out great, Tiling, replace skirting boards, renewing a lawn etc. But when it comes to anything a bit more involved the wife won't...

Hi Guys, I recently installed a loft ladder that involved lengthening and widening the hatch. All went well but i took away a bit of plaster on the ceiling. What's the best way to fix this? Plasterboard, or just try re plastering that patch and do my best to recreate the stippled artex effect...

Hi guys, Currently in the middle of a loft conversion. In the loft there's an old water tank and smaller tank next to it (both are still plumbed in and have water in them). We have a combi boiler and i think this is the old storage tank and expansion tank from before the combi was installed...

Hey guys. I had a problem about a year ago with a noisy boiler, it was actually making a buzzing noise, this seemed to be when the system got up to temperature. Called British Gas and eventually the guy found that the problem was a small component (looked like a small valve and he called it a...

Hi folks. The woodwork in my home is looking a bit crap and i was thinking about replacing it all. I'm OK with skirting as ive did that before but i've never replaced a door frame or hung a door. Can you do me a favour and look at this quick sketch i've done on how i think a door frame...

Hi folks. Just though i'd pop in and say hi. This forum has been a great help to me since i bought my new place so i thought i'd join. I hope i can maybe help people out in the future with my limited (but growing) knowledge of DIY. cheers :D

Hey guys, i've just finished tiling my hallway floor and i discovered a time and labour saving tip. You know when you've finished up and you're cleaning up the residual adhesive from the tiles? You're constantly washing your sponge and wiping, washing, wiping. What i do is get about 15...

Hi Guys. I have a quick question RE, moving of a combi bolier. We need to move ours to make room for a new bathroom. Not something i can tackle myself so i was wondering how much could i expect to pay to have it moved? It is situated downstairs in a cupboard and we would like to move it...