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The back half of our tandem garage was converted to a room, that I use as my office/man cave. The issue is it's got no windows, only a set of french patio doors. Other than installing a window which only benefit would be to open for air, not light due to the only place it could go, does anyone...

The best way to explain this is with a picture. We have an existing fence between the neighbors. We can't take it out and get access from their side, as they have lots of stuff in the way, and it'd mean dismantling a lot of their garden. No go. We had some builders in a while ago, and they...

Our old shower mixer has started leaking, so purchased a new Grohe shower. To fix the mixer bar however, you're provided with the adapter below. Looking online, the instructions basically come down to "screwing it into the wall connector." The "issue" here though, is that my shower pipes are...

I'm absolutely perplexed by this one, as I've painted every wall in the house without any issues. The hallways though, has got a Dulux silk paint currently on it, much like the rest of the house had. Now I'm repainting it, using Dulux Matt, but no matter what I do, the paint just will no...

We're having the garden redone, and we've got all the designs down including a raised patio. Builders have ripped up the old patio, and found a manhole for the sewage that was buried under the old patio, but also partly under the boundary fence (original installation fence from developers 25y...

I know you can get concealed door closers, which you fit in the shut along with the hinges, however does anyone know of a door stop that works in the same way? I need to prevent and internal door from opening too far, so that it hits a toilet. I cant put a door stop down on the floor...

Hey All, After a bit of advice with our bathroom. The plumbing has been done like below for certain reasons. I've tried to keep the diagram accurate, so where the pipes are going up and down, then it resembles the pipes going vertically to a similarish height to real life. We initially had a...

Want to emphasize first, this is not DIY. Recently had some building work done, and we're just decorating one of the rooms. There are 2 places where the electrician has used wago to join cable, and then popped them into the wall. Are these OK to be used like this? They're not in a housing or...

Just want to check my logic here. I've got some LED strips I'm fitting. Max pull is at 48W at 5V, so requires 10A. I've got a Meanwell 200W 5V 40A PSU, so plenty. The LEDs though require power at both ends as they're addressable, so 5A to each end. So using this site, I'll probably have...

We've got a precast flue for our gas fire which has been removed, as were having a media wall built in front of it with an electric fire. Going to board over the hole in the wall, but should I seal or stuff the flue with anything to stop drafts and stuff coming down it?

6 years ago, I build an above ground water fountain and raised planter. The water fountain is essentially a pong, with a blade waterfall in it: It's constructed with timber, and cemented into the ground. However over the years, it's never really been dry and it's just a mess. Lots of the...

Note: This isn't about a DIY install, just the work needed We've currently got a Kinder Oasis Gas Fire with a Chimney Flue. Dimension wise, the first is 250mm deep and 485mm wide. What we were planning to do is your media wall, but remove the existing fireplace and hearth and replace with one...

We've current got a standard UK inset gas fire from Kinder, (Oasis) it's an open flame so no glass. We're looking at building out the area around the fire to become a sort of media wall due to the the terrible shape of our living room, however to do this, the fire would have to be swapped, most...

Bit of an odd one, however we've got a rear garage conversion that has a set of French doors but no windows (no suitable place to put them) We've also got 2 small dogs, so unfortunately keeping the doors open to let some air in isn't ideal, and during the winter months opening the doors means...

Our living room has a terrible layout, and is giving us bad necks from the ridiculous angle we have to watch tv at. We have a real chimney and flue for the gas fire, but ideally would like to create a media unit. Shelves on left, inset TV and fire. Building it etc isn't the issue, plenty of...

We've got some trailing edge LED dimmers fitted at home, however they're not ones where the module can be replaced and we'd rather not replace them as they weren't particularly cheap. We bought a ceiling light that said it was dimmable, however it turns out that its powered by an LED driver...

When we moved in, we replaced the old TRVs with Drayton RT212. I'm in the process of upgrading these to smart TRVs, however I cannot for the life of me either get them to fit, or find the right adapter. The TRVs I've tried are: https://a.aliexpress.com/_v5mAx1 And...

Normally the pump would stop when you release the trigger, but it no longer turns off when I release, just constantly runs. Anyone know how easily repairable this is, and if so, what part I need?

Long story short, we've got a "pond" under a tree with a waterfall as below. Nothing fancy, about 1x1m in size. Our pump has just gone so need a new one, but I am forever scooping out leaves from the pond as it just builds up sludge which is likely the reason for the pump dying. Does anyone...

We've got smooth decking (not hardwood) and in the past, I've used Liberon oil which looks great. Unfortunately, water tends to pool in one particular spot, and over time its started to deteriorate, despite having reoiled it. The vertical pieces have only been done once 3 years ago and still...