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Our neighbours (not attached, they are slight higher up as houses on a hill) have just had a porch finished and the downpipe finishes on their driveway so all rainwater from their porch roof will naturally run straight onto our property. Is this correct? Only asking as I’m currently planning a...

In our 1930’s semi detached, the staircase is in the un-ajoined front corner of the house. The stairs follow the corner around so there’s a high void right in the corner that is approx 4m high. There are signs of wet/damp on the plaster (was done about 4 years ago) and it’s starting to go...

Looking to build a brick porch on the front of our house. Planning portal says maximum of 3m2 (external measurement). Neighbour has just had one built, no planning application (had a look online as wanted to see their plans) and its 2m x 2m. I've been told as its only cheap to apply for PP...

Is it possible to buy a 6" or 8" extractor fan (flush wall mount, like in a bathroom) with some kind of filter so it can be used in a kitchen mounted on a splashback above a hob, to remove cooking smells instead of a conventional cooker hood? Preferably with a decorative silver/chrome/grey...

We’re thinking of fitting a water softener as live in a hard water area, been looking at the Water2Buy W2B200. Would this filter enough water and quick enough for long showers, fed by a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30i combi boiler? I want to treat the water that comes into the house but unsure...

Finishing off fitting my new kitchen, and currently have 2 x 15mm pipes with end caps on under our kitchen sink, 1 cold and 1 hot. What isolators are best to fit that will allow me to connect up tap tails, and will tap tails fit directly onto the isolators, so not to take up too much space...

Recently had a big steel fitted to the rear of the house and bifolds fitted. Since then I’ve noticed a small crack in the pebbledash on the first floor (from where the pebble dash starts to the bottom of the 1st floor window) It’s probably only a couple of mm wide. Does it need...

I’m after a 4 gang, 2 way dimmer switch for the kitchen. Assumed I could buy any 4 gang, 2 way trailing edge dimmer switch off the shelf, but been told by an electrician (old guy who lives local) that I need the system with the individual modules and to make up the switch from components? I’m...

i want to build a fairly chunky pergola (using 6" fence posts as the uprights) on a small 3m x 3m porcelain patio (20mm pavers on full wet bed. I dont want to drill into them though. If I build the pergola on the patio, assuming its weight will keep it from moving anywhere (total will be 4 x...

I’m planning a corner summer room, with both long sides (adjacent to the fence panels) being 2.6m long. Currently have a solid concrete base poured that’s level. One colleague has said construct the walls first, place them on a thick dpm directly on the concrete base, then once fixed...

I’m due to pour a concrete shed base, 3m x 3m, 6” deep. Do I need to do anything to prevent it cracking or splitting in half? I’ve poured footings for retaining walls before, but wasn’t sure if it would need anything like rebar or anything in it to tie it together? Or am I overthinking it...

We’ve got an old patio area, approx 8m long by 6m wide. Currently laid old concrete type pavers that have been down at least 20 years. Is there any way we can lay artificial grass over the top of it? I know normally you’d lift pavers, break it up, level it and then sand before laying the...

We had a new shower fitted 4 weeks ago, this exact one (with tray): https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/diamond-1200mm-x-800mm-frameless-offset-quadrant-shower-enclosure-8mm-glass-with-tray-right-hand-entry-19489-1254417-19489-1254417 If you scroll down the page you'll see the shower tray details...

our landing is currently painted in an old (I'm guessing, 20 years+) gloss type paint (you can actually wet it with a sponge to clean it and the water just runs off it) and needs re-plastering, so guessing will need to prep it first. Whats the best way to do this? Hand sanding to rough it up...

we've just had a porcelain patio laid, approx 60m2, it was laid about 4 weeks ago. Been out today to give it a spray over with the garden hose and a sweep and noticed around a lot of the pavers, it looks as though the top colour/coating (I know that arent painted or coated but the only way to...

we've found the perfect bathroom furniture (vanity unit, wc unit and tall wall hung cupboard) The tall wall hung unit is 300mm deep, but ideally we need it to be 200mm depth. It looks to be a laminated finish (it’s the Ronda Chestnut range on victoriaplumbing), who would be able to cut 100mm...

recently finished our porcelain patio and grouted it with EasyGrout but it’s left a slight residue on some of the pavers, and around the grouting. When it’s dry, it’s a white colour What’s best to clean it off with? It’s not stained, just a residue that seems to not be visible when it’s wet

our 1930's semi is red brick outside, and solid to drill/knock on from the inside. They're about 200mm deep in total. Asking as I want to hide the bathroom sink waste pipe in the wall for a run of about 1m, then tile over it Is this an OK way to do it?

Am planning a refit of our bathroom and undecided on what type of toilet, either a close coupled one (needing a side exit for waste, as it will sit back against a solid wall). Or, a back to wall toilet with the small cabinet/unit that the cistern is hidden in. Any advice, or preferences...

Have got 4 rooms to have the floor re-tiled coming up, bathroom, hallway and downstairs toilet and kitchen. Apart from the kitchen, the other 3 areas will have plywood or chipboard floor, so use ditra matt. The kitchen is a concrete floor, and we will be laying fairly large sized porcelain...