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After smashing out some concrete pavers and the concrete base to install some drainage I'm left with an untidy concrete edge which will be visible when I landscape the courtyard. I'm thinking of building a form to create a flat face for the concrete down to ground level and pouring in some...

I have a very stupid toilet which does not have a bottom or side entry but instead comes from a channel at the back. See picture Both fill and flush valves are full of limescale and I'd like to replace both but struggling to find a replacement where the fill valve does not need to be...

So I had some grand ideas to return my home to its former brick faced glory by removing the exterior pain which has been built up over 120 years. Initial trials with a DOFF system looked very promising but unfortunately it turns out that we just got lucky (or unlucky) with the trial patches and...

Apologies for the probably noob question. I've got a large pile of mixed soil and rubble and looking to hire a grab lorry (muck away) to take it away. This is because I want to keep my driveway free and don't really want to have to spend an afternoon loading a skip. I've always used skips in...

I have an old window which I am getting replaced and in the process of removing some of the timber, the brickwork around the window has crumbled away. Just wondering what to fill this with? I am thinking of building a form and filling in with concrete. Does that sounds sensible or is there a...

I have an old metal window I am looking to restore. Have sanded and primed inside and the metal is in great shape but does anyone have any idea how to remove these old hinges so I can clean them up, re-paint and reinstall? Haven't tried anything yet. Thought I would just check on here before I...

I'm in the process of converting an old bathroom into a bedroom and the heating pipes will need to be moved. The heating pipes have all been done using Buteline PB and I will need to run a length through a floor slab. Current plan is to use JD Speedfit 22mm conduit within a chase in the floor...

I've run a bunch of pipework (Polybutene - PB) for central heating and hot water what will be under a concrete slab and while most of them are insulated and inside some waste pipe offcuts to protect from expansion etc, there are a couple I forgot. Rather than having to drain and re-plumb I was...

Planning a wet room with a flush floor where the waste will run through a slab and through the wall to discharge to the drains outside. Using something like the below bottle gully, would building regs allow me to connect the shower waste underground in one of the top two 40mm inlets? As far...

In the process of renovating an 1810 bungalow (cottage). Having ripped some plasterboard off the wall I was greeted with this horror show. This was the original exterior wall of the house. It was all very damp because there used to be a toilet here and a previous builder decided to just lay DPM...

We have a detached garage which we are looking to convert to living accommodation. Whilst trenching for utilities we noticed that the damp proof course has been bridged by the concrete slab. This is inside the garage, the external levels are below. Construction is single skin lightweight blocks...

Just moved in to a new house which has a decent from door lock. https://www.uniononline.co.uk/uk/en/products/locks-and-cylinders/rim-locks/bs3621-cylinder-rim-nightlatch-v-4l67e-b-pl Does anyone have any idea where I would buy replacement cylinders for these? No idea how many people the...

I'm in the process of buying a property which needs a complete bathroom overhaul. The current bathroom has an electrically powered hot water tank feeding a bath, shower and sink. I would really like to remove the water tank to save valuable space (and probably energy usage too) and so wondering...

I am replacing my old RF thermostat (Tower RF-205) with a Heatmiser RF-Switch but just wanted confirmation on the wiring. The old thermostat has 4 terminals. Live and Neutral I'm happy with but for some reason they have labelled the other two Out 1 and Out 2. The new receiver has a ton of...

I have a Vaillant ecoTec 832 which was installed on 15th November 2016 and has been nothing but trouble. Under warranty vaillant have been out 3 times to replace the diverter valve, the pump and today the circuit board. There is a grinding noise still coming when you use hot water. The...

I have a 100mm drain pipe which will go through my foundations at a depth of 1m. The manhole is outside the footings of the extension so it only the protection of this clay drain I need to be concerned about. The foundations are very deep, up to 2.4 meters. I am thinking of something like...

I'm building a single storey extension to my house. I have an architect a separate structural engineer and a builder. My Building control officer has asked for: "Full construction specification for the extension showing compliance with Part B-P is required including the foul and surface water...

I have just had a inspection from building control who are asking for very deep foundations for a single storey extension. To quote the report: "Lombardy Poplar tree to rear paced out at circa 18m from proposed rear elevation. Eucalyptus at circa 10m away from the proposed flank elevation at...

I would really like to install a wood burning stove in my new single storey extension which is in the process of being built. Given the picture below with some dimensions, can anyone recommend a location for a stove and recommend a stove to buy if this could work. I have put the wall material...

So I am about to embark on an extension. This has been over a year in the making and whilst I have done some amateur development in the past, there's nothing like your own home to fill you with fear and excitement. Starting our the house looks a bit like this: And with a lot of hard work...