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I've just removed the plasterboard in my kitchen and found an old hole for an extractor fan pipe and an old hole for a 40mm waste pipe. They had been stuffed full of carrier bags. I've got an idea how to deal with the waste pipe hole - expanding foam and mortar to seal. But any ideas what...

the back door has been fitted to some timber, which I believe was part of the old wooden door frame. This has become rotten at the base and is allowing water penetration. (See attached images) I was going to remove the door and replace this timber with treated CLS, refit the door and clad...

The central heating has been off for a couple of months now. I turned all the upstairs radiators off and drained the system the other week as I was removing the radiators downstairs, ready to decorate/ install new ones, the hot water has been working fine ever since with no problems. Today I...

Hi I've opened up my fireplace and installed a lintel ready for the installation of a 5KW, 85KG log burner. As I got down to floor level I noticed it was very damp, so I removed the quarry tiles and found soil. I am intending to hammer in some hardcore lay some DPM and fill the 3 inch void...