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We have a double door (without a letter box slot) which is made of steel and covered in wood and have about another 0.5m wall either side of it. If I don't want an externally mounted key operated letter box to be stuck to the wall to the side of the door how would I create a letter box opening...

I've just a bought a nice clearance sale sink from Porcelanosa. It was showing as hanging from the wall with two M10 bolts in the back of it going into the wall. The description on the wall said semi recessed but had nothing underneath it. I spoke to one of the sales reps who said it can be...

Are there any wireless external IP cameras that can be plugged into a high level external socket (sort of at floodlight sensor height) which can also record onto a built in SD card which does not then require me to have some sort of dedicated CCTV hub but just connect remotely? If an external...

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Insulation-Fixings-8-x-90mm-Pack-25/p/510007 If I am trying to fill the insides of a cavity space for a warm deck roof (so under the OSB) where I already have 100mm rigid foam boards over the OSB, 400mm centres and the cavity is about 400mm deep, can these things...

Just had my first floor bathroom light buzz before it popped and took out the the lighting circuit for the whole house at the main fuse board. This was due to temp water leaking from the second floor bathroom down to the first and presumably down from the ceiling lamp holder. I've switched the...

Is it ok to not create a structural deck immediately above the ceiling joists when creating a warm deck roof? Instead placing the 100mm rigid board insulation directly onto the ceiling joists and then put the OSB / structural deck on top?

I understand that it falls permitted development to erect a fence or gate up to 1m if is on the front boundary to a road and 2m elsewhere. What I need clarity on, is whether a shared drive with a neighbour, can have a gate or fence for security, which opens inwards to the drive (between the two...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Electronics-Photo/Labgear-LABLPC-Compact-Periodic-Element-Aerial-Attenuators/B00A0MWD94 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D76GPXK?ref_=pe_780071_41837251 For London reception, should the log periodic aerial from the first link be used or the element aerial from the...

I have to kit out a disabled bathroom with a Doc M type setup. If we want to fit a douche shower/toilet spray (circa. cost £25) but we want warm water rather than the mains cold, together with other requirements to have a single lever basin tap, is it best to have an independent thermostatic...

What is the best way to protect a double front door with side glass whilst building work progresses? The opening is about 2.5m. I was thinking some industrial type bubble wrap but not sure of the best way to tape this all together and if will come apart.

https://www.tradingdepot.co.uk/homeboost-1-6-bar-mains-water-pump I thought you cannot fit a pump on the incoming mains?

My private building regs inspector (when analysing my architect's plans for the existing major renovation of our house), told him that it was not necessary to have intumescent strip on every door in the house esp the first and second floor bedroom landing but that it would be needed between the...

What makes a door lining / casing, a fire lining compared with a non fire lining casing?

I need to replace the old Sirrus thermostatic shower valve which we had fitted in 1993. The problem is the temperature dial is very loose and I have had the mixing cartridge so many times at £90 a go and my elderly parents complaining it's too hot, I want to change the whole shower valve. How...

Hi Does anyone have any suggestions for an affordable tanking kit for a wet room / disabled bathroom of about 4m2?

Is it ok/inadvisable to install a pair of FD30 internal doors between an internal garage and playroom due to moisture etc? I've had one door shop saying the door will ruin in 6 months but other door shops saying it will be fine because it is sheltered despite the garage door being opened one or...

Is it ok to use an a double door set (internal FD30 door) between an internal garage and a playroom? One door shop said I should use external doors because of moisture etc and the door won't last more than six months. Other shops said it'll be fine. We plan to use the garage for our car so...

As part of a local council grant that has been awarded for the construction of a disabled bathroom, it stipulates that an anti scald electric shower must be installed set a maximum of 43 degrees. I would rather not have an electric shower but a thermostatic one fed by a system boiler or combi...

I dont want to over think this but I understand that those cheap £15 500w security floor lights have come a long way in the last 15 years. Someone mentioned to me to get a microwave sensor one to do away with the PIR plastic thing on the front and also go for an LED version. Can anyone suggest...

Has anyone installed the Ring doorbell PRO version and do they recommend it? What are the downsides compare to other small doorbells? I'm fed up waiting for the Fibaro zwave version. As I don't have an existing hardwired doorbell as we are renovating a house could someone please tell me...