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Hi - just tore a very old, very manky kitchen out of our new place, and I'm about to put a new one in. I've a quick general question: given the state the walls are in, is there any prep you'd do before the units go in? They'll be covered up of course but I don't want to (eg) trap damp back there...

Hi -- a quick couple of questions here regarding soil pipes. I'm digging the foundation for an extension as part of renovation work on an old house, and it's turned out that the soil pipe for the neighbour's house runs right down the middle of the trench for most of its length. I'm going to have...

Hi all -- I've been away from this forum for a while but I found it really useful a couple of years back, not just for questions but for reading through various threads picking up tips from other people's expertise. So I'm really hoping someone can help me here! I've installed bathrooms before...

Hi all -- I'm building a shed, using 2x3s for the frame, with OSB sheathing, then membrane, then battens, then 21mm thick weatherboard cladding. Nailing all the cladding on by hand will be a bit of a job, so I'm thinking about buying a nail gun, but can't seem to work out what gauge would be...

Hi all -- I'm adding a towel radiator in the upstairs bathroom so I've got some floorboards up and I wanted to check that a couple things I noticed are normal. i) The feed and return pipes come up out of the combi boiler into the bedroom, where there's immediately a radiator with 15mm pipe...

Hi everyone - I'm redoing my bathroom and I'd be very grateful if you could let me know if I'm on the right track with the waste pipes. It was very manky before so I removed all the units and I've got the floor up now so this is a perfect chance to make sure it all works well. Originally there...

Hi all -- thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I've ripped out the bathroom at my new place; it was in a wretched state, with tiles coming off, water damage everywhere, and a disgusting thin lino floor laid down directly on top of floorboards. I want to tile the floor once I've fixed...

Hi - I initially posted this in the tiling forum but they said I should get some advice over here too. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! I'm about to start putting up a tile splashback in my kitchen, and I've got a question. The fitters who put my units in installed some new...

Hi -- thanks so much for this incredibly useful forum, it's saved me from so many problems as I try to fix my beat up old house ... I'm about to start putting up a tile splashback in my kitchen, and I've got a couple questions. The fitters who put my units in installed some new electrical...

Hi -- very quick question about splicing joists. I've cut out rotten sections and I've got angle irons / splice plates to attach the new, treated sections; because the damaged joists are next to the wall, there's no room to hammer screws in to attach the plates on the wall-side. Is it ok to use...

I'm currently installing celotex between my floor joists as part of a general renovation of the house (Victorian terraced). When I got all the floorboards up, I found that the gap between the beam running parallel with the front of the wall was completely packed with dirt and rubble, which came...

Hi -- I've looked through the archive but can't find an answer to this particular question, so I apologise if it's a repeat. I've just moved into a mid-terrace Victorian house (c.1880) and I'm fixing up the suspended wood floor in the downstairs; this includes putting celotex in between the...