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Thanks very much. I see your point re thimbles and buckets! I guess I'll look for a local company. What should I be expecting to pay for a mechanical/pressured water service. The distance between the two manhole covers is about 5 metres. That was the section that needed unblocking last time...

Can you please explain why? I've seen a lot of positive discussion of One Shot. What does a national drain company do/not do that a local one will? I just want to understand what sort the solutions are likely to be. We've lived in the house for 6 years; not changed our approach to the drains...

The main drain from our property is blocked. Downstairs oiled is 'bubbling' when a lot of water goes down the drains, and the exhaust pipe from the washing machine has some 'suds' bubbling out of it. The outside of the house smells of sewage. The drain blocked back in July and the water company...

Hello, I'm trying to prep a bookcase where I need a flush finish between two pieces of MDF (the vertical of a shelf and a 'face frame' piece. They are attached together with grip adhesive and brad nails, but not as tightly as I might like. Some of them are pretty flush, others have a 0.5mm gap...

I've bought a Nest Hello Doorbell and upon investigating our current set-up, my supposedly 'wired' doorbell is battery powered. I still want a regular (preferably traditional mechanical 'hold down the button' to ring) doorbell, so am looking at replacing what I currently have with something that...

Hello, I've built a single storey kitchen/diner rear extension on my 3 bedroom semi-detached house. We have our hob on a kitchen island, with an extractor fan mounted above the hob. We have constructed a 'drop down' box out of MDF the same size as the island that hides, amongst other things...

Hello - is anyone able to advise me on this? Thanks!

I tried to fire up our underfloor heating today which hasn't been used for 4 months or so. Previously we've had a wireless thermostat that did all of its control - and it is through this that we switched it off for the summer.The thermostat still seems to be working; and the "wireless" icon is...

Thanks. I think I'll order a length of semi-rigid and see how it goes. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what what I need to get in vented through the roof? - Is there a recommended approach to cutting the hole? I'll get the roofer we used previously to repair the hole/felt, but naturally...

Agreed. My real issue is what to buy noting that for my skills at least, making changes to the roof/drop down box is a bit of a challenge. Have you used the semi-rigid ducting before? Is it rigid enough for to be a massive performance hit? It would certainly seem easier to fit than fully rigid...

Hi, I have a hob on my kitchen island with an extractor hood. The performance of the hood is really awful - noisy, sounds turbulent and is moving very little air. The issue is the convoluted path the current soft foil ducting takes - illustrated by the red line in the attached picture...

Thanks, I managed to do this finally with a PH2. In fairness it turned relatively easily, I must have not had it properly aligned when I tried previously. All up and levelled now :) Thanks for the help.

I'm slightly going mad trying to operate the vertical adjustment for my DIY Kitchens wall cabinets. They look to be fairly standard, so wondering if I'm just totally overlooking something obvious. I think the hardware on the back of the cabinet is a "Traser Rapid 6" - if not, then it is very...

Maybe just some non-scratch, sliding material would be better than wheels. I'd hope we don't need to move it more than once a year.

I have a big cupboard/tiny utility room that we use for our washing machine and some kitchen storage. I want to put a freezer in there, but not lose the floor space. I'm minded to buy a freezer and put it on top of the washing machine. I wouldn't want the freezer resting on the washing machine...

Thanks. The challenge I've got is that I've got a single lighting ring going to a single switch. So even if my dimmer did have separate circuitry for press and twist elements, they'd both be connected to the same circuit. I think I'm leaning towards option (c) above, unless anyone can advise...

I have had an electrician put in some new lighting to my kitchen, but am worried that I've not thought things through and I've got something that isn't going to deliver what I want. Installation has a single dimmer switch that controls 6 standard downlighters, but also a 5amp plug socket to...

I've got fitters coming on Monday to fit quartz worktops on our kitchen. I've done the rest of the kitchen installation, but I'm just having a thought about the sink... We are having a large undermount sink about 70cm wide. I templated this on top of the 80cm wide base unit it will sit in and...

Thanks - sounds like that kit is MF for dummies. Think I might go for that. They have a video showing the construction of a light box with plasterboard sides and what looks to be a thin plywood or mdf bottom. Mine will end up being 3000mm x 1200mm x 300mm, so a bit bigger. Going by the specs on...

Thanks for the replies on this. Our project got a bit delayed, but we are finally ready to start doing this dropped ceiling. I'm slightly starting to have second thoughts about it, as it seems a bit big, heavy and expensive - but we were banking on having a bunch of downlighters in it, and it...