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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am fitting my kitchen - so far so good - thank you for the help so far. My kitchen run looks a bit like this: [Full Height Units] - [End Panel] - [Base Units] - [End Panel] - [Full Height Units] I am working left to right and have already fitted my first full height units, first end panel...

Hello, would be really grateful for some advice on how to fit a couple of end panels on my kitchen - design attached below and the end panels in question are the long yellow boxes on the top row. Basically, I will have a quartz worktop on top of base units, with wall mounted units above. At...

I have a Stanley Cubix, a slightly different model to this: https://www.misterworker.com/en-gb/stanley/stanley-cubix-cross-line-red-beam-laser-st-18-005/10918.html I think I picked it up for about £40 a couple of years ago and it has been pretty handy in doing various DIY tasks like putting up...

Hello We've had a screed floor poured in our extension. A 0.5mm gap has been left around the perimeter, I presume this is a measure to avoid damp? Most of the room has skirting boards fitted, but one section where there will eventually be a kitchen (and no skirting board) seems to have a few...

I am looking to build a dropped ceiling - approx 25cm over my kitchen island. This will allow a vented extractor to be installed above the hob situated on the island and house hald a dozen downlights. I want to construct it so that a shadow gap remains so I can lay LED around the edge and have...

Hello, We are building a 6x10m open plan extension with lounge, kitchen and dining areas. I want to have a set of soft lighting controlled by a single wall switch for each of the three areas. Each area will cover things like LED strips above kitchen cupboards, leds set into bookcases...

We are currently building an extension and have poured concrete in the new area. We are about to have under-floor heating installed and the builder is proposing pouring a screed on top of this. I've discussed this with builders, floor suppliers, potential fitters etc, I'm between language...

Hello, I am looking at free standing US style fridge/freezers, some that I am looking extend beyond the counter-top. Several have measurements EXCLUDING the doors of 610mm deep. This seems perfect, in that it will extend 10mm beyond my worktop, and give enough room for the doors to open past 90...

I need to buy a 4200mm wide, 2395mm tall bifold door. Ideally I want it to open outwards, slide all to the left, but also have a traffic door. Ideally the traffic door would slide the same direction as the other doors (I'm told this is possible if you pick an odd number of leaves). I want them...

This post sort of straddles the windows and roofing sections, but I've opted for here... We are doing a flat-roof rear extension which will have some roof windows / light wells. The person doing the roof has offered to construct some light wells - essentially building small risers and fitting...