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Hi all A year or so ago. I had new bifold doors fitted as part of my kitchen renovation. A few months later I noticed a strange waxy/gungy type substance leaking onto the edge of the frame where it meets the plastered reveal. I thought nothing of it to start with, but it kept coming back and...

Hi all I am looking to tile the floor of a small downstairs cloakroom (picture at the end). Total areas only around 1.3m squared. Currently there's a mix of ply and original floorboards. The surface is generally level, but there are some very slight higher discrepancies between the different...

Hi all I am looking to tile the floor of a small downstairs cloakroom (picture at the end). Total areas only around 1.3m squared. Currently there's a mix of ply and original floorboards. The surface is generally level, but there are some very slight higher discrepancies between the different...

Hi folks We're redoing our living room and the plaster was cracked and sounded blown in lots of areas. Having removed a lot of the skim layer it looks like the base horsehair plaster is quite old and cracked. It still feels fairly solid but does crumble in places. I've tried to take a picture...

Hi all I'm in the midst of replumbing my house and have discoverted this black plastic pipe running the water mains: I am presuming it's an old imperial standard even though it seems identical to 22mm pipe. Are there any push fit or compression adapters that I could use so I could cut into...

Hi folks. I'm a rank amateur here at best, however with a bit of work I have successfully installed a Nest Thermostat and Heatlink to run my heating and hot water. However there is an old Honeywell thermostat which is still wired through the junction box which is still active in the system so...