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Hi, the previous owners of my house for whatever reason had 3 separate overhead lines to the house for a various telephone points. Since we moved in 8 years ago we haven't had a landline and don't intend to get one. These redundant lines are attached to the bargeboards which need replacing...

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere - I did search multiple ways and drew a blank. A bit surprising considering the nature of the forum but hey-ho. Anyway.... My local tip/Household Waste Recycling Centre charges for DIY waste - ceramics and rubble first bag is free, then charged...

Hi all, below is photo of a section of my kitchen ceiling - as you can see, all the joists (7x2) have been notched deeply (over 2") right at centre span (10ft) for the central heating pipes. Not content with this, the electician has come along and drilled 1" holes beneath the notches...

Right, so from searching I can see that the Karndean on chipboard question has been done to death and the recurring theme is - 'it's not recommended as the glue can react with or not bond properly to the chipboard and fail. Professionals will always insist on overboarding with ply but if you're...

I'm redoing my upstairs bathroom and have changed the positions of the soil pipe and shower/bath waste exits Is there any reason (e.g. regs) that I can't or shouldn't do it like this with a Y then boss the 40mm bath waste into the new vertical bit of branch? I'm anticipating a question along...

Does anyone know what's the difference between these?: B&Q sells Knauf Eko Roll https://www.diy.com/departments/knauf-eko-roll-loft-insulation-roll-l-7-28m-w-1-14m-t-100mm/182146_BQ.prd Wickes sells Knauf Space Roll...

Hi all, With the night time temperatures we’ve been having recently I’ve decided I’d quite like a ceiling fan in 2 of my bedrooms. Anybody fitted one and have any comments to make about what to look for/avoid etc? Main things I have questions about are: Ceiling height – Like most, my bedroom...

Hi all, I've been fitting the latches to some oak veneer doors, done a few perfectly then got a bit lazy/careless and managed to punch right through when drilling one of the lever through bolt holes. it's pushed the veneer away as you can see. Fortunately most of the damage will be hidden...

Hi all, Can anyone identify this tree for me please? It grows quite prolifically and in the photos I have heavily pruned the bottom 5 feet or so to clear the bit of space next to the shed. As you can see, it's located about 6 feet away from the back wall of my garage - does this represent a...

Hi all, Just looking at lighting for my bathroom refurb. Instead of the usual downlights, I’d like to use a recessed LED strip in the ceiling. The ceiling is already plastered and painted so I can’t use the plaster-in channel and I’d have to use recessed surface mounting channel such as this...

Hi all, Just fitting a Kudos Inspire shower screen, although I guess this applies to any other shower screen too: The installation instructions are very clear about running your bead of silicone round the entire edge of the bath before installation. OK, fine. Then, when you install the...

What's the issue with this at the moment? Doesn't seem to be any stock anywhere. Anyone recommend another decent neutral cure sanitary silicone?

Hi all, A few months ago I fitted a new bath in my bathroom that I'm doing up, plumbed everything up, flushed through etc. Then certain life events got in the way and I closed the door and left it. I've just come back to it to finish off and found that there's a bright yellow ring around the...

Hi all, I've tilled the wall on one side of my bathroom, where centreing the grout line with the centre line of the bath also by coincidence also almost perfectly centres a tile on the doorway, all good. On the opposite wall if I centre the grout line on the bath again then it will make the...

Hi all, knocked a load of tiles off a plastered wall and now want to retile. The tiles took off the plaster skim and is down to various layers underneath. My current plan is to knock off any remaining loose/weak plaster then use 'thistle one coat' to build this area back out flat and...

Hi all, Just want to check whether what I'm doing is 1- Not a really bad idea 2- Compliant I'm changing around the layout of my upstairs bathroom and have bricked up the old soil, shower and basin waste holes and removed the hopper and separate downpipe that the old shower and basin wastes...

Hi all, I recently put up a some tiles on a wall at the end of my bath. It's a newly plastered wall done by a plasterer and I used acrylic primer before tiling with cement based adhesive. For various reasons <sigh> I have to take them off and redo it. I've knocked one of the tiles off and...

Anyone got either of these things installed? For the 2 knob, 2 outlet type, could you let me know how much of a ‘dead zone’ there is in the middle where neither the bath nor the shower are running? Reason being, I used a Hansgrohe version of this in a hotel once and there was only a tiny...

I've been looking at a few options for these built in valves that go in the wall from Grohe, Hansgrohe and Ideal Standard The Grohe 'smartbox/smartcontrol' ones look nice, but £300+ for a valve block made entirely from plastic? Hmmmmm. Hansgrohe 'ibox/ecostat' ones are very similar and metal...

I'm currently in the process of redoing a bathroom and having changed the size/layout of the room, I've removed the old soil, basin and shower wastes going through the wall and now need to close them up. The largest one once I knocked away the old mortar around the edge is about 200mm...