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I’m having a log burner put in in less than 4 weeks with slate hearth. Whole house is being renovated but having fireplace and burner done first. I removed the old laminate and underlay to expose the thermoplastic tiles, removed the tiles (wore mask and PPE), and the screed underneath is...

Please bear with. I know this is a long thread but I've taken forever gathering everything to make this. I've posted here before asking about one particular upstairs wall in my renovation house that needs to come down and if it's load-bearing or not. But after some research I really don't...

Edit: sorry accidentally cut the title and hit post. Basically my Nan needs a new light fitting... First of all, she tried the spark route and he said no it’s not worth the petrol to come out for one light. I brought the instructions home with me... but I can’t make sense of them Firstly her...

Hello. Long post with a bit of a story sorry... I've made a few threads here before asking about advice on building a driveway on my front garden and I got some great advice, for which I'm grateful. Long story short, we accepted a quote for a guy to do our resin bound drive but he couldn't...

Forgive my lack of illustrative skills, but as the picture attempts to show: Oak sleepers laid on a bed of 20mm gravel with the gravel back-filled in behind them so water can drain, with the gravel shielded from soil clogging it with non-woven geotextile membrane. Obviously the measurements...

Putting in retaining oak sleeper walls. They’ll be 200mm x 100mm sleepers laid on the 200mm face, so we need fixings that will go through the 100mm to the sleeper below. Screwfix only has 100mm (so too short) or 150mm screws which will go halfway through the sleeper below. Is this okay? And...

My plan is to dig out the front garden area to put in a gravel single car driveway level with the pavement, and hopefully be approved by the council for them dropping the kerb. The idea hit a snag today when after taking down the front wall and side fence, as well as awful concrete path in...

So I bought a cheap chainsaw from Toolstation to help rid my garden of trees. It was a cheapy but I only want it to clear my renovation project's garden. About half way through the task the sprocket cover plate got bent out of shape a little and then flew off and was lost completely. Now the...

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Was completely new to DIY and construction, etc. earlier this year. I knew I wanted to buy a fixer upper and do some of the smaller stuff myself, so I’ve read book after book and watched YouTube video after YouTube video. It pretty much dominates my time. One thing I can’t work out is what...

I'm new to DIY and trying to learn and not give up when confronted with problems. I have a mixer tap in my kitchen whose base turns with the long nozzle of the tap. I found advice online that said the nut is loose and to tighten it. I attempted to do it but it's already fully tightened, so...