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Hi all, I'm looking to replace the door between the garage and kitchen. We've got a bit of an odd setup, we've split the garage in half with just a stud wall to allow a pantry and downstairs toilet on one side and still keep a garage/storage area (no car will be stored here) on the other side...

We're starting work on the porch and have a very dated solid wood door for the internal door. We'll be looking to get a composite door fitted for the external door but we're a little unsure how to go about the internal front door. The porch is single skin brick so didn't know if we were able...

Might be a stupid question but... I’ve got a can of wickes flooring spray adhesive left over from when the carpet was fitted. i’m in the process of making an office and needed to glue wool felt to cork backing, would it be ok for this or would it ruin the felt or cork?

Hi, I'm looking at fitting a heavy pendant light, about 5-8kg...the fixing bar is long but doesnt span the 2 joists, so i'd fix into 1 joist but the other fixing would go into plaster. What would be the best type of fixing to use for this?

Hi all, Today i’ve been filling in a old arial socket thats not used anymore. I’ve come to use the hoover and all of a sudden some of the plug sockets aren’t working but some are, I’ve check the CU and no breakers have tripped which has confused me. I’ve plug in a socket tester and its...

I’ve recently plumbed in a new rad upstairs and damaged a few floorboards getting to the pipes. I need to replace them but i’ve measured and they’re 18mm thick 85mm wide, i can’t seem to find anything smaller than 119mm. any help would be greatly appreciated Have a look below to see what i’m...

Hi all, I’m guessing this lockdown is causing a massive spurt of DIY right now Well I’ve just plumbed in the washing machine and added a compression trap to the waste pipe, my problem is I need an longer down pipe into the trap, the pipe needs to be 28mm internal. would you suggest a solvent...

This might sound like a ridiculous question, but whats the difference between the different seals? I went to B&Q this afternoon and theres foam, rubber, brush and then theres P, E, I shapes. How is this DIY job such a minefield :LOL:

Hi all, I’m really struggling with this, how would you go about scribing this piece of skirting to the floor and cutting the angle to line up with the joining skirting. as you can see in the photos i’ve got quite a gap...struggling to avoid this

Ok here we go again... got to the bottom of the stairs and i’m faced with this... What would you do here?

What it says in the title... i’ve tried the thickest quadrant I can find and its still too small to cover the gap. here i’ve got a think bit of architrave but theres quite big gaps where it meets the wall.

I’m little bit stuck on what to do here, should i cut the architrave to fit around the unpainted bit. OR Cut along the penciled line on the unpainted bit to fit the architrave in?

We’re almost finished renovating our home and I’ve come to find theres a leak coming in through the bay window. In the images i’ve already removed the sealant on the interior. the the internal joints of the bay window (first 2 pics) theres water coming in. Obviously in the internal corner...

Hi all, i’ve recently had a large room skimmed over as we knocked a wall through. Its all painted and i’m ready to fit the skirting board now, but i’m pulling my hair out because none of the walls seem straight, i’ve offered the skirting up the wall and theres some decent gaps. Its like the...

Morning all! Just about to chase some rad pipes into a solid brick wall in the kitchen ready to be plastered over. The pipes come from the loft above. Its 10mm pipe but i want to make it 15mm so my kitchen fitter has told me to put a 10-15mm reducer and a ball valve in the loft before bringing...

ok a bit of a rhetorical question, i’ve already grouted the internal corners of the whole bathroom, including shower. Should i cut the grout out or silicone over the top?

So we had a new boiler and rads fitted a couple of years ago and i’ll be honest i pretty much had the wool pulled over my eyes. The original pipes to the rads were 10mm so I asked the fitter to run 15mm to the rads out of the floor as i feel 15mm looks smarter. He basically told me he didnt do...

Hi all, As the title suggests, I'm onto the last part of the bathroom now, fitting the shower screen. I've got fitted an 1800x900mm shower tray and rainfall shower head but i'm unsure what size screen to use, the maximum size i can have is 1200mm as i looked at the 1400mm but it will only...

Hi all, So i'm finally fitting the basin and matt black bottle trap, the pipe thats come with the bottle trap is a metal matt black one (32mm) https://victoriaplum.com/product/mode-spencer-wall-hung-basin-black-bottle-trap. We've got a 32mm plastic pipe coming out the wall for the waste so my...

I’ve purchased a concealed Vallemo shower unit, plumbers fitter it to the wall and i’ve built a stud wall up to it. Now the board i’ve used is 12mm and its pretty much sitting as close as it can to the valve unit behind the wall, however the actual valves sit too deep into the wall meaning once...