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I've just come to replace the valves in our kitchen tap. It's a £180 CDA tap that went in just over 5 years ago (Because of course it did!) Anyway, it's not gone well - the valves, and spline and handles are horrendously corroded to the point I actually broke the splines off each of the old...

This is mostly a catchup thread - I'm also very aware I've not gone back and updated my DIY Extension Build thread, but I promise I'll get there at some point! (And no, it's not finished...!) Anyway - the summary is simple. When we purchased the house there were some horrid and somewhat random...

Hi all, just a quick one hopefully! Ideally I want my decking to be no-step from the patio doors, which means the boards will be above the suspended floors airbricks. There'll be a void of ~100-200mm between the underside of the decking and the subbase. The decking itself will be surrounded...

Hi all, did my first bit of work with facing bricks yesterday and have some bad results. I noticed when laying that they didn't feel right on the mortar, there seemed to be very little adhesion much after laying but I'd only used engineering bricks with holes before so put it down to that and...

Seems like a really daft question, but my DIY utility kitchen install has gone well so far and I don't want to make it look crap at the last hurdle So, what's the best way to fit laminate upstands? Because of the design, I've got three internal corners. Assuming the walls aren't square (blame...

Hi all, I need to fit a door lining to a stud wall, so that I can then fit a bi-fold door. Normally I like to buy everything at once so I can get my head round it, but don't really want the door hanging around while we plaster and finish the room (it's a toilet, so still plenty to do in there)...

Afternoon all! We want to build a decorative garden well which will enclose our decking (which will be put in after) It's gonna be one brick (i.e., two leaves ) and somewhat rusticy so I'm tempted with flemish or garden wall bond. My query is pillar locations, really. I've made a very very...

I realise completely this is very much a "how long is a piece of string" question, but please bear with me! I'm basically trying to approximate the costs for an extension to get a feel for whether it's achievable. I've got a good grasp of most things, but the roof represents a huge unknown to...

Hi All, I'm running some UFH in my new extension. Originally I had one mat, meaning the tail was just below the thermostat and everything was lovely, but I've had to use two smaller ones due to room shape. Anyhow, my issue is getting the second matts cold tails to the thermostat. I don't think...

Another concrete floor question - you'll come to love me! (I did post this in the Flooring section, but it always seems real quiet out there!) I think I might have made a small mistake! When I screeded the floor, I put upstands all the way around including the door threshold - but in the cold...

I think I might have made a small mistake! When I screeded the floor, I put upstands all the way around including the door threshold - but in the cold light of day I'm thinking that it's really not gonna be suitable for tiling right up to the door threshold. I.e., the tile overhanging the...

Didn't quite realise how many bags of SLC it'd take to raise a floor by 10-20mm. How many can you realistically mix at once in a bit enough container? I'm thinking of using something like a plastic 90L bin which would take 4-5 bags I think.

Evening all. A few months ago I decided to have a bash at DIY screeding my extension floor - a readymix sand cement screed, with fibres, on top of a vapour control layer above insulation. Being honest, it's a decision I've regretted since - the conditions on the day were torrential and it's...

Was adding an expander to my Premier Elite 24 panel yesterday, so I knocked off the power and disconnected the internal battery. I half expected the external sounder to trigger, which it didn't. Should it have?

Hi All, We're planning on putting some composite decking in the garden - currently it's got a load of concrete which is far too high to be used as a base, so that's got to come up. The question is - what's best to put down once I've ripped up the concrete? I'm liking the look of some of these...

Basically, I'm DIY building most of an extension (i.e., no builders or contractors involved - just trades I get in as needed) and we'd like a oak door and frame. Because it's new, the door is going to be sat in the reveal by like 150mm+, so there'll be no architrave. So, plasterer recommended...

So I have royally messed up. Our UPVC patio door mechanism started getting stuck yesterday. And I mean it was taking all my strength to unlock and lock it even when open so defo the gearbox. Anyway, skip to the end - I'd taken off the lock mechanism and everything to try and source one. Local...

Morning all, Thinking of going the route of a wall hung toilet in a new downstairs bathroom. The waste comes up through the floor in around the right place (give or take, I've not actually measured it). Only thing is I need to add in some kind of access branch or boss because the waste is the...

Kind of feel like I'm missing a trick here! So I've screened the floor in my extension - was pretty deep, about 80-90mm in all. New build, so dpm, slab, insulation, vapour barrier then screed. But regarding the drying time which seems to be months - how do people work around this when doing...

Hopefully a quick one, I think this is okay, and it's going to be checked but I don't want to have to rip it out. I'm chasing in for a kitchen - I have a few backboxes horizontally above the worktop as normal. I've also put a back box below, but it's NOT inline with one of the ones above. My...