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Hi, I have successfully installed velux windows before, working entirely from the inside with no need to climb on the roof. Well now I'm facing the prospect of removing a pair of velux windows (actually, moving them from South to North side so I can fit solar panels), and wonder if it is...

Hi, I have inherited this scaffold tower and am not sure how it should go together safely. (Obviously will only use on firm level ground, am just testing temporarily on grass). There are 4 short I pieces ( which I have assumed are for the feet) 4 feet, 15 I=I=I pieces, 4 short -- pieces...

Hi all, I've recently moved to a ~20yo timber house with a lime render and coloured lime wash. There are a couple of cracks and small areas of damage I'd like to address but I don't know what products I should be ordering - - there seems to be a fair bit of conflicting terminology. I've...

Hi, My utility room is set up with a drain in the floor in an alcove where the previous owners used to hang clothes -- a bit like a wet room. Elsewhere in the utility room there is the usual sink, washing machine, countertop height sockets etc. The alcove is the perfect size for our...

I've just moved into a new (to me) house. The CH and hot water setup obviously have a few issues that I was postponing diagnosing until the autumn, but the hot water programmer is now failing to call for heat, so I need to get to the bottom of what's going on sooner rather than later. The house...

I'm in the final stages of a scratch built kitchen. I'm trying to decide what colour to paint cornices, and wonder what other people do in my situation: I have dark anthracite grey base units, with dark anthracite grey full height/depth units at the ends of each leg of the L-shaped kitchen...

Looking at replacing our kitchen window with a fully glazed (picture) window. It's about 1750mm x 1250mm, and so all options at that size are fixed (non-opening). Is this allowed, or must the window be fully opening to allow for forced ventilation? I don't want the gas-safe installer to refuse...

I've installed velux windows between roof trusses and plan to box them in and get a plasterer to skim them while bonding/ skimming over the artex on the rest of the ceiling. However I've messed up slightly and cut the ceiling plasterboard right flush to the joists. The rebates on the windows...

I'm boxing in two Velux light shafts above a monopitch kitchen roof down to the ceiling level and wondered what was the easiest way to effectively insulate the shafts. The rest of the ceiling area just has fibreglass batting laid between the joists. The plasterboard will be fixed to the inside...

Hi, I'm planning to remake our kitchen. I think I've settled on 18mm ply for carcasses (perhaps with 12mm ply for backs). Shaker-style doors from 12mm ply framed with tulipwood. I plan to (spray) paint. I know MDF or MFC would be cheaper, but having looked at a few kitchens, I dislike the...

Sigh... I thought this was going to be easy. A portion of my kitchen (about 4m wide by 2m long) is a pitched roof lean-to type construction (that continues down from the main roof) with trusses every 600mm. These trusses appear to be completely independent from the main roof on the rest of the...

Hi, I'm about to install two Velux windows between trusses in my kitchen, creating plasterboard light shafts around them. Once done I plan to have a plasterer knock down and skim over the artex in the rest of the kitchen ceiling. I'd like to keep the costs low and the job as easy as possible...