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Is this a cavity wall under the tiles? We have a similar age home that has 2 "pillars" at each side of the house with windows set back between these pillars . We had a pebble dash inset from the ridge (gable of house is front facing ) down to above the living room window. It's now rendered ...

Hi. We're making changes at the front of the house, ie getting rid of all block paving apart from the actual drive . Plan is to gravel and plant and create a sleeper and gravel path . This square extra section of paving in front of the front door matches the drive whereas what we've taken up...

neighbour has blokes replacing his flat garage roof with pitched roof. Single brick walls with a utility room at the back .. Pictures aren't the clearest so apologies for that. The old roof covering is still in place. the covering is done, as are some of the joists , especially at the very...

I posted recently regarding our non functioning Salus wireless thermostat. The bloke replaced it with a Neomitis RT7RF Plus. Not been that happy with it as the optimisation mode doesn't seem to work and there's only the option to pre set 2 temperatures, ie one for "eco" and one for "comfort"...

Model is RT50RF Seemed maybe yesterday as we noticed the temp in house was dropping below the set temp, but turning the set temp up and then back down ( on manual ) seemed to work . It must have been working overnight as the heating came on this morning on auto but then it seems to have...

A customer ( we do gardening and handyperson work) has asked us if we'd give her garden a bit of a makeover. She has a patio area surrounded by a 3 ft rendered wall. The paint looks quite glossy, as if it might be oil based. Is that a possibility? The customer thinks she had to clean brushes in...

Hi. Dripping Franke mixer tap ( cold side) Can't get the old cartridge out with a box spanner. Just gets some leverage , but then just slips off. Tried an adjustable wrench with another wrench trying to turn it , but can't get a good enough grip ( not really enough room between cartridge and...

Hi, Could anyone please tell me what's caused this and maybe how to remedy it ,or at least improve it? It's not all over the ceiling, just in one area Ceiling was previously wallpapered The paint underneath the wallpaper was silk paint, but it was washed and lightly sanded before we put matt...

Hi. We've started building framework for built on wardrobes. Because our ceiling height is 2300 we were planning on using IKEA approx 2 m high doors , but want the framework floor to ceiling, planning to somehow " fill " the gap between top of the door and ceiling. We wanted to try to avoid...

Hi, any advice on how to get Henry's tubes apart please? Haven't used it in shorter version for a month or so , hut been using it as a reg vacuum where we've been DIY ing ( have an upright for regular cleaning) and seemingly with the pressure of pushing across the carpets they've got well and...

Mistakingly picked up the tin of acrylic eggshell instead of the acrylic primer and undercoat I'm supposed to be priming and undercoating old oil based gloss work on door frames. Once the eggshell's dry, can I just use the primer/ undercoat on top of it, and then the eggshell, or do I need to...

Hi, Looking to modify my elderly/disabled parents shower ATM they have a rectangular (approx 1000 x 680mm wide) low level tray and a fixed glass panel The shower seat will only fit into the tray facing the fixed screen , which doesn't leave enough room for them to get in and out of the chair...

Used that famous search engine to search for "high output vertical radiators" We've never bought anything from Victorian Plumbing (or Victoria Plumb etc), but this came up in the results and I was surprised to see a standard style vertical radiator Anyone care to comment? :)...

Recently had our UPVC back door replaced and when they took out the old door frame they broke the concrete threshold/step that it sits on. The top of the threshold where the door frame sits is fine, as is the whole of the outside face. The damage is all on the inside. Its entire at one end for a...

Well it's a conundrum for us! This is the last bit we have to do and not sure of the best way to do it We've got 37.5 mm insulated pb ( or 25mm PIR and 9.5mm plaster board) Door frame is 30mm and there's a 3-4 mm ( varies) gap between frame and the wall of the reveal EDIT- we've got about...

Looking at modifying parents shower room as they have a full height ,frameless glass screen and shower tray and it's now becoming unsafe, plus shower stool won't stand in their current tray and they only have a fixed showerhead and a non thermo' mains shower. Does anyone have any experience with...

Plasterer was supposed to be coming this week, but he went to a kitchen re plaster/skim job and someone had plastered over hardboard so he now can't make it until December. We're keen to keep going and try and get the insulation/ TG chipboard down on the floor and get the base units /worktop and...

bought a Securit fire door closer (class 3 ) Instructions are dreadful and maybe it's C...p. We went for (position 1) force 2/3 because we wanted it to open more than 120 deg. The template gives the location of the screws for fixing the body, ie LH screws 65mm in from the hinge edge of the...

Hi, We need a fire door between our newly insulated/boarded utility room and garage. We've got this Wickes fire door frame which is 108 mm deep. Can someone confirm whether the hinges fix on the edge nearest to the rebate for the intumescent strip, so that the spine of the door sits over the...

Hi guys. What gradient do we need on an ACO drain along the side of a garage? It's a block paved narrow path. Approx' 7m long. Proposing to connect into a pre existing surface water drain. One place I read 1 in 100, but that would mean a 7cm difference in height, which would look pretty odd...