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Around the edges, the tiler has grouted and not put any silicone around the edges of the shower tray. In order to fix this, do i around the edges of the shower tray , remove the grout at the bottom and put in the silicone, or put the silicone on top of the grout? thanks!

Sorry for the wall of text ! looking for some advice We have recently had our upstairs bathroom completely revamped. 2 guys (related) plumber and tiler . We have used the plumber before (with no issues) Tiles where going on the walls and on the floor. The floor was a wooden floor (lifted up...

Hi , We have a porch with one brick wall (other neighbors porch is on the other side) one large window, one window (with door in the middle) , and then the main door into the house. There is no heating in this room. We are plastering the walls (and ceiling) . currently ceiling is a wooden...

Hopefully this in the right place. Got the garage converted into a room last year. Room has NO insulation under the floorboards. So v cold in winter in the morning. Floor is plywood with a gap under it of approx 160mm Plan is to put insulation under floor board (approx 100mm)...

hi I have a 25 year old (oil) boiler (working well) Its currently in the garage. Looking to move it outside. Looking to know can you get an external metal housing unit for it? I did look into a new boiler, but i only go through approx 1300 litres a year (3 bedroom semi) the cost...

Summary: Garage converted into a childrens playroom. Radiators in, Walls beaded / double glazing etc.. AT times we have to put the heating on just to heat up that room. Rest of the house is toasty warm. current flooring: concrete floor (from orginal garage) with woodend suspended timber...

Quick query, Im looking to know can you setup 2 sets of sky digital tv eyes , that dont interfere with each other? (sorry bad wording but best i can do!) background we have sky mutliroom, in the kitchen i can watch sky+ from one room (using TV RF) it has a sky tv eye under the TV, it...

We are going through building control converting part of a garage into a room. The other part (external door access) contains the boiler and garage bits and pieces (approx 2.5m by 2.7m area) walls between this area and the rest of the garage is seperated by stud frame (2 by 4s)...

the kitchen project KiTchen project started on the 28th of july 2007 As you can see here is pictures of the old kitchen. The room is north facing , and their is only 1 small window. We knew we wanted to get more light by knocking the wall down between the dining room and kitchen...

Not sure if this one goes in decorating and painting or the plastering area. My walls in the kitchen are currently being skimmed , obviously i have to let them dry for at least a week, My father in law suggested mixing wall paper glue and water and then slapping it on the walls to seal it...

We have a few radiators in the house which have thermostatic valves on the side. They are white in colour, we are looking some nice chrome ones. I have unscrewed the thermostatic ones, is it a simple case of just replacing them with chrome ones, or is their anything else i need to look out...

We are getting the kitchen done up, all new units etc.. on the walls there use to be tiles, i have taken them down, We are going to paint the walls where tiles use to be. Obviously the walls have to be skimmed before hand.(Shall be getting someone in to do that) Is it worth getting...

Im getting a new kitchen put in, and under the sink there use to be a big draught of air. After ripping out part of the kitchen i can see why as their is 2 big air vents going straight outside (they have a wire mesh on the kitchen side). I know your not meant to block air vents under the...

hi im getting an american fridge with filtered water/ice making facility. im looking to connect my ro filtered water (50gallon 4 stage ro with pump) to it. The manual says i need a straight appliance tap or 15mm x 3/4 BSP. What do i need to connect my ro system to the fridge? (ro...

I have ro 5 stage water filter (bought originally for the marine fish tank, but has a t piece going to the sink tap) , in the near future i shall be getting an american fridge with ice making facility/water etc.. Obviously the fridge has to be plumbed up to the mains. Can it be plumbed up...

My Metal chinmey lid has blown off with the strong winds, and im assuming its best to get it replaced asap to stop water getting into the boiler and causing it to rust. (its an oil heating system) The lid was attached by 3 metal clips that look like they are rivited togethor. Can you buy a...

My sister has purchased a house. When she puts the heating on, all the rooms in the house are warm except her sons bedroom. The radiator in his room has to be bled every 2 weeks. Im also assuming her sons bedroom is the last radiator in the house when the pump is on. Upstairs is her...

Earlier in the year (may), i hit a radiator pipe on the upstairs alot of water flowed into the walls and also downstairs (via electric light switches) I cleared up as much water as i could and let it all dry out (light switches where taken out from the wall). A lot of the water flowed towards...

Im looking to get some stones put out in the garden. Looking at gettting at least a tonne bag (i think that should be enough) But worried that it mightened the stones are 40mm in size, is there an site/equation i can go to work it out to see if thats enough?

i have a stair case in the houe 3.6m long, 12 steps. (each step roughly 24cms) How many newels would i need? The newels im thinking are oak (£6.50 a pop) and are roughly 1" square (in fact could be slightly bigger) Someone said 2.5 per foot (guy in the shop) and someone else has said 4...