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I'm finally fitting the kitchen after a bunch of unexpected repairs in our new house. The oak worktop which iv had stored for 18 months has got a split on the end. The other one I've fitted It was pre mitred to be rounded at this end so impossible to flip round. It's happened whist stored...

Have an old property we're trying to improve. We have damp issues on all the walls internally. Building has been knocked around in the past, and someone has taken up all the floorboards, infilled with bricks and rubble and concreted all the floors. Im reliably told this was 45 years ago. If...

Any ideas of this shower fitting make / type Maybe 20 years old. It's been good but constantly drips. It's impossible to open it up to look at washers, looking to get an equivalent, iv even had a plumber try. Maybe its mira, would be high end range. The back plate holds it in place or can we...

Hi redoing kitchen half of which leads on to a timber frame extension built maybe 25 years ago. There's been a hotchpotch of work done over the years so I'm renewing everything on the timber extention. Ceiling is also down, it had 1 inch insulation, didnt realise anything that thin would exist...

Hi, I've started replacing the kitchen and noticed some problems. Sorry for the long winded post. I've done a quick sketch. We're in a bungalow, on a slope so at the back of the house there are some rooms you walk down to, so from the picture the floor in question is in the "middle". The...

Hi we bought a house with a pole and junction box in the front (phone lines to neighbours), its a 13m wide front garden so doesn't get in the way or anything tbh and yes obviously we were aware it was there when we bought the house! I checked with BT and there is no wayleave in place (something...

Hi wondered if anyone could give some ideas. Bought a 1960s bungalow, its built on a downward slope, and its had a couple of rooms added at garden level, I understand around 25 years ago, so you walk down to these 2 rooms and the garden. One of the 2 downstairs rooms just feels a bit damp /...

Hi Just completed a house move to market harb going from a house with a combi to a larger place (bathroom with shower, 1 ensuite with electric shower, 1 separate shower toilet) 15 rads. I asked 1 company 2 tradesman, only the company have come to quote so nothing to compare it too. Guess the...