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I would love a steer on the way to go with this newel installation at the top of the stairs. for anyone wondering, the extra bit of timber attached to the inside of the stringer is how I am offsetting the newel and handrail slightly to avoid new handrail clashing with the landing ceiling. So...

My next DIY project is replacing naff cheap late 70s horizontal bannisters for new traditional spindle handrail version You can see the bottom of the stairs and stringer in picture 1 and the newly post I'm getting in picture 2. From the various videos I have watched on the topic I am thinking...

Hi replacing an integrated cooker extractor hood. The new one wants a 125mm extractor ducting but the old one was 110mm. Am I ok to just reduce down and run with the old ducting. It’s straight out the wall no run on the duct really at all. Will the impact of reducing be severe for this one?

Hi all, I noticed a small area of what looks like swelling in my 12mm laminate flooring. It seems to be getting worse as the weeks have gone on but to my knowledge there has never been any spillage of liquid in this spot for a prolonged period that could have let moisture seep into the...

Hi guys, Putting together some IKEA PAX and at the step of fixing the top of it to the wall. The wall in question is a dot and dab wall and I am wondering the best fixing to use. I know corefix is used widely for heavy hanging (kitchen cabinets etc.) but I also know that when fixing wardrobes...

so I am painting the interior of conservatory this weekend. Have already sanded back the old stain and wiped down. See the pictures attached I have masked all the windows including glass (because im using integrated masking tape and plastic sheet it was very little extra work to do this) My...

Hi guys, hoping there’s a trade trick for cleaning up the edges of the new architrave I installed around the house. as you can see in the images the architrave was more or less identical width to the one I removed. The problem is that in some places the old caulking/wallpaper is vey obvious and...

Is this typically bearing any load of the stairs or simply a light studwork for the plasterboard that was attached to box in the bottom of the understairs before i stripped it all out?

Hi guys, friend of mine having issues with new plumbing (old pipework utilised i beleive) for pumped showers upstairs. The pump seems to work fine, located at the hot cylinder same floor as showers. the main shower fires the pump when the flow is turned on fine but when the ensuite shower is...

Hi all. I am putting down 12mm floating laminate floor right throughout downstairs with the hope to flow the laminate through doorways without a transition strip for a really slick look at the end (same level subfloor important). It is a concrete subfloor. Most of the floor is really nice and...

Hi guys, so I tried my hand at skim coating with gyproc skim Coat (Ireland’s equivalent to thistle multi finish I believe). Large sections are pretty decent. While I’m sure there’s been worse first attempts than this one I do have blemishes and some scruffy spots that I failed to recognise...

Someone told me that you can’t actually use the gyproc Skimcoat stuff over top of the gyproc joint compound (multipurpose) because it’s sort of incompatible, something about the skimcoat being a veneer plaster and putting over joint compound is wrong. He said skim the whole surface with joint...

I am putting a very narrow border tile (40mm strips off a white tile) around patterned tiles in an understairs wc floor. The border tile (as was the only one we could get) is about 2-3mm taller than the primary tile. I want to reduce the difference to more or less seamless. I was thinking the...

Hi all. Please help me clear up confusion from google and youtube. the job is small, finishing a relatively small wall area for an understairs WC but has plenty of inside corners Iv starting the jointing process and taping using joint compound and while i feel the finish is a little rough (im...

I have to cut out a rectangular hole for ducting to exit an exterior wall. I cannot make use of a circular consaw given the awkward location so need to get the job done without. have a very effective hammer drill with non rotary hammer function (chisel and pointed chisel). Cold chisel and...

Hi guys, Just wondering if it's a good idea or pointless to prime paint a door lining/casing in situ before plastering around it to try and block moisture getting into the frame and possibly having it swell as a result? is this a thing? Overthinking?

I have another one for you if youre willing So when I put together that assembly behind the jacks I forgot to fit a small extension collar to bring it to the height of the toilet outlet so now i have this I meant to fit this but forgot... beneath the branch connector behind the toilet seen...

Did a dry fitting of the door into the frame and it fit perfectly with 20cent coin (2p UK equivalent) gap the whole way around. I installed hinges on the door and was really happy with how flush i got the hinges into the door and frame. In spite of this the door is very tight/doesnt close on the...

I am putting down new floors in a downstairs WC (tile) and adjoining hallway (12mm laminate). I was looking at transitions between the two and was really hoping to achieve a really minimalist finish like the attached pic Is this possible with laminate flooring that is essentially 'floating'...

I have been struggling with how to start and go about building the frame/door lining for a door that needs to have a notch taken out of it to fit under the stairs! I iwould appreciate someone who might have done something simialr to run me through the steps. Have a fairly good idea of how to...