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A builder is doing some work for a grandmother in law. He is replacing guttering and fascias on a bungalow and putting a new plastic roof on the car port. In the original quote he stated he would remove 3 sections of tiles and remove and replace old felt. Looking at a section he has half...

I've got a cellar, probably 12 x 10 and not quite 6 ft high. At the moment its damp down there, anything down there for a period of time either rusts or grows a lovely mold. I want to make this space usable. I had a builder come round to have a look and he thinks he can coat the walls with a...

Hi all, I'm just after some advice, the ceiling in my latest room renovation project is bowed at one end, I've not fully investigated yet but speaking to the previous occupant (wife's father) he says the boards follow one of the joists (warped). I want to get a perfect flat ceiling, I've...

Hello all, I'm after some advice for fitting a banister is an attic bedroom. At the moment we have some stair coming up through a rectangular hole in the floor, I need to put a bannister around the too long sides and one end. The existing bannister was a thin 1x3 (approx) frame work. I...

Hello all, I have bought a semi-detached house and had it checked for damp. Surprisingly the damp is not on the external walls, they are all fine. The damp is on the wall joining to next door. You can actually see damp patches on the wall paper up to about 60cm high. I had a guy look and...

Hello all, I'm wanting to smooth over and level out my garage floor. Whats the best DIY stuff to use? I want it to be as dust free as possible to try and use the garage for spray painting, the current floor is rippled so it collects lots of dust and is hard to sweep. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, When we bought our house the survey mentioned that we should have a DPC installed as there was some damp detected on the outside facing walls. When we had builder round they all quote massive amounts of money and said its not worth it if your not going to live in the house for the...

I have just ripped out my bathroom ready for a total re-plaster job and new suite. Under my bath the cable for the shower run freely by the side of the bath so I can see how thick the cable is. I want to know if there is any way to measure the capacity, i.e, is it 8.5 or possibly 9.5+ KW. I...