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The bell box on the front of my house is about 15 years old and has faded to a very off white. Not sure at this stage whether it is metal or plastic. Is it possible to paint this with a simple exterior paint? If so prefer to avoid spending £10 when very little paint is required. Any...

Looking to convert my garage in the spring but will need a place to store 4 bikes. What options are there to do this? A simple wooden shed or a bespoke version. Don't want anything over powering as garden isn't that large.

Just had a new shower (built in rather than exposed) installed as part of my bathroom refit. Following the completion of the tiling I now have a problem. When installing the plastic bulkhead elbow to the outlet pipe it doesn't fit tight to the wall. The instruction manual states that threaded...

Can you clear up a simple query or two? Pipes come through floorboards into towel radiator. Which valves do I require straight or angled? Also, pipe is 10mm. Are there special valves out there or do they come supplied with a conversion option? Thanks in advance.

Looking round for a heated towel rail to complete my bathroom refit. The bathroom is 6ftx7ftx8ft which following the 'calculator' means I require an output of 1680 btu's (this seems quite but............) What mystifies me is a rail (450mm x 975mm) provides an output of 1000 btu's yet a...

Just refitting my bathroom and want to tile where the bath panel would normally be fitted. What is the minimum thickness of ply to use as it's a tight squeeze especially when using 7mm tiles. I will also be boxing in wastes pipes, soil pipe etc. to be tiled over - minimum thickness of ply...

A close friend of mine has recently lost an appeal against the local authority's decision to insist that alterations are carried out to reduce the size of his loft conversion (the conversion has been built approx 2 feet too long). The Council have given him 6 months to put right. One option...

Currently re-fitting the bathroom. The wc is being sited in the same position but the as the outlet from the pan is higher than the original, the connection to the soil pipe is causing a problem. The outlet and soil pipe are both standard 10cm. The distant between pan and soil pipe is approx...

My Myson Apollo 30/50 which is about 15 years old shuts down after 10-15 mins and the pilot light goes out. The thermocoupling has been changed. I can get the pilot light to stay on and fire up the boiler but it only stays on for 10 mins. Any ideas? The thermocoupling on this model has an...