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I've currently got a freestanding electric cooker on a 32a circuit. At some point in the future I'd like to get a built in double oven with separate induction hob, and am wondering if it'll be safe to have that on one 32a circuit, or whether I'll need to have another circuit put in for the hob...

I've got this quite big dent in my kitchen wall. It's 10" by 10" and around 2" deep at its deepest point. Does anyone have any advice on what the best way to fill it would be?

I'm about to lay a laminate floor and want to screw down the underlying floorboards before I start. When I do this at the moment I make the first couple of twists by hand until the screw is embedded in the wood, then finish with a power screwdriver - if I start with the power driver, the screw...

I've been taking some tiles off my kitchen walls and it's been a bit of a mission because they're fixed in place with a thick helping of mortar, which also needs to come off. Most of it is now gone, but in a few places there are bits which have stubbornly clung on and there are no surfaces on...

I've been taking some tiles off my kitchen wall. They were attached pretty firmly and in a few places they've taken the render off the wall when they've come loose, like this: Can anyone recommend a product I can use to patch these holes once I've finished removing the tiles?

And how can I get rid of it?

Pretty much all the plaster on one of the walls in my flat has blown because of damp coming through from a dodgy downpipe outside The pipe is now fixed and the wall is dry. I'm gonna strip off the old blown plaster this afternoon. Once that's done, what would the next steps be? I'm gonna get...

I've just finished laying a new floor and before adding the beading I need to sort out my wiring arrangements. Have never done anything like this before so no idea whether this is a simple job or not. There's one socket fixed to the wall on one side of the chimney breast and another attached...

I've just finished pouring some concrete into a trench in my floor so I can lay boards on top of it. In some places this has worked perfectly and the tops of the new boards are bang in line with the tops of the old ones, but in others there's a couple of mm difference. I've got some 2mm...

I've got these tiles in my kitchen which I'd like to remove, but they seem to be completely invincible against the tools I have. Chisels do virtually nothing (with a decent amount of effort I managed to chip off the corner of one tile in the first picture), drill does nothing, crowbar can't get...

The last owner of my flat hacked great chunks out of the flooring slab to make way for pipes then did a shocking job of refilling with concrete. I've chipped away all the crumbling old concrete from around the pipes so it's now in this state: What I'd like to do now is pour concrete so that...

I'm about to start painting onto bare plaster. Have been given a big tin of Zinsser Gardz to seal the walls. Once that's gone on, do I also need to bother with a mist coat, or do I just crack on with undiluted paint?

A few of the floorboards in my flat are well past their best and need replacing, so I've taken a look around to see if I can source replacements and everything available seems to be tongue and groove, not the square edged sort I need :( Do you need to go to a specialist to get old fashioned...

I've finally finished scrubbing two rooms free of rancid old distemper and now I'm ready to paint them. Whenever I've painted a room before I've just been slapping on paint over paint, but I'd like to do this properly, so I was wondering what the best process is in terms of sealants, primers...

My flat was built without central heating, and at some point someone decided it'd be a good idea to completely ruin a nice set of floorboards by carving a big concrete monstrosity down the middle of them to carry hot water pipes - pictures attached. The concrete is in a pretty poor state and...

I've been redecorating my new flat and have reached the point where I have to do something with the floorboards. They're about 70 years old and I'd assumed sanding them was going to be essential to get them looking decent, but I've been over them with a rough sponge and they've actually come out...

I've been working on my kitchen and after taking some tiles off the wall discovered a second layer underneath. These seem to be fixed to the wall with several tons of that indestructible Roman concrete - chisel does nothing to it, hammer drill bounces off - so removing them is going to be very...

I've stripped some wallpaper from my living room to find there's a layer of paint underneath that's dusty (it comes away on your fingers when you touch it) but fiendishly difficult to get off the wall. I've tried using warm, soapy water and a sponge, then had a go at sanding. Both work, but very...

I bought my first flat in December, knowing it was going to need a lot of work doing to it. I've got no real DIY experience, but thought I'd have a go at anything which isn't likely to kill me or flood/blow up the flat. A couple of weeks ago I started on the kitchen, which I'd been putting off...