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Happy to report the tiles are now off..... just a bit more brute strength and chiselling out all the grout....... But still left with an overdose of the "cement" that was used to bed them in....... more work to come....

Sorry should have clarified ... this is a downstairs bathroom and its concrete underneath... I do live in the sticks and from what i've checked out today hiring anything that might help is even further away than i thought.... 50 mins.... Thanks for the spade suggestion.... might give that a...

Hi all, Trying to remove ceramic floor tiles in my bathroom. Plumber has previously removed about 10 of them with his very powerful drill and chisel and commented after how hard it was... there are lumps gouged out of the floor in places where he had to get right down below them. I have the...

Hi, I was able to take my plumbers advice on another electrician. He was able to give me an hourly rate and allow me to pay for his materials directly myself. He gave me an approximate timescale for the work and materials and it was about £500 less than previously quoted. Part way through...

Hi all, I am considering laying LVT throughout the ground floor of my house. Approx 75sq ms. Plumber has just finished filling in the numerous trenches dug in the course of replumbing much of my home. He commented that there seemed to be various levels from room to room and the hall...

Thanks ..... sorted now....

Hi, just for clarification as the OP i do many things myself, I’m a 62 yr old woman and I have (on my own) removed the former kitchen including tiles on wall and floor and removed the kitchen ceiling. Removed wall under 2 windows for fitting of French doors one of these was in the kitchen...

Just to clarify for everyone.... I am NOT supplying the materials...... the plumber is getting them, giving me the invoice at the end and I will pay him for whatever he has purchased to use on the job. Obviously he may have some left over and that is fine.... As for the length of time he will...

Thank you everyone...... have today managed to source another electrician who is happy to work at day rate and let me pay for the materials with no mark up. I am happy with this and plumber, who I know well is going to help with any tracking of walls. Will post a final figure on here when i...

I really do appreciate I am asking a hard question..... I have one quote of £1800. I have tried and tried to get others to come and give me a quote but I live in a rural area and I have had numerous cancellations plus people who have come and looked and then not even bothered to quote.... I'm...

That is why I am asking for a ball park........ I dont know whether to expect £300 or £50000.... (obviously totally rediculous figures but just to make my point) .... hoping someone can give me something in a range that is allows me to set some sort of realistic expectation.......

Hi all, Just looking a rough steer on costs pls..... in Northern Ireland btw.... So installing a new kitchen .... some of the sockets are in roughly the correct place so do not require moving but further along the same wall I may add sockets. I am installing a quooker tap so not sure what...

Thanks.... slightly happier at the moment. Spoke to window company .... they are bringing a 175 mm cill with them and say that the specs are based on the surveyors measurements plus allowances for fitting .... Surveyor is also going to talk to my builder. Thank you for all the advice.

Thanks for the response. Without knowing the height of my current window and measurement to the floor how are you able to determine that there has not been allowance already for the height of the cill? I am going to call the company as I am not sure why the spec would not include a cill as...

I currently have a window that looks like this: So the window sits back in the wall. I am installing a french door here and these are the specs: My question is. The current window sits back in the wall so I am presuming the door will as well........ There is no mention of a cill in the...

Many thanks ..... job done...... no problem with pulling the wire out....

So removing a kitchen and have the unit around the oven removed. Do not want to kill myself but it would help greatly if I can get this oven out. It is going to the dump as not working properly anyway and about 30 years old. Attached are the photos of what I have. How do I make it all safe? I...

Thank you.... that is what seems to have been indicated to me here...... I definitely don't want the pipework inside the cabinets. Did consider a void but it seems under is an option. (Ikea do not have side panels that would allow for a void but i have thought of turning a door round....

Yes I am aware of that.... my question was based on whether the advice I have been given to put it on the RHS of the sink.... farthest away from the wall with the plumbing is correct?

Thanks - is that because it does not matter and what he has advised is wrong? (are you a plumber?)