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Ok bit dramatic but bare with it .... Contacted (on behalf or mother) combi boiler manufacturer for the number of a local service agent. Spoke to the independent service agent, provided make and model of boiler. He confirmed he could service it for £60 + vat (Bedford area) I asked if...

OK, a bit dramatic but I want to get it perfect 1st time. The tiles are large format 600mm X 600mm floor tiles. From my research a flat surface = success, so I decided to put down self levelling compound over the undertile cables. The surface is level, although the compound has not...

I have a 10ft opening at the side of my property. The plan is to put a couple of 6ft high by 5ft wide (approx) wooden gates. I was thinking a strong, economical method would be to have a steel frame, slightly smaller than the finished doors fabricated. Then attach some timber cladding to...

I'm relocating a cooker/hob to an island in the kitchen. Is Black enamel steel conduit - OK in the floor? By floor I mean screed, I will level and then tile over the top. I read that the Galv stuff is class 4 protection and the B/E is class 2. Additionally, Is 20mm conduit OK to...

Today I had a chance to put my research on screeding into practice. The screed thickness varies from 75mm - 25mm due to the unevenness of the old concrete slab. Taking advice from an old post I went with 2 part granite chippings 2 part sharp sand 1 part cement My 1st mixer load was...

Happily chiseling off some tiles with my Makita 2kg SDS drill when the chisel dropped to the floor. Leaving part of the chisel inside the drill. Any idea how I get the offending metal out of the drill? Normally to release a chisel/drill bit you pull back on the front of the drill and then...

I have a project to level a workshop floor. It is approx 4m X 6m The floor is nearly 70mm lower in the middle than around the perimeter. I intend to use a self levelling compound mixed with granite chippings. The problem is the floor is covered in old linoleum tiles and initial test...

Stop the sniggering at back it's not a wind up I really want to build a multi-purpose pole for my apartment :D The images below show it should be possible, I just need a way of quickly detaching/attaching the table part from the pole. alternatively I could slide the table part up so it...

Just to set the scene, you've almost finished a job, it looks FANTASTIC. You are aware of a couple of snags but it's 99% perfect and your friends/family are itching to see the results of all that drilling, sawing, painting. You usher them in and they are AMAZED. Now at this point I should...

Ok, I'm amazed but then i'm easily pleased. Just finished the 2nd coat on my new oak veneered doors using Ronseal's perfect finish clear coat. You get a varnish/paint pad as part of the kit, water based, drys in 20 mins. My doors, frames and architraves now look like those plush...

Ive got some oak veneered doors to fit. I understand if I use a circular saw I will get chipping of the veneer on the face. Scoring the line with a stanley knife is an option but I wondered .... :roll: If I clamp a strip of scrap ply onto the face of door, so the blade rips through the...

I've put down some 18mm water resistant chipboard over floorboards in the lounge/kitchen to provide a flat stable sub floor for laminate flooring. All is well, the T&G's glued and the perimeter of the boards screwed with chipboard screws. I have a box of a collated drywall screws designed...

I have newly plastered walls. In the past I have noticed that after painting the walls with 2/3 coats of good quality white emulsion that the point where the ceiling and wall meet around the perimeter of the room the paint looks thinner. Is it standard practise to paint these edges 1st...

I'm putting a large freestanding jacuzzi in the bedroom 8) For purposes of complying with regulations I am treating the bedroom as a bathroom and apply all the zonal requirements. My only slight glitch is my LCD TV which will fall within zone 3. Zone 3 The regulations do not specify...

I'm looking to purchase a bath/hot tub 1800X1800 600 deep. I've seen quotes of a tonne in weight when it's fully loaded. Do I need to involve a structural engineer before splashing out? :lol:

I've been looking for a tubular towel rail to use in the bathroom( heating already accounted for). I'm looking for just a single tube 1800mm in length. The closest I can find is stainless steel hand rails. I'd rather have a radiator designed for the job but as an alternative could a...

Slight change of plan with my new basin - I want to go wall mounted with my taps, as opposed to surface mounted on the basin. The problem is the basin already has a cut out for a single mixer tap. Do they produce chrome covers to block said hole? Do they produce a push button pop up...

I'm fitting a wall hung wc. I have purchased a frame and all seems pretty straight forward. My question relates to the pan. Should any part of the pan be in contact with the floor? The wc has a dome shaped protrusion at the base. I would have thought the pan should be suspended...

I'm converting a old industrial building in to a couple of flats. The 1st floor flat will have a large jacuzzi bath in the bedroom :wink: I'm also having a wetroom. The waste pipes are 40mm So far so good ... I was going to have a straight 7 metre run of 40mm pipe which I was...

I've built a block wall and I'm up to the last course of blocks some 3 metres high .... no problem there as it's very stable and tied into the adjacent wall. My question is ... the last course of blocks which run at a right angle to the joists will not fit - What should I do? Ok, so I can...