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– back and sides? I live in Brent (London) and was wandering will Brent Council have there own minimum distance guidelines? I'm thinking of a rear dormer which cannot be seen from the street and obviously I want to maximise the space. I've had a look on here and google and can't find...

…Potterton FF 55 boiler? Just had my plumber around and he said rather than get a new Heat Exchanger if he can obtain them from his supplier or from Potterton directly it would save us a lot of money. Also, if they can't be obtained is it better for me to buy a new bolier? I've had nothing...

Just had a new bathroom fitted and wanted to glue a large mirror to the tiled wall. We had a mirror glued in my last flat and it seemed fine. Our new fitter said he'd prefer to screw it to the wall as it is safer. If we can glue it, what's the best type to use?

… in the observations/recommendations section (PIR-N) it said that 2 things need urgent attention: 1. No bonding to gas / water 2. Identification of cables Just wandering how serious is the first one and what does it mean? and with the second one I think it's to do with some wires the...

Maybe the title isn't right but basically we had 6 holes cut in our ceiling for downlights. Things looked ok untill we had to play around with them due to a problem with the transformers. Now around the edges when the lights aren't turned on you can see dark edges where the rim doesn't sit flush...

I've just had a new kitchen fitted. The original ceiling was very bad so we had to have a new ceiling put in. It's been up for 4 weeks now and it's been painted – first coat 5:1 water mix and 4 coats of wickes kitchen paint. I noticed what looked like 2 bubbles of paint. I got worried becasue i...

Please help I need a quick fix. Our tiler has expressed his annoyance because when getting rid of the excess paint on our rollers I painted over the sections underneath the kitchen units where he's going to tile. Because he always uses pva to seal the plaster he's worried about doing it a...

I'm one of the many people on this forum who have been sold a Franke tap without being informed about it needing to run from the mains rather than my gravity system. I've looked through all the relevant posts and some peoplehave mentioned adding a pump system.My question is – is this a tricky...

As the title suggests i'm not sure if I need anything special to glue this to the wall.Please help asap becasue it needs to be mounted asap :(

My kitchen arrived today and my worktops that I paid for never arrived (kitchen from MFI). Refund given promptly over the phone so I'll source my own. Just wandering where in NW London do they sell worktops to Joe Public.Obviously I want to take it home straight away because my kitchen should be...

My builder/floor fitter gave me 2 options: 1st. Level the floor totally from kitchen into very long hallway. 2nd. Work the new hardwood floor to take the shape of the slight slope (from 0mm in the kitchem to 30mm at the end of the hallway). I live in a purpose built flat built in 1904...

I decided to get one builder to do the whole kitchen job rather than use individuals to complete the varios stages – plaster boarding, skimming, electrics,flooring, etc I'm beginning to get a bit worried after the first few stages. After having the ceiling boarded and skimmed as the title...

We're going for quite a modern look in our new flat although it's almost 100 years old. It still has the original stairs which underneath the many of layers of paint seems to be in good condition. I'm just wandering what's the best way to get rid of the many layers of paint. What product(s) do I...

I was recommended by a decorator to use the 5:1 water/PVA mix. I did a coat and everything seemed fine. Did the first coat of paint and let dry. When I went to get rid of some grit that got into the paint the paint seemed to peel like skin but only very small patches around the girt ir 5mm. I've...

As the title suggests I got a friend who is a multi purpose builder to help me with my AV installation. He also added new skirting boards around the whole living room. The main one which sits on the TV wall has 4 cut-out holes for double plug sockets to sit into. The actual skirting has...