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Hi I've lifted the paving slabs next to my house and intend to pour a slab to build a bigger shed and am looking for advice. I've attached a pic of what I have dug up (bamboo roots everywhere which I've removed). I've read a pour needs to be 3 courses below the DPM.. is this right? And also...

Hi, I've inherited this setup and during an inspection, it's flagged up that I need a Tundish from the discharge. I'm struggling to see how I can do this. Can anyone offer some advise please?

Hi, Our detached house had a standard shed down the side which wasn't really big enough and starting to rot. I was hoping to build a lean to shed sitting against the house wall then up against the boundary wall (to a pavement and road, not a neighbour). I did phone the planning office but they...

Hi, I've just installed a new elica 80cm cooker hood which for some reason when you switch the fan on it stays on the full speed..when you click the touch screen to slow the fan down it just turns off. I presume its faulty but just wanted to check as all I've done is replace the existing fan...

Hi, me again. I've just found a drip behind the attached photo where the house stopcock sits. I remember the plumber coming to do the boiler last month commenting that it was unusual. Its coming from behind the plastic but has been goign on fro a while as the plasterboard is wet through. I...

Evening, Probably an easy answer but what can I use to connect my aeg dishwasher to my push fit polypipes (15mm). It's a 1es-l red connector. I thought it was 22mm so bought a 22 to 15 convertor but it doesn't fit. It's very close to fitting but not quite . Prefer to use jg if I can. I've...

Hi, We are in the process of replacing our gas hob with an induction one. Looking at the wiring (20 year old kitchen) the cooker runs off a 32A RCD to a kitchen switch. When I look in the cupboard they wired this to a dual gang socket which the hob and oven plugs in to. The wiring is 6mm to...

Hi, Had a bit of a disaster last night, the wife's in the bath and all of a sudden a joint on the sink popped off and flooded the bathroom with cold water. It was a polypipe attached to a compression joint which I've used for years but this is the first time this has happened. I cleaned and...

Hi, My mums toilet is constantly filling from the toilet valve. When I've looked at it, it doesn't matter where you put the float it keeps filling up.. quite slowly. I couldn't work out how to fix it so she got a plumber out who managed to take the top off the valve and replaced the washer but...

Evening All, I've submitted building regs to split our garage in half and make a utility room. Quick question, its going to be 2.4m v 2.4m square and probably using Celotex GA4000 to raise the floor up with chipboard flooring to bring it up to the level of the rest of the house. Where the...

Evening all, I recently removed a wall in out kitchen which left a hole in the ceiling and walls. When I plasterboarded the gaps I found that there was a obvious dip in the wall and the ceiling so it looks pants. I came up with a brilliant idea (ok I thought it was) to use a darby to level the...

Hi, I want to replace a glass door with one that matches the rest in the house but cant seem to find it at the usual places and its hard to see with pics on websites. Its a 6 panel door but the panels are really shallow.. almost flat. The house is around 18 years old so not sure if they still...

Evening All, I've made a boo boo and snapped the valve on one of my radiators when I was replacing them for shiny new ones. Can you buy these or would you recommend just getting a std valve and using a microbore adapter. I swapped to 15mm in the bathroom using a freezing kit which the first...

Hi, The house we've just moved into has rather ugly pushfits connected to the central heating... all difference sizes too. Can these be replaced and where from? I can see the TRV ones have washers in them to fit and read on here the B & Q sell them. Just a bit confused what to buy. PS. its...

Hi, I've stripped by en-suite down to install a new shower and WC etc... The tiles took the plaster off so I decided to reboard. The walls are Gypwall (the house is 18 years old) and when I measured there is just one vertical brace at 90cm apart and 1 vertical about 150cm up from the floor...

Hi, I'm looking at removing a light switch that we no longer need as ive plastered up the doorway its next to. (Looks stupid stuck in the middle of the wall) I'm reading up on it but thought I'd ask on here too for advice while I plough through the internet. The light I want to remove has a...

Hi, I'm redoing our downstairs toilet in the house we've moved into and have a bit of an issue. Its got a tanked system which is different from the combi we had at our last house. So I could remove the sink I turned off the cold water feed at the stop valve and a valve at the hot water tank...

Evening all, I'm after a bit of advices on blocking up an internal doorway between two rooms. I've taken off the surround and door frame ready to crack on but the gap is 144mm and I'm wondering what size wood to use. 9mm plasterboard on either side leaving about 126mm to build the stud wall...

Hi Guys, I am remodelling my bathroom and moved the toilet across the room. The soil pipe is internal in the corner of the bathrooms on each floor and I managed to rotate the junction and run a soil pipe horizontally which I will box in. I have used the flexible pan connector that was on...

Hi, We are looking at redoing our bathroom as the design is a bit pants. One of the this we thought of was to move the toilet. The waste pipe is internal, boxed in, that runs down the entire house and used by 2 other toilets. 3rd floor. The toilet is next to the boxing in, we want to move...