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Morning, I've recently sanded my hardwood front door and fitted a new hardwood hardwood weatherbar. Unfortunately, I'm unsure of exactly what type of hardwood either are, but pretty sure they're not oak. After applying 1 coat of Fiddes High Build Wood Oil, the Weatherbar has a particularly...

Hi, I have a purchased 6' x 3' garden gate that I now need to reduce in width by around 2-3" - due to a brick pillar being built closer to a wall than I thought..!! It's a horizontal slatted gate and the frame has bridle joints on the corners. What's the best way to reduce the width while...

Hi, We have a Esse 350 inset woodburning stove and are planning on removing it to fit a freestanding stove. Question is how do I remove it? I had one 'installer' round who admitted he'd never worked with an inset stove and thought I'd have to remove/smash the wall above the stove to access the...

OK, I seem to have a weird water hammer (??) in the house. It's just a small 'knock' every 10 seconds, like clockwork. It never speeds up or slows down and happens maybe 50% of the time. It can only be heard if all is quiet, especially at night, but stops for a short time if a tap is opened...

Hi, I'll be fitting a straight stair runner soon and have also had a custom runner made for the straight, mid landing. The piece of carpet is around 1.8m x 0.6m and wondered what the best way of fixing this to the staircase/landing is? As it's a runner, and therefore doesn't meet the edges I...

Hi all, I'm renovating my bathroom and have a false wall for the concealed shower made from 12.5mm cement board. I've also made a small (200 x 300) shower niche from cement board, glued with Sticks like Sh*t, and am mounting this in false wall. Question...what the easiest way to ensure the...

Planning on fitting one of these but had a plumbing question... Are these generally only suitable for where the waste and hot/cold feeds are in a stud wall? I was planning on mounting to a solid wall and running the waste and feed down the wall behind the unit, then boxing them in. Just...

Hi, I'm doing a complete refurb on my bathroom and was wondering about boarding the floor prior to tiling. Floor is currently floorboards and is a little uneven. I'm also considering electric UFH but want to minimise any increase in floor height. So... would 6mm Marmox multiboard be OK...

I'm about to start fitting my new kitchen and am planning on venting the extractor outside. Problem is the house is bulletproof ! It's a 1950's semi built from 'Newport Star' Engineering bricks. The electrician did offer to core a hole to fit the vent but now knowing the difficulties of...

Hi all, Looking for advice for a waterfall worktop - where the worktop continues down to the floor. Planning on having Oak on the kitchen island and on one end having it 'waterfall' down to the floor. There will be no other support on this end apart from the vertical worktop as it's a sort of...

As a landlord when replacing a Gas Hob does it need to have FSD's? The property is just a standard dwelling and NOT a HMO or flat. All the info I can find suggests it's only a requirement on HMO's & flats although I just called the HSE gas safety line and was told that all new/replacement hob...

The existing gas hob in a property I rent out requires replacement. Do I have to comply with the current regulations regarding clearances? When i have had the landlord Safety Check done in the past it has been noted that the clearances are NTCS but is still signed off. If it needs to be to...

Hi all, Got a problem with my Ferroli Modena 102. It was working fine until I switched the mains power off to carry out some electrical work. Turning the power back on and the timer module shows 'F02' on the display and none of the buttons seem to work. To be honest the timer has been a bit...

Lookin to rreplacethe flush and fill valves on a toilet similar to this... http://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/premier-ambrose-short-projection-toilet-with-soft-close-seat.aspx As they're noisy and slow filling... Question is how the hell do I access the underside of the cistern to remove...

Hi all, I posted this in the joinery forum but didn't have any luck... So here goes.... I've looking to add a newel, spindles and handrail to a house I've just bought and am looking for a bit of advice. Basically the newel etc have been removed in the past leaving the staircase open...

Hi all, I've looking to add a newel, spindles and handrail to a house I've just bought and am looking for a bit of advice. Basically the newel etc have been removed in the past leaving the staircase open to the living room on one side (wall on the other side). It's a closed string type of...

Looking for some advice on what best to do. If cut a channel in my bathroom plasterboard wall to run some pipes . The wall behind the board is the original stone wall (old cottage). After I've run the pipe what is best to use to fill the channel - approx 6" wide, 2 feet long, 1" deep...

Hi, Amateur DIY person here so please go easy :-) I'm in the process of a complete bathroom refit and have a back-to-wall toilet to fit. I'm fitting a sink on the same wall so I bought a 90deg pan connector that has a 32mm boss on it for the sink waste. Problem is the soil outlet from...

Hi, I about to start remodelling my bathroom and have a back-to-wall WC and therefore plan on boxing-in a concealed cistern. I'm not building a false wall to the ceiling, just boxing in to above the cistern install height so I'm left with a shelf of sorts about 6-8" deep. The Geberit UP320...

Hi all, I'm remodelling my bathroom and am moving the basin to a different wall - far away from the original basin (and bath) waste. I'm thinking of using one of these http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Pan+Connectors/Space+Saving+90+Bend+with+32mm+Outlet/d20/sd2887/p88745 I've read...