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Hi All. I'm putting a bigger bath in a small first-floor bathroom in a Victorian house and want to make sure I'm safely within the floor's load-bearing capability. The bath (60kg, plus water, plus person) would sit on chipboard and span four or five joists. This room is 2.4m x 2m, but is one...

I've had to take up a 4m x 5m suspended floor in a Victorian building because of wet rot damage and would appreciate any advice on how to reinstate it. A lack of air vents (I'm rectifying this btw) meant that capillary bound moisture in the two intermediate wall piers (2' wide, 3' high, built...

Evening. I'm hoping someone's had experience of this problem. The building survey for a property I'm looking at buying recommends that I install more vents to ventilate the underfloor space. Difficulty is, the wall that needs them is a good 600mm thick and made of solid blocks of a hard stone...

Hi. I've had to replace a 2m cable on a common-or-garden table lamp with a longer length (5m) so it reaches a socket. The original cable as sold was 0.75mm2, but all I could find in the sheds was 0.5mm2, which was sold as suitable for lamps. I've replaced the entire 0.75mm2 cable all the way...

I've just had a wood floor put in on concrete, and needed to use a two part epoxy resin dpm to seal the floor and stop moisture affecting the wood. Left a section near the door to tile later with machine made 6" quarries, and now need advice on what kind of adhesive to use to stick them to the...

I have a 5 year old Servis quartz M9130 which has stopped turning at all with a full load, and which turns in only one direction when there's anything more than a very light load in. I've had the back off, and there's nothing wrong with the belt. With a light load, the motor's turning the drum...