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Evening all, Could any of you clever people help me identify a balustrade spindle and tell me what type it is? It seems non standard. It's 30mm rather than 32mm and doesn't seem to be any of the common ones. I am writing this on phone and can't work out any way of inserting a picture so...

Hi All Spent the weekend carefully removing my quadrant shower enclosure to allow me to re-grout the walls. While I was cleaning one of the doors it slipped out my hand on to the concrete drive with the inevitable result of chipping the edge, slap bang in the middle of the end of the glass...

Guys Have cocked up big time! Just reaching the end of some reasonably major work in my daughters room and have just 'primed' the bare wood skirting and door frame. unfortunately as I was putting the lid back on the 'primer' I noticed that I'd grabbed the wrong pot from the garage and it...

Sorry to hijack this post slightly but......... Thermo in particular has offered much advice on ground level decking so I would be grateful for a couple of answers to specific questions if anyone would kindly oblige. I am about to build a 3.6 x 3 m deck at the end of the garden, following...

Sorry guys but wasn't sure if this belongs in "Building" or here. I want to concrete down between my garage and conservatory walls, a gap of about 3/4 metre. The DPC on the garage is too low so I appreciate that I will need to leave a gap, possibly filled with some form of gravel, to prevent...

Hi all Our house was built in the late eighties of what I would term 'standard' construction. By that I mean twin walls and cavity - if that's the right expression! There were/are two air bricks, one in the lounge and one at the top of the stairs. I was under the impression that the one in...

Real stupid question I'm sure, but has anyone tried to make their fence panels a lighter colour? The reason I ask is that I'll be putting new panels up over Easter and my good lady has decided that she'd like them to stay a golden brown colour. Unfortunately the rest of the panels, shed...

Hi all We had an edwardian style conservatory built earlier this year by a reasonably reputable local company. Unfortunately we have a slight leak from the roof. It shows itself below the 'top cap' or 'spider' They've just been back today for the third time to try to rectify it and...

Firstly my apologies, I'm sure this must have been raised before but have searched to no avail. We had a conservatory built, which was finished some 7 weeks ago. The house wall and all new walls were plasterboarded (dot and dab) and then skimmed. My questions are: The plaster seems...

Hi all. We had a conservatory built around seven weeks ago and have arranged for a tiler to come in another couple of weeks to do the floor. I have two questions you knowledgeable lot may be able to help with: 1. Is 9 or 10 weeks sufficient drying out time for the floor? At it's deepest I...

Hi Guys I'm just about to start a project in our bedroom, in which I'm trying to create more usable storage space. The obvious answer is to demolish/modify a stud partition wall, the other side of which is the stair well with a huge open space right up to the ceiling. My only concern is that...