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Hi guys I'm hoping for a little advice. I recently had a big flood my house, meaning we've had to move out while insurance company fix the damage. During the flood my electricity board got drenched, among other things. A heating company came out and disconnected the boiler, removed all...

Hi chaps I'm after a took which will help me accurately measure the angle in both internal and external corners of my room in order to make precision mitre cuts to skirting boards. I.e not all corners are 90*. I'm sure there is such a tool but struggling to find one in screw fix. Any...

Hi all As per other recent posts, I recently had a flood. We have decided to lay laminate flooring in the through lounge and hall way. I plan to separate the hallway and lounges and treat as two separate jobs, however the through lounge is still 45m2 approx. I've laid quite a bit of...

Hi all, hope your are all well! Im having a bit of a nightmare at the moment and im after a bit of friendly advice so thought id post a post. Long story short... i've hit some bad luck which just as things began looking better, may have today got alot worse tonight. I had an escape of water...

Hi all I am refitting bathroom (as you may well know due to increase in posts :oops: ), and you could pretty well say say that i am not just hitting every hurdle, i'm going the full 12 rounds with each :lol: Anyway, fitting toilet. The toilet i removed was raised on a piece of wood. It...

Hi all I am currently laying laminate flooring in my bathroom. I really could do with raising the floor ever so slightly, is there any good reason which would stop me laying fibre board underlay on top of another layer of fibre board underlay before laying the laminate flooring? I know...

Hi all I am undertaking a project to refit/tile the entire bathroom. We currently have an electric shower which will be no longer needed. The electric feed for the shower goes outside of the house from the Connection unit, up the exterior of the building the re enters the house in the...

Hi all I started to clear out my bathroom this week and plan i DIY job for a full refit - bathroom suite, flooring, tiling - the works! - And im knackered already (its only Tuesday) :oops: The room is now pretty much empty bar a few capped off pipes and i am now doing the pain staking...

Hi all I have been gardening for custermers as a side job for the last twelve months. I thoroughly enjoy this and i have began thinking about quiting my full time job and attempting to make a living out the gardening business. Has anyone on here done a similar thing themselves and willing...

My lounge is approx 4.5m x 5m. Pretty much square other than chimney breast. Need to ring round a few decorators for a quote on new skirts and coving this afternoon. What would be a round about figure i can expect? Thanks very much for any advice! Regards Ste

Hello I have somehow been roped into replacing the skirting boards in my mother in laws front room. She has recently has the walls skimmed and the plasterer removed the skirting after the job was done (at her request). The old skirtings were attached with pieces of wood as a wedge between...

Hi all I inherited an Alarm system when i bought the house. I have not really used it/or looked after it. I have had doors changed and not replaced the sensors, and also many of the alarm wires have been pulled up or ripped when i re carpeted (silly really but too late now) Due to this i...

I plan to install wall lights at the weekend, running a spur from a socket ring to a SFCU etc etc, see my post here: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=512414#512414 I have just removed a picture rail from around the front room to begin plastering a few of the walls, and behind...

Hi all I am planning to install two wall lights in my front room and have a couple of questions. I plan to do this by running a spur from a near by socket to a switched fuse connector using 2.5mm2 twin and earth. from this i will run a 1mm2 twin and earth to the light fitting. I will be doing...

Hi all I have recently installed a new closet toilet/sink set and i am by no means a plumber but thtought i would give it a go. Ive had no problem with the sink but i think i have got myself into a sticky situation with the toilet. In order to make some more room i took the wall which the...