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I have a query as to whether I can re-hang my kitchen door on the opposite side of the frame - the door used to open into a kitchen from a small hallway. To free some space up in the kitchen I now want it to open into the hallway. I was all ready to do this however my neighbour informed me...

I am about to connect the pipework to a new thermostatically controlled 3 way mixer - with 2 showers and 1 bath filler. The inlets for the hot and cold are both 15mm as is all the pipework in the flat - the flow rate is 18L/min for cold (mains fed) and 9L/min for the hot from the combi boiler...

I've blocked up an old doorway with a stud wall and square edged plasterboard and I'm looking at finishing it off. a) What sort of plaster do I put on to it (board finish, multifinish etc) b) Do I need to prepare the boards i.e. prime/put a base coat on (if so, what sort of plaster?) c)...

Having nearly finished my kitchen, in true DIY style I've started on the bathroom and although I can see and have read a lot of threads here on fitting showers, I just want to make sure I have all the bases covered. In essence - I have: 15mm pipework throughout Boiler (Veissmann Vitroden 100...

I broke my pan the other day, walked into it with a 9lb sledge hammer by mistake. So I took all the measurements and went to B&Q to pick one up (it was 7pm on a Sat night). Could I find one - no! So I bought a close fit, flexible coupler and proceeded to fit the WC. The problem is that the...

I'm installing a washing machine and dishwasher into a new kitchen, now the standpipe and cold feed are pretty straight forward, the question I have is........how much sapce is required to the left and right of the appliance? I'm fitting the kitchen into a bare room and with the worktop not...

I have a first floor flat and I am about to embark on plumbing in the sink, washing machine and dishwashers waste pipes. There is currently no hole in the wall so having purchased a 40mm core drill bit to feed a 40mm pipe through the wall. As I am on a first floor flat do I need to fit any...

Morning all and happy 2007!!! Ok, I've just mixed and put down two bags of BAL Multibase to cover 10m2. The consistancy was the same as that on the wonderful DVD I received from the tile supplier. I pushed the SLC into the corners and coevered the whole area.......now I was under the...

To all plumbers out there I have just had a new boiler fitted and as I was waiting for the plasterer to turn up I had the plumber plumb everything in so that there was nothing feeding the kitchen as I was going to undertake this at a later date. The walls have now been plastered and I'm about...

I am about to hang some kitchen wall units and I have a slight problem..... The wall where the units are going to go is not straight, out by approximately 5mm at either end (taking the datum as the centre of the wall as the wall slightly convex). The wall layout is: 800mm unit, 300mm unit...

I saw a post on here about fitting cills but alas I can't find it now...... I am replacing a window cill which was previously tiles on slate over a cavity wall. I have uPVC windows and have just purchased an new pine cill. With the old tiles being removed there is no overhand on the window...

Ok, I'm about to embark on levelling a concrete floor with BAL Multibase after filling in some 50mm holes with 4:1 screed (1 hole was 1.5m X .5m and the other was 2.5m X .9m). I am desperate to get the finally part of the levelling done but I have two queries/concerns: 1) some of the new...

I have just removed a walk in pantry which used to house a non-double-glazed window, I now need to brick it up in order to mount a corner unit. The existing window is butt up against an internal wall with a stone lintel. Both sides of the cavity are brick. I don't want to remove the window if...

I'm in the first steps towards installing a new kitchen and I have a little problem..... The existing floor surface is parquet over concrete - however, due to the removal of a walk in pantry and a change in layout over the 50's original kitchen I have two different levels of concrete (one...