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Hi, and good day to you. I was wondering if any of you learned folk would be able to assist with identifying this fitting? I'm referring ot the one with the black cap, not the lockshield Thanks in advance

Good morning all, We've recently embarked on a new Utility Room project which also includes painting the kitchen. It's a new build house (3.5 years old but this is the first lick of paint the kitchen will have had) plus there's some bare plaster where we've moved doors as part of the Utility...

Good morning all, I'm looking to move my cloakroom (downstairs) WC. The intended location is 90 degrees in rotation and about 1m in pipe length from the current soil pipe pop-up through the slab. The previous WC position was sat directly above the pop-up and a long flexible pan connector was...

Good evening all, I'm mid-way through a project which has involved moving 2 radiators and branching off one of these to install a new radiator. I did all the first-fixing a while ago (drained down, made break-ins etc...) and today I have drained down again and made the final connections. I...

Hi all, We’re part way through a Utility Room project and have had a local company round to quote for some Karndean flooring to match our existing Kitchen/Dining Room. The guy that came round was very concerned with the levelling compound that the builder had used as in his opinion it was...

Hi all. I’m having some work done at my house that’s involved taking a radiator off. I isolated the radiator last night so it would be cool this morning and the heating was working fine last night/this morning. I’ve come home to a note from the builder saying that the boiler needs...

Hi, I’m trying to source some Edenhall Darlstone pitched walling blocks in buff to fill in a void that’s going to be left by the removal of an external door at my house. It’s a (relatively) new build that’s 3 years old. I’m moving the door further down the wall it’s currently fitted (so it...

Hi all, I'm looking at a new project at home to form a Utility Room by stealing some garage space. Looking to change from this To this I've drawn it all up and started cutting out bits of boxing etc... to make sure my plans work and identify where the services run, BUT I've hit a...

Hi, fist time posting in a long time on here. My Mum is getting a new kitchen to replace her +38 year-old one!! She’s not wanting any sockets moving or any new circuits. There is an electric cooker switch already wired in but her current oven is gas which she will probably change to a new...

Hi all, first post in a while but here goes! I have recently moved into a new-build home and we have an issue with the integral garage door. Do to the position of the doorway into the garage being neat to the front of the property (it's just before the stairs in the hallway) if the main garage...

Hello chaps. Now that the nice(r) weather is upon us my attentions have been moved outside. We have a 5-ish year old Indian sandstone patio that has a step up to the house due to the garden slope and the flags are starting to wobble and the pointing is failing. It's about 25 square-metres...

Hi guys & gals. As above , I'm looking to breath a new lease of life into my chimenea. The main reason it needs painting is that I don't think I sealed it when I first bought. What type of paint should I be considering? I've searched the net and found a range of answers from basic emulsion to...

Hi all, I'm wanting to section off one half of my garage to form a room. The garage is detached to a new build house (2011) but doesn't form part of our long term plans for the house as we are probably going to end up with an extension in place of where the garage is now, therefore I'm not...

Hi all, I'm planning on adding a couple of sockets into my spare room (one at low level & one at mid-wall level for a TV/monitor). I have a socket on the opposite wall of the same room and another socket in the next room on the wall that backs onto that. Rather than messing about with...

Hi all. This is my first post on here in a while as we moved out of our renovation house into a new build 2 years ago so after a 2 year break I'm back!! Our Kitchen is going to be painted & wall papered and I'm looking for some advice on how to prep the painted walls. I don't think the...

Hi guys. I have recently bought a new build house. Being the generous housebuilders that they are, we were left with a mound of earth as a back garden. We have set a Landscape Gardener on to build a 2-level flagged patio and a lawned area as the garden is on a slight slope (down, away...

Hi all. Today I've been fitting some external lights to my new house, consisting of a low level ambient light, and a high level PIR operated security light. All the wiring was done by the builder's spark prior to us moving in and they have fitted a 3 gang switch adjacent to the back door...

Hi there. We installed a shower pump a couple of years ago. I put it in the airing cupboard at the base of the hot water cylinder. The bedroom that the airing cupboard is in has now become our new arrival's Nursery. In a few months he'll be in there sleeping and the pump activating will...

Hi chaps/chapesses, Just a quick question regarding exterior painting. We're currently in the middle of back yard tart up which involved having one of the walls rendered and the whole lot + the back wall of the house repainted. Unfortunately, the Great British weather struck just after...

Hi all, We're in the process of re-decorating our Lounge & Dining Room. The 2 rooms are linked via an archway. In the past we've had the same wallpaper/colour paint in both rooms, but now we're going for same pattern, but different colours. SO, The plan is to paint the underside of...