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Ok Ive prepped the existing floor (8ft x 8ft) and have screw secured 12mm plywood to the existing wood floor, so all nice and level Taken all the skirting boards off. acclimatised the boards which are 96cm long x 9.5cm wide and 15mm thick. Now I really need to know whether to nail or glue...

Having had an omnicron 7000 with 30 year old technology I decided to Installed a Accenta gen4 alarm, plus a remote keypad. Labeled all the wires off the old alarm and transfered to the accenta. Im no expert at alarms, but thought id give it a go. All works well, the pir, door contacts etc...

Hi, have reboarded my ceiling to go over old artex. However in some places i have upto an inch gaps 10mm deep approx running between boards and also between the boards and the walls not being quite square. and too think to fix slivers of board onto I have pva ed the boards and was going to...

Hi, recently had my dining room partition wall partially removed to form a kitchen diner. Kitchen units, sink etc are still in the same place etc, and dining room is still a dining area as such, just opened up thats all. However the original Dining area was quite big so it was split into 2 with...

Hi wonder if anyone can help. Got up this morning for a shower and no hot water, had a look at the boiler and the fgreen on light is on but the central heating and hot water lights are flashing slowly, but there is no pilot flame on. Removed the front cover and i can see after holding down the...

Just got back after 2 weeks holiday, and found loads of mould growth in the ceiling in the bathroom. Climbed to the top of the dormer roof, and the edge of the felt where it turns over the roof edge is full of holes and the roof itself all up and down, and after standing on it i Suspect the...

I'm replacing 3 split constituted yorkstone style bricks and plan to take them out today and replace them with 3 new stone bricks. However i would like to make this repair to blend in well with existing stone work, for which the cement is a very light brown almost the same colour as the stone...

Can anyone help, i have an electric Triton electric shower, which has been working fine. However went to switch it off this morning and even though the power is off, the cold water is still coming through the shower and won't stop, has anyone any suggestions ?

I've got an old fusebox with fuse wire (4 fuses) which I want to replace with a new MCB. I looked up a local niceic place and i've been quoted £350 to replace it with the part p cert, which seemed a tad expensive, i was expecting around £200 - £250, especially bearing in mind it only has 4...

I had a tube of this lieing around and it said also for kitchen and bathrooms. So i duly installed my sink and toilet, taps and waste and sealed them all with the sealant. this included butting the sink upto the tiled wall and siliconing it to the wall, and the toilet. problem, 2 days...

I have some large 12x12 tiles about 8mm thick, which will run around the bath / shower. However the walls are not completely level and if i use a solid bed of adhesive unless i lay it really thick the tiles won't level. Is there any reason why i can not use adhesive beind the tile, using the...

I've recently fitted my worktops and in some places i have a gap arounnd 8-9mm between the wall and the edge of the worktop. I was going to fill the gap with silicone sealant and level it off to prevent any water going behind back of worktops, is this right ? secondly tiling above the...

have 3 lengths of worktop sitting in my lounge waiting for me to fit for 3 months. I've done everything else in the house, but i'm dreading fitting the worktops myself, even though i've purchased a router. have read all the post for worktop fitting, but just know i'm going to get it wrong...

Here's one for you all. I've just stripped off wallpaper from a bedroom, and underneath is a diluted emulsion straight over the plaster, which is correct. However on taking the wallpaper off there are probably a 200 plus small patches where the paints come off with the wallpaper. The paint is...

I've recently bought a house where half the interior walls are artexed, which I'm attempting to plaster over, its going reasonably well, but could do with a few tips form the professionals I've knocked off the high points off the artex, then PVAing the walls, letting it dry then plastering...