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Sorry if this post is in the wrong place or seems a daft question... Our garage is integral to the house and above it is our youngest bedroom. As this was built in the 70's there is no insulation between the garage roof and the bedroom floor. Being north facing it can get rather cold at...

Really quick question. I’m laying a new garden deck in my garden. I know I need to treat the cut timbers to seal. Everywhere I Google suggests Hickson Ensele. Is this the best to use? I’m having great trouble getting it local and it seems my only option is from the internet and pay the high...

I was wondering about to buy some deck boards, i have decided to stay away from my local B&Q etc as they all seem to be full of knots etc. Would any one recommend or tell me is there much difference between Q-Deck & Arbordeck as a brand of boards? My 2 local building merchants stock them both at...

Hi there, About to start planing my small decking project, now i have built my sleeper retaining wall. I think the largest joist i can get away with are 3*2. I have been in contact with my local jewson's and they have offered me some kiln dried treated timber. I was wondering is the fact its...

Hi. Sorry if this has been asked before. Im going to be laying some new decking in the garden and have a small retaining wall, not sure if it actually holds anything back. At the moment this wall is 500mm high and 6M long, split in the middle for steps up to lawn. It is made from old used...

Hope this is in the right section. I have got to fit a cooker hood in my kitchen, before i can open out my kitchen into a new extension. I just have a couple of question with regards them. a)If it is a chimney type and i need to exit the ducting from the right hand side of it. What do I do with...

Hi all, Hopefully I can explain my problem. We have a Baxi solo2 RS boiler. This morning it hadn’t fired up(has happened before). A while ago it wouldn’t fire up and kept tripping out. When it attempted to fire up, there was a lot of clicking noises coming from the boiler sometimes firing...

Sorry if this is silly question. I need to remove the old paint from my bathroom walls, before i tile it completely. What is the best way of removing it. Do i just need to stand there and scrap it all off with my paint scrapper? It is all I have been doing but seems to take an age. Is there a...

Hi there, new here so please be gentle... I have a Baxi solo 2 range ( i think) will double check to night. I have been having a problem with it for the last few days were the over-heat safety device cuts in, and the pilot light goes out. I just re-set the boiler and re-light it and it seems to...