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We have had longstanding issues with water hammer with the pipework in our house, but since I replaced the toilet and fitted a new isolating valve to it we've problems with singing pipes when taps are being used. I've drained the system to try to get some air in any chambers to ease things...

I'm looking to fit a cooker hood in my kitchen & will need to core drill the wall. The wall itself is a fairly loose concrete aggregate, but from working on the same wall upstairs I know there's at least one precast pillar embedded in it, which I'm assuming is steel reinforced. Clearly I...

I've had to remove the external trim from my UPVC kitchen door to replace the sealant which had failed. The old trim (which snapped when getting it off) seemed to be attached by a combination of sealant and a thin line of glue/cement. Can anyone recommend the best way to attach the new trim...

After some very heavy rainfall at the weekend I noticed some damp patches on the hallway wall. Looking at the outside of the house, the corner is saturated. I thought it must be a problem with the guttering, but I've had a bloke look at them and they seem fine. He reckons the water is running...

Hi, A few of our windows (reasonably old UPVC) aren't closing properly because their plastic sliders/brackets have broken inside the channel that runs up each side (don't know the terminology I'm afraid :? but hopefully this hard to make out picture will help): I'm hoping you good...

I need to fit a (preferably ceiling mounted) extractor fan in my bathroom but I can't decide which is the best way to do it. Can they be vented OK through a soffit or do they have to go through the roof itself? I'd prefer to put it through the soffit as it seems like it would be less...

Hello, The interior ledges of the windows in my house have been tiled (badly) and I'm looking to replace them with wooden window ledges, which I'll then paint. Not having any experience in this area I'd appreciate some tips as to: Which type of wood to use Best way to cut it How to...

The paint on the floor of my concrete porch has started to flake and I need to repaint it. Can anyone recommend what type of paint I should use for the job? I was originally looking at floor paints but they only seem to come in red or grey at the local sheds & I could do with it being black...

Need a couple of concrete roof tiles replacing. What ballpark price should I expect to pay someone to do this?

Just had the house I'm doing up boarded & skimmed. It used to be damp so we spent ages injecting it all to get it dry first. It's been two weeks since it was done & suddenly circular damp patches have appeared on one wall where the dot & dab adhesive is. The wall in question was previously...

Looking at potentially buying a concrete built former council house. It was built in the 1950s and is in the Lancaster area. A few people have warned me about the potential structural problems with concrete houses, but I'm not sure if this applies to all designs / areas. We have just had a...

I'm drylining my living room and have boarded it out ready for a plasterer to skim it. A couple of the plasterboard edges have been a bit damaged when I've put them in: The lower edges of the boards that were sat on the packers are a bit 'flappy' in parts, where the paper has come away from...

I need to fit a door to the underside of my stairs but the height is slightly less than the standard 1981mm doors on the market - I need around 1940mm height. Width wise I am restricted to around 610 but I believe this is one of the standard sizes. Could anyone recommend which style of door I...