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we had a new shower fitted last year - for various reasons only just using now. when i turned it on the other day it was scolding hot and wouldnt turn down. so realised they may not have been balanced. (certainly not checked knowing the guy who fitted it) I took the tap end of and turned the...

We have a GRP Topseal flat roof. It is a flat roof within a parapet wall - so meets brick on asll 4 sides..As far as I can tell it looks to me like the mat and bonding have just been ran up the wall...(there are water stains in the corner of the ceiling) I assume there should have been a C and D...

Stripped the wallpaper and had the stair walls skimmed (couldnt remove the skirting first as part of the stairs!) the previous owner had obviously had a bit of work done before before papering over, he had tough bonding mix and so could not easily have been taken off. Anyway after the skim its...

We have a surround (just the surround) that we are putting into one of the rooms at some point, but I have notice it is bent out of shape slightly, and so wont go flush to wall and I mean close to an inch plus out. I can put it on the wall and plaster board upto it as an option, or somehow...

just wondering what your thoughts were on this. Basically when it came to replacing the sash we noticed the window box had moved, which also explained the bulging plaster around it. Anyway, when the builder was up on the roof he could see the wall bulges outwards to the left of the window, it...

Hello - I recently bought a pair of these http://www.wickes.co.uk/Framed-Ledged-and-Braced-Gate/invt/187709 yes, i know get what you pay for!!!! Anyway, i did treat them with cuprinol total before hanging, but they have swelled and moved beyond just making a few minor adjustments...

Floor is currently just concrete, not exactly the most even in places and obviously constantly dusty - but i was going to get some cheapo offcut of lino and put it down just as a covering - never drive into it. Does it need to be stuck down though, as i dont want it to be ball to take out in...

Just a quick one, i took off one of the plug sockets to fill some cracks and paint around yesterday (Note - I turned off the downstairs sockets at the fuse box) . Whilst doing this, at some point i either caught one of the earth with my filling trowel or possibly two of them touched by accident...

Not sure if these should be in here or decorating :oops: Anyway, i have a brand new wooden front door - before hanging it i will be painting it. Obviously it doesnt need sanding or stripping like an old one, however do i need to prime it still ?? before painting - does the exterior face of...

I have some small patching to do, after removing an outside door frame - its a few very small areas, literally half a dozen or so fag packet sized chunks - so giving it a go myself. my plan is to do a sand / cement basecoat, dry and score. im going to use Tryolean and a roughcaster to...

Quick question - possibly?? already have a hob that comes with 6 mm flexi and now have a double oven that i was going to use 10mm cable for . Running both via junction box. However as you will know thats a whole lot of cable to be fitted in there :oops: So is there a bigger junction box...

My recently laid concrete floor is a little lumpy and bumpy in places and slightly higher here and there - it is roughly (there or thereabouts) level with the existing wooden floor. Should it really be screeded and levelled so its smooth and level or do you think a decent tiler (not me)...

I have a fairly hefty couple of steel stansions and girder running across the kitchen. At some point i will get someone in to part p the lot, However will this thing need bonding and therefore should i wait before plastering it up?

Just ran some pipe down the wall, where the new sink etc will go. Should the pipes coming down the wall be chased in (15mm) or will a thicker dot and dab bring it out far enough to conceal the pipe?

Im thinking of putting a toilet under the stairs, i do have a soil pipe in the garage (which is the other side of the wall) that was left accesible in the corner for this very reason. However it cant vent up as there is a bedroom above it now. So i could either a) Just not vent the...

has anyone used these before http://www.strongtie.co.uk/pdf/JHA.pdf the below support model i have an steel beam running across the kitchen, on top of the beam runs the brick wall so i can sit the joists on it but would prefer them to be lower than the beam so that the floor level will be...