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Would like to lay a solid wood floor throughout upstairs rooms but wonder if it's a good idea in terms of noise, insulation etc. Carpet would be the easy option, but I do like a nice bit of oak. Anyone got any views?

Having my bathroom re-done at the moment. As seems common, my sub-floor is 18mm T&G chipboard. I need to cut some areas out for access to the radiator pipes and to make a repair - boards are nailed down, rather than screwed. As the floor creaks where a couple of the joints are, I also want to...

Got an old Black and Decker drill which has done a good job for me over the years. Unfortunately, I've knackered the charger. Nothing wrong with the drill or battery, though. Instead of buying a new charger for stupid money, thought I'd get myself a new drill which comes with a charger that will...

Hello all, I have a shower pump fitted in the airing cupboard in our main bathroom, which pumps to the shower in our en-suite. I now want to ‘T’ in to the pipework and fit a shower in the bathroom. Because of the confined space and existing layout of pipes in the airing cupboard, it would be...

Hi, Want to box some pipework in in my downstairs cloakroom and then tile over the top. Can I use MDF for this as it's unlikely to get wet (only a basin and WC in there)? Or should I play it safe and use marine ply or some such? Thanks in advance, Adrian

Hi, Virtually all the upstairs rooms in my house have got small cracks in the ceiling where the sections of plasterboard meet - so effectively you can see the outline of where each piece of plasterboard was fixed to the joists. Is it possible to fill these cracks and repaint, and if so...

Hi, Had a leak today in the upstairs bathroom which resulted in water dripping through the kitchen ceiling where the light is. Not sure what to do about it. If I switch the light on there's a buzzing noise which wasn't there before. Seems like the water has got into the light itself (four...

I'm going to need to run some flexible hose to carry hot water from my utility room sink to kitchen sink. Can I use two washing machine inlet hoses coupled together instead of Speedfit flexible hose? Would be a lot cheaper but wonder of there are any good reasons why not. Thanks in advance...

I want to tee in to an exisitng copper hot water pipe. Seems the easiest way to do this would be using plastic push fittings. However, I'm a bit confused as to whether you can use a plastic T fitting directly with copper piping, or whether you can only use the plastic T fitting with plastic...

My cold water runs great - in fact, so great I get bad water hammer when I use the dishwasher. The hot on the other hand is pathetic. Pressure in the utility - the other side of the wall - is pretty even. Have just had a new kitchen fitted but to be fair the old freestanding dishwasher I had...

Hi, New to the forum but looks like I might be in the right place for some help. I recently had a new kitchen and utility installed, and had a monobloc tap installed in both (same tap). The tap in the utility works fine and the flow rate when switched between full hot and full cold is...