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Hi folks I'm trying to fit a cls door lining but because I'm taping and filling rather than skimming, the lack of skim (circa 2 x 3mm) means the door lining protrudes 3mm each side. What's the best way to deal with the protrusion? Cutting 6mm off the timber is going to be fiddly and risk...

Hi everyone, I'm refurbing my downstairs bathroom / cloakroom and need to install a small stud wall and door lining at the entrance. The old for was a bifold to avoid hitting the sink inside, but not keen to go down that route. Do is it acceptable to have an outward opening door instead? I've...

Hi fellas, I've been researching lighting circuit setups and have read about junction box and loop in variants. Having checked a light in my cloakroom I seem to have one love but two neutrals coming in to the fitting. My understanding was it'd either have one cable coming in, or two, not one...

Hey all, I live in a 1930s house and need to find a door to match, or close to, existing. Have searched 1930s internal doors but all come up with the one over three panel doors. Can anyone help identify the door in the photo attached to help me search for one similar, or advise where I might...

Hey fellas, My bathroom extractor has stopped working so looking to replace. Broken one is a Manrose 41379 timer version so looks like 100mm size. In terms of replacement I checked Toolstation and Screwfix as a convenient and cheap option but they're coming up about £80 compared to this...

Morning all, I've had a bit of water ingress under my house (observed in the crawl space) and have tracked it back to the soil pipe outside. Picture is below but essentially a cast iron pipe dropping into a clay collar which then drops into a clay pipe and these two look to have a rubber (?)...

Hi folks, 30 minutes ago the sockets in my house lost power. Checked fuse box and RCD had tripped. Tried to reset it and it keeps flicking straight back off. If I understand things correctly, the RCD serves the MCBs to the left of it (garage door, garage and dining room lights, downstairs ring...

Hi folks, I've been stripping the floor to ceiling tiles off my utility room and have encountered one wall where the underlying plaster is mega powdery (see video link below if it works) https://photos.app.goo.gl/foKExvjq2Zf5fNqW7 My plan was to dot and dab over that wall but with how bad...

Hi folks, I've been removing the floor to ceiling tiling in a small utility area in my house. Now i'm left with rough walls that I want to get ready for painting. Is the best option to dot and dab over the walls as they stand? Or do I need to take it back to brick? Of is there a better way? Thanks

Hi folks, an led bulb has gone in my bathroom but in pulling it out of the ceiling it seems to be a complete unit. Can anyone direct me on a replacement for one of these? Does the whole unit get replaced because I can't figure out how to access the bulb inside if not. And I can see how to...

Hi folks, Last year I had some work done on my chimney breast to convert it from the old stone work, to a new flat and painted one (pics below). I now want to mount my 55" TV on there but i'm conscious of the weight of it and don't want to just fix into the plasterboard. (should have thought...

Hi guys, this may be in the wrong section by virtue of the fact I haven't got a clue what I'm looking at, but seemed the best place to start... I have these unidentified little white boxes ( for want of a better term) in my house with wires going to them, but I've no idea what they are. Anyone...

Hi folks, I want to remove a small sink from a bedroom in our house. The pipes leading off to the right of the attached picture are the water supplies for the sink so obviously will need them capping off. I understand this isn't a job for a DIYer so plan to get a plumber in but want to make...

Hi folks, I'm slowly working through my 1930s house and modernising it and whilst a confident DIYer, i'm struggling to match wood for the skirting and floorboards so wondered if anyone on here can help me track them down please? NB: the requirement is for a small patch in both cases so ripping...

Hi folks, We are currently purchasing a house and when we viewed we noticed that the boiler looked ancient. We eventually agreed a price and have got down the line, surveys done etc... Anyway we found from the survey that the vendor a) doesn't know when the boiler was installed and b) has...

Hi folks, Keen DIYer here - have recently purchased some planed American white oak to use as a handrail up the stairs.... The wood, despite being planed, is still a little bit rough to run your hand up. So I would like ideas on how to make it smooth enough to stop splinters and not feel rough...

Hi folks, Recently purchased a playhouse for my daughter and want to line one of the walls with wood and then paint up as a blackboard for her. Am I best off using ply, mdf or something else in terms of simplicity to paint with the blackboard paint and weather resistance (although it is...

Hi folks, I have just brought my daughter a wood play house to go in the garden. We used some of that Curpinol Garden Shades on it to make it look nice and (perhaps stupidly) thought that the "4 years protection" on the tin might mean it was a treatment to protect from rot. Anyway on closer...

Afternoon guys, Have recently tried to replace my sink waste and have this one to do it with: http://www.screwfix.com/p/basin-waste-chrome-plug/57911 But the waste pipes that are in place don't fit on to the screw fitting on that waste. Can anyone advise / recommend / link to a u-bend...

Hi folks, I am currently swapping the sockets / switches in my recently refurbed kitchen for fancy stainless ones.... I currently have one of these switches: The switch goes to a double socket behind one of the base units that my oven plugs into. Since I can't seem to find a...