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Hi I have a section of wall - one under the cupboards in. Rather than spending money/time dealing with getting it perfect, as it’s to be painted - I was going to overboard. Wall is an outside wall therefore dot and dabbed. Obvs I can’t fix with screws - do I need to use dot and dab or can...

Hi …. I’m currently trying to remodel my parents tiny kitchen in their 15 year old house.. I would like to block up the rear kitchen door, just don’t know if it would meet with regulations. The room next door is the living room which has patio doors leading into a conservatory, plus the...

Hi Have recently ripped down my conservatory and demolished the dwarf wall, current al that remains it the base and bottom courses of bricks, the same height as the base. A builder has told me I can straight over the base with slabs, saves ripping it all out ?? Any thoughts - can add pictures...

Hi - looking to build a 3 brick high retaining wall - intended it to be 2 wide eithba solider course on the top - it will be approx 8m long How deep should I go with the footings ?? It is to replace existing sleeper holding back grass, although I’m going to move grass towards house (sleepers...

Hi Looking to replace my conservatory roof with a lightweight solid roof, but st the same time I really don’t want it to continue to look like a conservatory with a solid roof. My plans are to remove some of the existing windows and put some brick piers in ! Would exisiting foundations take...

hi I've recently had an amtico floor laid in my kitchen - looked fab but ...... I have recently got a puppy and the lovely light coloured floor is driving me nuts - yes I could clean it countless times a day, but I am seriously considering replacing it with something darker ! Can amtico be...

Help - trying to find out where to download a manual for a Easy Logic 100rpm washing machine - it's less than a year old, but tennants have vacated, and I need to get a replacement manual. I'm pretty sure I purchased it from B&Q, but when I search on the internet, both Hoover and Servis come up...

Looking for your thoughts - any would be most appreciated... Have a central heating system (in a tenanted house) with two actuators (valves)... I have recently had the whole system rewired (as it wasn't working property) with the exception of the wire to the thermostat. All seemed...

HAVE POSTED THIS ON PLUMBING FORUM - PLEASE SEE ANSWERS SO FAR - HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO PUT ON BUILDING FORUM - ANY THOUGHTS / VIEWS WOULD BE APPRECIATED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My aunt has lived in her house for about the last 18...

simple as that - does anybody have any ideas many thanks

My aunt has lived in her house for about the last 18 months... The house has had an extension, and one of the rooms is for her three dogs !! She today noticed that their bedding was wet - in one place - water nothing to do with the dogs - not wringing wet, but very very damp. The wall is...

I'm currently in the process of renovating a 1940 / 50's Ex Council House... On deciding to lightly sand the door frames to enable a better base for painting - I have discovered that the door frames are metal ?? I have never seen, or heard of this before.. We had considered...