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Hello I am building a raised bed in my garden which will be used to plant flowers. I will be using scaffolding boards and off cuts of a fence post to hold them together. I was wondering what paint I could use to paint the wood? I have been using ronseal woodland trust paint, it says it has a...

Hello, I am erecting a gate in my garden which requires a post attaced to a wall. This post will not have the hinges on so it wont be taking the full weight of the gate but I was wondering the best way to secure the post to the wall? Is normal wall plugs and screws ok? Its not a very heavy post...

Hello I am building a corner cabinet to cover my fusebox which is at floor level. not having much experience with working with wood i fear i have bitten off more than I can chew. It wouldnt be such a problem if it was a basic triangle corner cabinet but because it has to...

Hello I was looking at re-pointing some brickwork as we are having issues with damp and i know there are gaps in the morter etc. After looking at it alot of the bricks on one side of the buildin are in bad condition and quite crumbly. There are quite a few and am quite aprehensive about...

Hello I need to cut cut straight lines and curves in a procelain tile to fit round a pipe. I dont have an angle grinder and I dont think it would be accurate enough to cut the curve. I have tryed using a carbide jigsaw bit but it only cut 2 inches before it gave up. would a diamond jigsaw...

Hello I have boxed in my toilet and I would like to tile it. The problem is I am using porcelain tiles and Im not sure how I am going to cut the hole for the flush? I dont want to have to go out and buy a spcialised tile cutter for just one hole so was wondering if there was a jigsaw bit I...

Hello I am currently in the process of replacing the old vinyl tiles in my bathroom. I have read that water is likely to seep through the seems, which makes sense, Although the old tiles didnt seem to be effected. I was just wondering, what with all the seems wether there is a product I could...

Hello I am looking for a bathroom heater but all I can find is the downflow kind which Im not keen on as I would prefer to have the heater at the bottom of the wall like a radiator. We dont have central heating so this is no an option. Any advise/links would be much apprecaited

Hello When fitting the bath my plumber used a shallow bath trap for the waste. This would have been ok if it wasn't for the cradle which was in the way. So instead of finding an alternative way he just forced it on meaning that both joints were cross threaded because it was at an...

Hello I am building a wooden frame in my bathroom and i was wondering what screws I should be using? it will be covered in aquapanel (and a little ply) I understand that moisture will still be able to get through aquapanel so should i use aquapanel screws for the frame? or will i get away...

The water pipe which supplies the water from the cistern to the bowl has a crack in it.It is a hidden cystern (not hidden yet). The pipe has 2 sections one which goes down the wall and the other connects that pipe to the bowl. It is the second pipe which has split at the join. Am i...

Hello Before I ask my question I would like to underline the fact that this is my first real joinery project, no prior exp! I am making a radiator cover for our nursery. Its by no means perfect but I am happy with it. The problem is there are a couple of bodges where I have made a mistake...

what would you treat a wooden frame in a bathroom with? It will have aqua board on it which will be tiled. There is also a small amount of ply in the bathroom which wont have direct water on it and will be painted. What should I use to treat this? Thanks in advance

Hello Im sure I know the answer to this already but was hoping that there may be an alternative? basically I have just installed a new shower bath (which has taken long enough already) and I notice when standing in the bath there are cracks in the seal around the edge. I have had...

Hello I have just installed a new electric shower but the power cable is about an inch too short to reach. What would be an acceptable way to lenghthen it? Any answers would be much appreciated but try to make them as detailed as possible because im new to all this. Thanks

Hello I was just trying to fit my shower on my newly tiled wall but when tightening the compression fixing the water pipe coming out of the wall bent. I guess I was putting too much pressure on it. Anyway, I have put an endcap on it and turned the water back on and there dosent appear to be...

Hello I have just had a showerbath and back to wall toilet with concealed cistern installed and would like some advice on how to box the cistern in. The problem is the toilet is very close to the path so I would like to find a way to make one side of the box curve with the bath, as I feel...

Hello I have 2 issues with damp in one room at the moment and was hoping to get some experienced advise. One patch of damp is in the corner and it looks like this is caused by the path outside the room is above the DPC The second patch of damp is where I removed a strip of plaster to...

Hello I am fixing a heavy bookshelf to the wall. This is not a free standing bookshelf, it will not be on the floor. I was wondering what wall plugs I should be using to support the weight? will the normal brown wallplugs do the trick or am I better off using sleeve anchors? The battons I...

Hello I am going to build a bookshelf which I plan to mount on a wall above a chest of draws. The shelf will be roughly 100cm in height and 66cm in width (give or take) The shelves will be ajustable. I am fairly new to DIY and I would like to know is the most secure way to secure this to...