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Hi there. Recently have been trying to get my head around kitchen cabinet hinges. I have a cabinet door with some cheap hinges installed. I need the door to open further so bought a pair of Blum 170° hinges from Screwfix. Took the door off and trried to swap the hinges today but the Blum...

Hi all could you help please. I was thinking of putting a storage area on the side of my house. It runs along the side from the front back to the side door, the size is approximately 7m x 2m. I was hoping to get it deemed as permitted development as a covered walkway so also not requiring...

Hi there, I was hoping for some advice. I am looking for a very hi gloss white range of kitchen cabinets. The ones that I have seen in Wickes, B+Q, Magnet etc are shiny but you can still see the uneveness of the coating as if the coating is thin and the chipboard is showing through. I wondered...

Hi all I hope you can help. I have an attached outbuilding that I wish to convert to a habitable area. The outbuilding is of a single leaf with a concrete floor. The planned work is to fit an insulated floating floor with chipboard cover and kingspan insulted panels on the wall attached to...

I plan to lay a birch ply floor in my fitted wardrobes. The floor is uneven so will need to pack under the 18mm ply sheet. I would like to invisibly attach the sheet to the floor rather than screwing into place as if it was a MFC sheet. Also one corner end of the sheet will be over an old...

Folks I need some advice. We have had some work done by a cowboy whilst I was out of the country and he will not be repairing the problem. Anyhow he has put the shower waste outlet through the joists of the bathroom. The joists are 170mm x 55mm and he has cut 61 mm holes in the upper third...

Folks, sorry if this has been covered but the advise given seems to contradict itself in places. Firstly I want to semi convert my loft so that it is more friendly for storage as we are moving the central heating boiler to the loft. The loft will not be a permanent room as we will not be...

Folks, I am asking for a little feedback from the people working with these boilers day in and day out. We are changing or ancient system and have written quotes from 3 installers. The prices are near to each other so to aid the decision I would appreciated your views on the boilers...

I found that the corrugated asbestos/cement roof tiles appear to have blown during the freeze. I wen into the tool shed and found everything very wet, not damp. I cannot see any water ingress but the roof panels do have what I can only describe as small blisters of the roof that have partially...

I really have no idea as to the technicalities of roofing and need some clarity on the cause. The gutting for my house (semi detach) has a shared downpipe at the front and back. Both the running outlets leak badly and I think that the problem is due to the facia boards for each house not...

Where can I buy Vermiculite board as I want to line my fireplace with it rather than lining with firebrick. I plan to put in a firebasket with a gap of a couple of inches between the fireplace walls and the fire. Would most builders merchants stock it or is it a specialist product sourced...

Why does mortar not go off. I am at my wits end with this. I have tried to mortar up the brickwork around a window 4 times now and every time the mortar will no set. I have tried fresh cement, made sure all equipment inc water was clean and I even resorted to using a bag premixed mortar...

The plastering around the double glazing in the house we bought was horrendous and out of warranty. The plaster wasn't level with the existing plaster and they had even plastered over the wall paper. I dug out the plaster around the window frame which revealed that they just filled everything...

I just wondered if there was a standard height to clay firebacks? The fireplace will take either a 18" or 20" back (cannot remember the exact dimentions).

I have been tasked with putting up a new roller blind in the spare room. I took the old curtain rail down but the drill holes for the curtain rail are slightly further apart than where the blind holes need to be. The blind does not look right if I try to reposition it (either off center or too...

I am a complete noobie in Diynot.com so please forgive me if I have made any errors. I have a 1950's semi and the pointing below the DPC has been repointed at some time in the past. This repair has "blown" with some sections falling away. This prompted me to have a look at repointing the...

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