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Hi All. Got this old wardrobe, would like to paint it as thesame colour as the wall, the wall paint can be used on wood also. My question is, can I just use a roller to apply the paint. The stain on the wardrobe doesn't appear to be oily as its an old wardrobe made of oak and extremely heavy...

Hi, Installed LVT on concrete subbase, as I did not want to remove the door frames etc, I have ended up in a situation where there are gaps between the floor and the corners. Thanks in advance.

Hi All. I have an ideal logic 24 combi boiler, recently I have noticed that the overflow pipe starts to gush out a lot of water at regular intervals and the boiler is vibrating a lot when the water is being discharged. I noticed this 2 weeks ago, the pressure refill valve is in the closed...

Hello Everyone Just going through the design of a house with 3 showers, no bath. We are proposing to use a Vaillant 938 as there is no space for a cylinder unless we create an extension for the cylinder. The flow rate is 20L per minute from the kitchen tap, does anyone know if Vaillant 938 is...

Hi All. I have got some damp issues that needs to be resolved. Based on the damp report the specialist created and my own understanding also. I am a little confused as to what the way forward is. I am always wary of damp companies and wanting to do unnecessary works. The house is a mid terrace...

Hi All. I am wondering if anyone knows what the purpose of the item on the exterior of the property is and what purpose it serves. Thanks.

Hi All. I am trying to get a nice straight line by door frame corners and the wall, and the technique I hvae always read about is to tape off one side, then paint and remove the tape. This way you will be left with a straight line. I have not been so lucky, I painted the skirting dark grey...

Hi All. I have just wired the Heatmiser UH8RF on the neostat v2 thermostats which are wired, from what I have just been told the UH8RF only works with the wireless thermostats. This brings me to my next question, can I use a nest or hive wired thermostat to control the following. Underfloor...

Hello. We have had an extension and major works 2 years ago, got a crack line running across the ceiling, it was about 3 - 4m long, one was 3m long and the other 4m long. I filled it last year and sanded It but I think my filler mixing was bad, the filling doesn't stick and after a few days...

I am thinking of building a retaining wall for a proposed patio. I was wondering if the retaining wall needs to be arranged as a double skin wall or if a single skin wall will suffice. Any other precautions that I need to take with the building of the wall. I intent to use the left over class 2...

Hi, A plate has just been fitted onto the wall of a friends house to hold the front elevation wall in place and to stop it from bowing. Now he wants to render the wall, but was wondering what needs to be done so that the render can cover the plates etc. Is there like a coving that can be used...

Hi All. I have a wall that appears to be bulging, the front elevation wall is bowing and coming off the party wall. The loose bricks were taken out, re-laid and the wall plastered. As an extra measure, I am proposing using a wide angle bracket to hold the party wall and the front elevation wall...

Hi, We are renovating a house and have noticed that the existing single storey outrigger doesnt have a foundation and DPC, there is nothing that can be done about the foundation bit because of the adjoining property in the terrace, however I am keen to prevent damp issues and was wondering...

Hello. I havw a karcher K4 eco model. I find it useless in the last year or so. I know about the airlock issue and the process of running water through the system for like 5 mins. I have done this several times, and what I find is that I need to take these steps for like 3/4 weeks and one day...

Hi All I have a system boiler setup, S plan with underfloor heating on one side, unvented hot water cylinder and radiators on another zone. Whenever the hot water cylinder is on, the tundish and the condensing pipe is constantly leaking water. I looked at the stats on the cylinder and it was...

Hi All. Helping a friend check the condition of his house, he noticed that part of the kitchen flooring appears to be weak when stepped upon, I then asked him if I can remove the vinyl flooring to help check what is lurking beneath. suprise suprise, it looks like the floorboard has rotted...

Hi All. At a friends house, I pointed out damp issues to him. Its a terrace house and it has not been habited for about 6 months or more, windows locked etc. He just bought the property. The wall paper is peeling off internally. He also informed me that there was some kind of damp treatment...

Hi All. WE have got underfloor heating on the entire groundfloor of the house, it was done to building regulations spec that is the insulation which if i remember is 100mm celotex, and a screed of 70mm + tiling. The problem now is that it cost a fortune in gas to heat the space, there are 4...

Hi, During the construction of my extension, i specified that I wanted a ceiling extractor fan, whilst this sounded like a good idea at the time, I am starting to have second thoughts ? You may ask why ? Everytime the extractor fan lets in cold air even when its not on, what I expected was...

Hi All. I will like to know how to fix wonky ceiling/wall corners like the one pictured below. My thinking is that if i caulk it to make it nice and straight then i can paint it, on the other hand I am thinking the walls are new stud walls and not sure if its a good idea to put caulk on it...