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Hi, I want to insulate my garage roof rafters and the timbers attached at at 45degrees in the picture will make the job a pain but I was wondering if they are actually structurally required, or were they just used in the construction of the roof and just left attached?

Some help diagnosing how to fix this would be appreciated. (new build house) About a month ago we had a plumber install a shock arrestor to our washing machine supply as it was banging when the water shut of abruptly. Issue fixed, but ever since then another issue has popped up: When we turn...

I am installing a new bottom outlet toilet to a soil pipe which runs through the concrete in the floor. How do I connect the two together? There is zero clearance between the pan exit and floor level. Is some sort of putty needed?

I am redecorating our house. Most of the houses woodwork is fine but some needs re glossing. I don't want to completely re gloss every bit in the entire house, but just do what needs doing without there being an obvious difference between the old and the very white new gloss. How can I match the...

I am replacing our toilet and the soil pipe exit straight below the pan into the drain underground. I am having trouble locating a replacement. Where could I get one? Are they rare? Do they have a special name? Many thanks.

We have recently put down an engineers wood floor - oiled oak. The thresholds which I am about to put down are unfinished so I need to finish them. What oil should I use? I have some danish oil - will that do?

So I'm installing a new shower with thermostatic valve in my bathroom. The pipes that fed the old shower are grey pushfit pipes (speedfit?). The new shower valve is quite a weighty unit with no screw holes for mounting or anything, so I'm guessing will have to be supported by the pipes...

I filled some holes in my concrete floor about a week ago. I bought one of these ready to mix bags. The concrete still hasn't gone off though. When I scratch the top of it with my nail, I can scratch some off. What have I done wrong?

I have some holes in my concrete kitchen floor, from 1 to 6 inches deep. The floor seems to have about a 1 inch black waterproof layer on top. I was going to fill the holes with 4:1 mix concrete, but I guess I'd need to re-seal the floor if I've broken the damp proof layer? Could I use bitumen...

Also posted in electrics forum, but some building questions also. I'm having an island fitted in my kitchen which needs power for a popup socket. The spark came today and we chased out the concrete floor with his diamond chaser. The cut slab cam up in 1 piece but I have 2 questions- 1...

I'm having an island fitted in my kitchen which needs power for a popup socket. The spark came today and we chased out the concrete floor with his diamond chaser. The cut slab cam up in 1 piece but I have 2 questions- 1. What conduit should we use? (i'm concerned the white plastic stuff might...

My new house has (for some reason) in the kitchen, 2 rows of low voltage downlights and 1 row of mains voltage. Would there be any problem with buying all low voltage units, and just leaving out the transformer and putting in a mains bulb in 3 of them (i.e. just using the units themselves) or...

Plumbers installed a new radiator and chased the pipe into the floor. How do I now fill it? Is there any specific prep work I need to do first? Any special sort of concrete to use? Ta.

In the kitchen of the house I've just bought, all the tiles by the doorway were broken. When I was lifting all of them to re-tile (we're getting a new kitchen too) the concrete just fell away, and underneath is what I suspect to be plaster! Now it is STILL DAMP also and I have a few questions-...

OK, so I'm looking at buying a house and went for a viewing today. It has been un-lived in for 1 year. There is water damage through the house though and lots of holes punched in the walls. I SUSPECT what's happened is the pipes have frozen and burst during the cold snap, leaking water, and...

I used laminate on my floor, just make sure it's the waterproof bathroom laminate. I left the expansion gap under the skirting so I had to lay the floor first, then fix the skirting, then tile up to the skirting. I put the bath in first before anything else (no point in tiling behind it or...

Hey all, http://www.geocities.com/albopalbo/ Thought some of you might be interested in taking a look at what I've been up to the past 6 months. Nearly finished now..... The pics aren't completely up to date, but you get the picture :D

Hi all, I need to tile some boxing in and the tiles will butt up to the floor. Is there some finishing strip I should use? I couyld always butt them up to the floor, but I'm not sure how good it would look, especially when the grouts in there. Thanks

Hi, I'm coming to the end of a renovation project, with just the kitchen to go. I will be tiling the floor, but have a question about the floor surface... there used to bve some horrible carpet on the floor (like the carpet tiles) and all the foam off the back has welded itself to the...