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Hi all, hope someone can help! I'm not in the roofing game so this has got me baffled. Got a weird potential leak in my house which is a mid 1940s. Concrete tiles no roofing felt. So on one of the rooms closest to the gable end its where the room goes into the ceiling of you know what I mean...

Probably a simple question but will soon be building new extension over existing garage. The garage already has deep enough footings as it was built with this in mind. Anyway it's a single skin block garage. So when bricking the inner skin with block what options have I got to tie the old with...

been a while! So I'm looking at a lighting solution for my driveway. I don't really want a stupidly bright light that will upset the neighbours, ideally looking to have a light that will dimly light up a driveway so the missus can see where she is going. Just a little subtle light but enough...

Moving into a new house and the previous occupants cladded the old ceiling with some tongue and groove. This could be to cover up some cracking or whatever. What I wanted to do to save ripping it all down was to overboard this with 12.5mm P/B then skim it. Only thing is the the cladding is...

Looking at a house and seems like a fair amount of structural work has taken place. Main one being the wall between the two reception rooms has been taken down. Now I may be wrong and the planning has been sought and is up to standard, looks like a beam has been put in which is a good start! If...

Does anyone else get real narked off with this term. Does it actually exist as it definitely is not a specific trade so where did it derive from? I always thought a builder would be more inclined to be a chippy and also does bricklaying. Maybe also the English equivilant of a 'contactor' in...

Got myself into a bit of a pickle with a dodgy corner. They are not very plumb and tiling leave a massive void down the corner. The tiles are big 400x250. There is a patterned tiling arrangement which means I can just chop down the tile to fit as it will look rubbish. What I have done is laid...

OK Heres the deal. Got some windows to fit about 7. Now I'm just wondering if its worth all the hassel of going through Building Regs/Fensa to approve my work or would the easier option be to get some window fitters in? I've got no problems fitting the windows myself its just all the miles of...

OK Is it me or does anyone else struggle bending 22mm copper pipe? I can start the bend off with one arm of the bender on the floor and doing it that way. Anyone strong enough to use just their arms? I do go to the gym but find this exercise impossible at the moment. Would love to use just the...

Anyone got one? seen someone use it and thought that would come real handy! The flexible camera will give you live footage of whats going on under floorboards behind walls etc, save you ripping up walls and floor just to take a peak. Would be an extravagant tool to buy but its a cool gadget too...

Been using the same tub for over a while now and just realised its been past its use by date on the bottom of it by a good 6 months! I've not had much problem with it bonding what I need it to and no leaks yet. Anyone had issues with out of date solvent cement?

Need to tank my shower area with the WP1 Showewr proofing kit. The only place local to me that seems to sell it is Topps Tiles and they are doing it for £75! I'm pretty sure some people were able to get it for much cheaper but was not sure where from? Any Ideas? Cheers

looking into getting a nice set because at the moment I'm currently using two drills to pilot and screw! The flip driver will be the perfect answer. Has anyone got experiences using the Trend 4 Pce set? I already have there normal countersinks and they are not too bad. Also looked at the...

I need to isolate the immersion cable that fed the old hot water tank. Needs to be completely removed as a new shower is going in that place. the old switch is still attached to the wall Its still live and I have traced it under the floor boards but not sure where it goes from there. What's the...

Well I'm putting in a shower in the corner of my bathroom where the old hot water tank was. I ripped it all out and where I thought would be floorboards is filled with concrete! See pics: As you can see I've taken a corner section out to see how deep and see whats actually holding the...

Was well chuffed with my bit of bossing so thought I'd upload a couple of pics here, was thinking of putting it in projects but thought it be more appropriate here. Obviously not pro but not bad I thought for a first attempt. Takes it out of you I tell you and that was only Code 4! :lol...

I think I bit off too much today and thought I could do a whole wall which was about 8'x16'. By the time I finished one mix and I'm no pro I had no time to go over the begining to flatten out the lines as it took too long to get the mix on. How do you pros manage big areas? Obviously small...

Got a ceiling with an Artex sort of stipple. Looks like hard work to get a flat on this. Any ideas what the best way to tackle this? I was thinking taking high spots off, unibond and a couple of thick coats of multi? Even thought about cheating and boarding it out? Any other suggestions...

Was ripping up some board in a new converted loft and spotted this: Excuse my bad attempt but never had a phone with me to take a pic. Basically under the floorboard is like a V shaped support of some sort which span the length of the room. Not sure why it was there or what it was holding...

Anyone purchased one from them? They seem cheap enough (Toolstation cheaper) Cant find a manufacturer name from them, and since its got to fit into a tight budget I don't really want to get a Stelrad if I can get away with the above. Cheers!