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Hi All :D , I currently live in a 3 bed detached house with a detached garage adjacent. There's a gap of just a few feet between the house and garage. I'm looking into extending above the garage to add a 4th bedroom and also to join the garage to the house. Both house and garage are 25...

Hi, :D I've fitted a dimmable pull switch in my bathroom which works a treat but I'd also like to fit some low voltage LED lights also. I'd like them to be operated via the same pull switch as the main lights, so the main lights can be dimmed down to leave just the LEDs on. The dimmer is from...

Hi All, I've bought a bathroom basin from Homebase and chose the suspended pedestal option. It came with no fitting kit. Homebase tell me that there is no specific mounting bracket and that you just use standard fixings to fit the sink and pedestal to the wall. In their showroom display, the...

Hi, My washer dryer is playing up. When I switch it on and select a cycle the led flashes three times quickly then stays on and the door locks. But then nothing happens, no wash and no dry. This is the same for all programs. The water supply is on and I've also replaced the main board...

Hi All, Plumbing in a new gas hob but there's drawers in the cupboards either side so no great place to put the isolation valve. I think I'll put it low down behind a cut out section of the plinth under the oven (fitted below hob) unless anyone can offer a better suggestion ? Many thanks...

Hi All, I usually do my own electrics and planned to do the job described below and then get it inspected. I'm changing my old slot-in gas oven/hob unit for a built under electric double oven and separate gas hob. I've scoured the old posts with the search facility and found out some useful...

Hi All, Happy New Year. I have a single stack waste pipe system in my house where the waste stack is inside the house, boxed in. This box is stopping me fitting the size of bath that I want and my question is, being that the waste pipe above the upstairs toilet connection only carries air...

Hi All, Quick question about 2-way dimmers: Can I have a dimmer on both switches for a 2 way lighting circuit or do I need to have a normal switch at one end ? Thanks, P.J.

Hi All :D , I have a very old Thorn EMI gas boiler, wall mounted in the kitchen with a hot water tank. It has the control panel with timer on the front of the boiler. I don't want to change the boiler just yet as it's running fine but I do want to improve the level of control I have over...

Hi All, I need to run some 40mm waste pipe from a sink/washing machine out the wall and then about a foot underground for 3m to the gulley (to pass some french doors). Is that OK practice and do I need to bed it in something in particular like sand ? (I can get the required rate of fall to...

Hi All :D , I'd like some help on 2 issues please: 1. I can't find cavity closers the right size in my area. I've created a new external doorway in a brick/block cavity wall. Can I just cut some polystyrene bats to size and slot them into the cavity, then wire mesh round the reveal and...

Hi All, I've searched for this but couldn't find what I'm after. I'm bricking up an external 900 x 2100 doorway - I'm doing the block inner leaf and a pro's going to do the outer leaf. I've a few questions: 1. With the door gone, I have a concrete screed floor at the base, can I lay the...

Hi All, The french doors I have are to fit 1200 wide openeing, but the opening is 1340. I can cut the wall out below the window to 1200, but should I remove the outer leaf bricks that will need replacing in order to reduce the opening width before I fit the french doors, and is it feasible to...

Hi All, I'm fitting french doors where my kitchen window used to be and I've a couple of issues. The opening is about 1340mm wide and I'd like to cut that straight down and fit a similar width unit. B&Q have a 1200mm unit for about £400, but I'll have to build up each side of the wall to fill...

I have a concrete ground floor - 1980's 3 bed detached house. I need hot/cold water supply and waste water connection for an island kitchen sink unit and plan to cut a channerl in the floor to carry the pipes in a rectangular plastic conduit. Then screed back over the top. Floor will be...

Hi All, Any secrets in cutting and bonding dpc's to make a lintel tray ? Or is it a case of getting the appropriate bonding material and getting on with it ? Cheers, P.J.

Hi All, What should I use to cut this hole in 4" bricks and blocks please ? A 12" angle grinder or can I get away with a 10" ? Or is there some other method I'm missing ? Thanks, P.J.

Hi All, :D I'm moving my back door from the rear wall of my house to the side wall and I'd like to have it open outwards instead of inwards. If I fit the required sills etc, is there any other reason like fire escape regulations or unavoidable water ingress due to the design of the door/frame...

Hi All, I'm installing a catnic style lintel over a new door opening in the gable end of my house and I'd be grateful for some help: 1. I need to fit a d.p.c. over the lintel. What happens with the dpc at each end of the lintel ? Do I just cut it flush with the end or run it into the...

Hi All, :D I have a block pier, 800mm wide and 8 foot tall. This is supporting a beam which supports the first floor - no wall above. My structural engineer says it's fine, the building control guy agrees, albeit hesitantly and I'd definitely like to strengthen it up. After all, I don't want...