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Hi there, I'd be grateful if someone could direct me to an easy way to rejoin 8mm LED strip lighting? Do I just use one of these...

We're having a work surface installed in front of pipework below the boiler in the kitchen. It'll need to be removable in case we need access to pipework etc. One side and the back of it will be curved to go around pipes, and the water tank. We'd like a small (inch or so perhaps) upstand at the...

This is the corner of our kitchen. The wall itself is underground and damp, but we're currently focusing on what to do with the 2 trickles of water coming out of the wall in the corner at the bottom. We're thinking to collect it and put in a drain to take it out of the room - how best to...

Hi all, We're having a new kitchen extractor fan installed - it'll be just above and to the side of the cooker, venting directly through a wall, approx half a metre thick, to the outside. We want something really quiet, that looks simple, so are thinking of buying this: Envirovent Silent Design...

We're having a new kitchen installed, partly because stud and board lining is trapping damp air and causing smelly condensation. Prev post: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/underground-damp-kitchen-wall-membrane-and-stud-tanking-or-just-tile.615262/ We need to get the walls flat enough to fix...

Hi all, We've a smelly kitchen, tiles starting to fall off. Walls are rubblestone, uneven, plastered (some tiled) We don't currently have an extractor -One underground wall is studded out to halfway along it, boarded and tiled - we've not yet had the units off to see behind, but suspect damp...

My maths brain is failing this evening! Hardiebacker onto stud frame -max 600mm centres -200mm screw spacing 7 boards, each 800mm by 1200mm Can anyone estimate how many hardiebacker screws I need? Many many thanks (one for each screw!)

Hi all, I've a Bristan shower mixer which I want to reuse - it works fine, but I'm wondering if the slots - in the circle in the middle of the back - indicate that there's a piece missing to fix it into - a backplate? I can't see anything on the body where a grubscrew would go. If so - any ideas...

Hi there, I just wanted to check it's not something I can check before I get an engineer out... Basically the system boiler isn't heating the water for the hot water tank as hot as it used to. Details: Worcester Bosch Greenstar 35 CDi Classic, about 4 years old, serviced annually by the local...

I have an acrylic bath that I really don't want to drill a hole in, so I'm thinking to attach a flexible waste, run that though and under the floorboard, back up the other side, and join into the T connection. I'd welcome any thoughts, particularly: -Can I use the flexible loop under the...

Hi all, The handle on the Woodwarm woodburner door has become very stiff - it's the handle and catch itself - it's stiff whether it's open or closed, so it's not a problem with the door or seal. Ordinarily I'd clean and lubricate something like this with WD40, but I'm thinking that may be a...

Hi all, I've splashed out on a new bath like this one: https://victoriaplum.com/product/mode-tate-freestanding-bath-black-1500-x-700 Twin skinned freestanding bath Outer black colour Reinforced with fibreglass for rigidity Made from high quality acrylic I need to make a 40mm hole in the outer...

Hi all, I've a pumped loop for hot water (long distance from tank to shower) - it's currently controlled by a traditional Drayton timer like this: https://www.draytoncontrols.co.uk/products/time-controls/lifestyle/lp111 Is there an easy way to have a switch that I could use remotely from...

I'm keen to know as I'm about to put in the waste run for a new shower. The waste run is shower - basin - bath - soil pipe. Even with the fall on the waste from the shower, if the bath is full and the plug pulled, then the water level is above the level of the shower base, so I'm curious - why...

Hi all, I've a Shower mixer to help a handyman to install, The shower is a Maina: https://www.diy.com/departments/maina-chrome-effect-mixer-shower/1618581_BQ.prd It seems like a poor product, but I've got it and would like to give it a try. It looks like I need to replace the z connectors with...

We discovered that the wall we plan to tile for a shower is topcoat plaster onto cork tiles onto lime plaster onto laths. It's pretty wonky. What should we do? Thanks for your thoughts, Stephen

Hi all, I'm having a car charger installed. The organisational process is complex - I talk to the project co-ordinator, who talks to the technical manager, who talks to the installing company. The project co-ordinator has raised the issue that the installers might need to do some...

Hi all, Thanks for your thoughts on this: I've used cement board and then BAL tanked for shower walls before. I've got someone coming in to redo our bathroom who is suggesting he'd use Aquaboard: https://www.siniat.co.uk/en/products-and-systems/products/internal-boards/10-aqua-board. I've...

I do seem to like making life hard for myself! What screw spacing do I need for this sheet of plasterboard: - In general? - Around the cutouts? I know I'll put thousands in if I don't ask advice first! Many thanks, Stephen

I've seen quite a few circling threads about racism in the UK on the forum recently, and what seems to be missing is information. So here's an invitation to simply post in this thread links to factual information about racism - historical and current, so maybe we can read a bit more history, and...