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Hi. This is my first post here and I was hoping for some advice. I've recently moved in to a new house, built around 1900-1910. It's a terraced house, and we're on the corner. One of the previous owners has done what I would describe as a "partial" loft conversion. It's not a "room" - it has a...

Does anyone have experience and advise on a good and cheap home insurance to use while house under renovation and vacant. tried few quotes online on gocompare etc.etc. but when selecting home under some work the website go mad and does not allow for any quote. I understand they are some...

Hi I have just finished building a small raised patio area. I was recommended by a handyman I know that I could lay a sand base and then just sprinkle some cement on before i laid each slab (400mm x 400mm) for stability. We laid a base of hardcore and then just about 1cm of sand, flattened it...

Hi, looking for some advice or ideas to make a project I have in mind come to life. I am looking to add clear acrylic covers to the shelving I have attached an image of below. Purpose: cover the fronts of my shelving to stop dust gathering on my ornaments, while also looking aesthetically like a...

Good Morning All, Im wondering if anyone may be able to help or advise please. I have an issue I believe is tied to a leak coming from the combi boiler (Biasi Riva Plus HE M296 28SMC, 2015 Model): Last night the RCD on my home electrical system consumer unit tripped, after much hunting...

Hi there I am installing a new 3rd gen Nest Thermostate which is replacing our old siemens RDE100.1 wireless one. On the wall the old seimens is has connectors that fit into slot on the wall. I have no idea what the zones are so i can't find which slot they go into on the nest. Can anyone...

Hi all I'm moving into a new house, we got it for a bargain because it's in pretty poor condition. Floor plan Photos I'm not sure about the order in which we should do work to it. The 'essentials' that need doing are: -Rip up the carpet and restore wooden floors (DIY) -Repair/replace any...

Hi all We're moving into a new victorian terraced house that needs a lot of work - double glazing, heating, floorboard etc - but the main thing we want to do is a kitchen side extension. From the sale of our previous house, we will end up with around £75k and the idea is to make sure we get the...

I appreciate things are hard to explain without pics but here goes. I have a square house with an attached square garage (just say it is the same size as the house) but this is set forward of the house by around 2 metres. I am building a small extension to the rear of the garage so back of house...

Ive recently gone self employed and just looking for some advice for the best places to advertise. Im currently signed up with Skillhouse directory and ive had 2 jobs from it this month, it cost me 35 pound to join for a month with no contract and choose my own working mile radius so im happy...

Hi folks Just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a log cabin company? Preferably with installation. I've read through older threads, looks like Dunster House and Kybotech are ones to avoid, and tuin cabinville garden life ok, but hoping for up to date/recent experiences. Many thanks

Hi, I’m new around here but I was just wondering if anyone would be able to give some advice. The black part in the picture is leaking and I was wondering if anyone knew what the exact name of this part was and if it would be possible to replace myself? I have replaced the motorised valves in...

Bit of a long story, but will try to cover the facts! Wall was professionally replastered September. Wall was sized with 3 coats of Contract Matt And Water 50/50 October. Wall was papered with Superfresco Easy (Paste the wall) December 5th. Come January 2nd, the edges of the paper have shrunk...

Hello all just looking for some wiring info on Drayton Wiser 2 Channel programmer and Im moving from Honeywell ST699 so sadly not a usable backplate. I wired up the Wiser (I hoped) using the wiring as shown in wire diagram. System switched on fine. When I held the Heating button for 3 seconds...

Hi there, I am hoping that one of you lovely folk can help me with some general i formation and advice regarding an old Ideal Mexico floor standing boiler please. We are interested in purchasing a house and in the old fireplace space in the kitchen is one of the boilers. Judging by the font...

I want someone to build me an all in one unit in a Spanish/Greek design in my kitchen. It will have holes for in built oven and open storage areas for fridge and pans etc. I’d also like the counter top to have a sink which looks to be part of the counter. The ones I’ve seen (photos attached so...

Hi all I'm looking for some advice on how to deal with my front garden. When we moved in four years ago there was a massive bush and the whole garden was covered in decorative stones (see image). I've chopped the bush down and what I really need is some help in dealing with the decorative...

I plan to install a bath - shower mixer tap. The cold and hot are the wrong way around, so i needed flexible hose to swap them. What i don't understand is how can i connect the flexible pipes to the 22mm end or the 15mm end to the receptive elbows shown in the below. As it currently has the...

Hi There, Im hoping for some advice with regards to router and a slot cutter I need to use a 2mm slot cutter to cut a slot for T moulding. So far so good However, thus us my first step into routing and I'm more then happy to have a crack but I'm confused by all the different terms...

So... I need some advice on my rights, what I should, how calm I should be. I have a lot of pictures and things in writing but no contract. We've employed a building firm to renovate our flat kitchen. (As yet we have paid nothing but were given a quote of £2.5k and around 8 days). The contractor...