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Can anybody help ID this board I have lining the interior walls of my house. Essentially I want to know if I’m dealing with asbestos or not. House is two hundred years old so from an age perspective it could be asbestos based. It is tough as nails, breaks cleanly (although needing an almighty...

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...

Hi, I’m a novice when it comes to DIY. Moving into a fixer upper I’ve had to learn on the job and so far have laid wood flooring, stone floor, tiled walls, skirting, loft boarding, garden fence etc but I’m a bit over my head when it comes to starting on the downstairs loo/bathroom. Do you...

Hi All, can you help? My tumble dryer water container isn't collecting all of the water from the machine therefore water is pooling in the chamber. Any ideas as to why this is happening and what I can do about it? Many thanks. Nick

Hi My husband and I have recently completely ripped out our bathroom and installed a new one. Father in law did the pipe work for the new stuff, and we have replaced our old electric shower with a bar mixer shower, which we finished fitting last night. When turning it on, the water runs fine...

Hi all, hope this is the right place for this.. but I was hoping I could get some help. Im fixing two 5kg shelves (string pocket shelves) to the plasterboard wall in my kitchen. It's a new build flat and as I've found out today - the studs are metal. I wat going to use grip-it fixings for...

Hi all, I’ll try to explain the situation. I have a rectangular ground floor room which currently has the joists above it for the first floor removed. I need to add in an internal staircase and so I am in the process of working out how best to construct a wall to section off the stairs and...

Hi, Me and my partner are currently house hunting and have just viewed a 3 bed detached post-war house, which we think has great potential. The only issue is that it has a few alarming cracks in the walls...we noticed some in the dining room which the estate agent said he believes has been...

Hi guys, Tiler has laid some newly chipped edge travertine tiling in my kitchen very beautiful with an ivory grout. before grout, we sealed the tile with a solvent impregnated sealer using "DRY TREAT " Stain-proof. Solvent-based sealer, before grout and again after the grout. This sealer...

Hi My builder is almost at completion stage of doing major renovations at our property. We have noticed that one of the kitchen stud walls flexes quite a bit. They have now been plasterboarded and skimmed. From closer inspection I seem to have noticed there are no noggins in between the stud...

Hi all, I'm just trying to get your advice as to whether a concrete lintel is sufficient for my needs as my number crunching is at odds with a steel RSJ supplier who is recommending one of their own products. It's a bit long-winded but I wanted to show you my full workings. I would like to...

Hello Desperately looking for a 32 mm connector which is internal due to an issue with space .don't mind if it reduces it to 28mm but can't be a standard push on fit which goes on the external pipework. I.was wondering if there was something like the picture which goes inside a 32mm pipe...

hi, I’m trying to install a hive which replaces an up2. I have wired up like for like but the heating does not operate. There is a red and a grey wire terminated into a block behind the up 2 which I can’t help thinking should be used for something. I terminated all wires at the thermostat...

Laminate flooring 12ft by 9ft and 12ft by 10ft two separate rooms my girlfriend's mate needs it done by wed what should I charge

Hi , I moved into our new home and shortly after the dimmer switch in the living room broke. I thought at first ist should be an easy switch. But it’s now more confusing than ever. The old dimmer ( metal face ) has three wires red , yellow and blue . Two wires blue &yellow going into one port...

Hi everyone. This is my first post as a new user however I have read the FAQ section and I can’t find anything to specifically help with my problem. So, I live in a two bedroom apartment on my own, the property is all electric. Recently I noticed my water tank was heating up then whilst...

Hi all, I am looking at upgrading to a nest thermostat but I am a tad useless so need some help. I have a Potterton ep2 controller and Potterton suprima boiler. Will this be compatible with the nest 3rd gen thermostat? Please let me know if you need more information! Thanks in advance and...

Hi, I have a Logic 24 Combi boiler. I have started having issues with the heating a couple of days ago when I realised the CH was not heating the radiators as much as it used to. I thought this may have been down to the pressure and tried to increase it slightly because it was on 1 bar and im...

So normally I just use a standard web browser to access DiyNot, however I thought I would give the official iOS app a go for the first time. Can't figure out how to view my media, edit a post I made, or search for a thread using keywords using the app. Anyone know how to do the above using the...

Hi I need to remove this radiator - can anyone give me advice on how I can do this? It's a new build house - flexi pipes and this panel. I need a step by step guide if anyone can help? :) Thanks!!