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Hi, I recently had a visit from a guy off my builder and was told that to get rid of the damp in the walls i must replace the concrete floor in each room for a timber one seeing as this once was a property that once had a timber floor throughout. I asked if it was possible just to run a channel...

Hello Looking for a bit of advise before next step. Moved in earlier this year. House is 4 bed, 1 bathroom 2 ensuites. Extension has 1 of the ensuites which has a shower pump lovating in the loft above. I’ve attached a basic,but hopefully clea, diagram of how the shower/pump is plumbed in...

Hi all, was hoping for some advice from the forum. Getting a new patio done and while excavating around the sewer pipe I noticed that the clay collar around the cast iron soil pipe was cracked and leaking. (which explains the damp we've been getting on the inside wall) My dilemma is now weather...

I need to replace my wooden garage doors and thought I'd replace the frame at the same time. However looking at them I'm wondering if there is a lintel or is there reliance on the wooden frame. The house was built in 1935 and originally above the garage there was a non full height storage...

I have an estimate to supply & fit a new Baxi Duotec 33 combi boiler to replace my old conventional boiler. I wonder if someone could have a look and let me know if this sounds fair? Drain and remove old boiler Alter pipework to suit Remove HW Cylinder Upgrade gas supply to 22mmm pipe Supply...

Hi all, I'm installing a new Nest heating and hot water thermostat and I'm trying to identify the 'call-for-heat', 'common' and 'satisfied' wires in my existing Honeywell ST9100A hot water control so I can switch them to the Nest. Can anyone help please? Many thanks!!

Hi, I have a garage in a run of terraced garages all sharing a continuous sheet roof (corrugated cement material, probably asbestos), with the sheets fitted with an overlap of a few corrugations. I'm interested in making the garage a better working space, clean, dry and dust free etc, but not...

Hi all - I have 11 interior doors and I want to change all the handles. My question is really about sizing - having shied away from all types of DIY I think I could do this one ;) but do I just simply order some from the Internet or do I have to be aware of sizing? For example, the ones I have...

Hi everyone, I am hoping to get some advise on how to replace the sealed units in my double glazed aluminium vertically sliding sash windows. I've already bought the new spiral hangers, so I will be taking the sashes out to change them and was hoping to change out the broken sealed units too...