Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

Remedial wall ties

Looking at buying a 1900 cavity wall house, which needs the wall ties replacing due to failure of the original ties. I...

12 comments posted 17yrs

posted by me

12 comments posted 17yrs posted by me

Mortar Mix

An elderly neighbour has aked me to replace two imitation Yorkshire stone coping stones (600mm x 300mm) on top of two b...

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posted by john

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by john

What's the correct way to solder twin and earth cable?

I need to join some T&E cable that will be inaccessible and I don't want to use maintenance free junction boxes, so...

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posted by clangers_snout

35 comments posted 17yrs posted by clangers_snout

How important is water pipe earth bonding?

I have lived in my current house, which was built in the mid 1970s, for around twenty years. The water pipes have never...

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posted by xxx

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by xxx

Removing Danish Oil - Update

I followed the advice and set-to this morning with a pack of steel wool and bottle of white spirit. It worked a treat -...

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posted by xxx

10 comments posted 17yrs posted by xxx

Moving mains supply point

I'm looking to extend the kitchen out, which itself is straight forward. The incoming mains for all three services...

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posted by brianb

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by brianb

Handrails

Anyone have any experience of Dave Dalby Woodturning http://www.stairpartsuk.co.uk/handrails.html ? I ask because I am...

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posted by MikeRogers

1 comments posted 17yrs posted by MikeRogers

Kitchen floor tilies

Our kitchen floor is covered in vinyl floor tiles, probably Marley, stuck down with black stuff. They are probably orig...

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posted by shazzbat

1 comments posted 17yrs posted by shazzbat

Fitting shelf between 2 wall units

Hi, I have 2 box wall units approx 5ft long by 1 foot high, with a gap of about 18 inches in between, roughly 5 feet fr...

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posted by mentalguy2k8

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Wiring requirements for hob, oven and extractor please?

I have a gas hob which requires mains for the ignition circuit and above that an extractor canopy which also obviously...

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posted by clangers_snout

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by clangers_snout

Pilkinton K Glass

I am in the process of specifying windows and doors for my garage conversion. Being a downstairs area, and as part of i...

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posted by sexyjw

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by sexyjw

Insulating Solid walls

Hi all I am just about to buy a house that has solid brick walls. I will be having a DPC installed (probably injection?...

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posted by me

89 comments posted 17yrs posted by me

Can gas cooker be fitted into cupbd. unit space?

I have a gas cooker fitted into a purpose-made space in a large cupboard unit but it needs to be replaced. The space is...

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posted by notnam8

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by notnam8

OT: Gas boiler switch - what could it be?

Don't panic, I'm not about to start playing with the gas boiler. My mother who lives about 160 miles away has h...

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posted by a

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by a

Removing the cover from a PIR

Hi, I need to re-position a PIR, but it has no visible screws. I deduce the black casing unclips somehow, but I risk br...

4 comments posted 17yrs

posted by ng

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by ng