Toilet lower than soil pipe - is that a problem?
Plumbing
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My toilet is about 30mm lower than the soil pipe, will it cause a problem? or do I need to raise the toilet height?
What’s the best way to convert this garage internally
Building
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I’m looking to build a home gym in the garage . It’s dead space. Could you recommend how to make the walls nice and do a finish internally? Not looking to spend loads just make it nice. Have had a quote to replace the garage door with brick and a …
Chrome bathroom radiator valves
Bathroom Fitting
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I have a chrome upright radiator. When I put my water on with out central heating my bathroom radiator heats up. I need to turn off the radiator but to me not obvious how to. It has 2 chrome valves at each side. Which one do I turn. Maybe I …
Veneer cladding?
Plastering & Rendering
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In our hallway is old wood effect veneer cladding. We’ve had people come round to take a look and pretty much everyone has said ‘ive no idea what that is, it looks like chipboard but it’s more flexible than that’.. So i’ve done some searching and i’m pretty certain it’s …
En suite shower leak and loose tile
Tiling
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Evening all. I have an ensuite thats just over 2.5 years old from a new build taylor wimpey home. I noticed discolouration of the wall outside of the shower cubicle and upon closer look noticed a break in the clear seal used in 2 places, at the very bottom of …
Where can we buy inexpensive manufactured brick seconds?
Bricklaying & Repointing
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We want to build a brick garden wall using manufactured seconds. We are Not looking to buy expensive reclaimed or new bricks. Just considering inexpensive options.
Remove loo seat - mystery nut type
Plumbing
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Struggling to remove a loo seat - There are no obvious ways of undoing anything on the top and on the underside of the bowl there is a nut type I can't figure out how to remove. It seems like some kind of nylon/plastic nut and is v tight - …
Cost of emergency lock change on bank holiday?
Handywork
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Hello, I was wondering if you could help me, I live locally in Buckhurst hill near the underground station. I had an unfortunate event recently with a locksmith that I believed to be local but turns out it was a sponsored ad on google to appear to be local. On …
Wardrobe with 47mm face frame and 9mm mdf panels. For the door I require full overlay cabinet hinges
Carpentry & Joinery
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So the total door overlap is 56mm. I'm wondering if the full overlay hinges come in different sizes depending on the overlap size? Or do I just buy any full overlay cabinet hinges?
Kitchen partial refit
Handywork
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We have a galley/corridor kitchen with two 3 metre laminate benches. One has 2 sinks in it, and we need to replace this benchtop, one cabinet below, + sink, taps etc. The other cabinet is to remain. (We are intending to buy cabinet, doors, sink, drain board, and a benchtop, …