hi, I am currently working on re-installing a solid fuel fire place in my new house, I have an insert here to put in to put in, or I may go or a stove,

anyway I have been told I need to fill in the sides of the fireplace as it is quite a wide hole inside and the insert will need to fit in exactly, what would be the best material to use to ...

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So I want to get done my fascias and soffits and guttering done this year. They are currently wood with cast iron guttering.

I don't believe the wood to be in bad condition but won't know for sure until I get up there and have a look.

I have the following immediate questions about doing this myself:-

1. Are there some sort of ladders that you can hire that a make thus easy to ...

Hi everyone, this is my first post, hope it is in the right place.

Recently moved house so been doing some diy and would appreciate some advice. I removed some of the old sealant around the upvc window frames inside the house due to some of it needing to be replaced. Once I removed the sealant from down the side wall/ side of window frame and started to remove the facing strip there was a ...

Hi, New to the site and am in need of some advise.

Basically I have replaced my bathroom suite and have just come to fit the new bathroom sink. Problem I'm having is that the plaster behind just seems to crumble and the rawl plug just falls out once the screw is in. Problem being is that I have almost finished the bathroom now and have already Papered and painted etc it all and now ...

Hi,

First post. Just moved house and it needs a few things doing to it. As a inexperienced DIY'er I could do with your help.

It has a car port that runs up the side of the house and joins the garage. It has a flat felt roof.

The roof is leaking in two places and all the paint is bubbling and peeling off.

Are these two linked? So is the water making the paint ...

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I am using these or should I say I am going to use the following screws (8 x 2 1/2):

http://www.screwfix.com/p/quicksilver-c ... _container

I trying to attach some MDF skirting to a plastered concrete wall using these screws and 6mm wall plugs. A few of the screws have become stuck in the wall and I finding them impossible to remove without damiging the wall or skirting. ...

have an old victorian house with a box gutter at the front.
The gutter started dripping yesterday after it had snowed quite heavily.
I have never noticed any drips during quite heavy rain so i was wondering if the snow had just melted over the edge.
This has got me a little worried and after some research I am planning to paint the box gutter with either isoflex liquid rubber or
Flexacryl Roof Repair.
Has ...

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I had a PVCu door fitted around 2 years ago and had the company out several times to adjust the door. I am a little sick of calling them out and wondered if I could do anything myself (thats where you come in).

The door (as you look at it from the outside) has the hinges on the left and opens out.
On the inside of door, about 1/4 of the way down, ...

Hi, can i fit battens to outside of shed? and if so what's the best way of doing it? Don't want to ruin shed but need to attach banner to battens, any advise much appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I have a damp problem. I am restoring a ruin in the countryside of Extremedura. It is going well, except when the rain comes (about 3 months per year) the eastern wall becomes very damp. The reason for this is obvious, part of the wall is underground and the earth it beside is inevitably extremely humid as it is a ditch (see diagram below). The wall is drystone mixed with clay with a ...