It was harder than it looks! Am pleased with them. Was going to replace them but they’re a bit bigger than a normal door and would’ve cost a fortune for just the doors let alone a chippy to hang them. Cost me about £90 in materials but I have enough to do the wardrobe doors in my bedroom.

I just had my boiler moved and hadn't considered " what will happen with the hole" for the boiler exhaust.

For now I've stuffed in front and behind the solid bits with plastic bags.

I'm not particularly good at DIY or even just mechanical things in general.... Especially on larger scales than a few mm lol.

Anyway... What's the best way (and with any instructions/guides) for this to be put right?

All advice welcome and do go easy on me...

After 6 years in our house the old carpet had to go. Then then the rough concrete floor needed treating and levelling, followed by sealing and painting.

Painted the ceiling and walls for good measure. Im sure I've done some things that arent technically correct, such as self level not being a top surface, using a hardener before painting. But its only going to have light traffic and the result is nice.

Also, really wished I had a spiked roller for the self level, ended up sanding the floor to get rid of the bubbles, not fun.

Anyway nice smooth floor now, easy to find anything that gets dropped and safe for kids to come in without shoes.

Recently moved into an old bungalow that needs general fixing up. The gas oven is pretty knackered so looking to replace with an electric (but wanting to keep the gas hob).

I've realised that both oven and hob have been wired into one plug which does not seem right to me! The other plug I assume has been used for previous owners washing machine (which we are yet to replace) and this double socket has its own fused switch above the counter.

This is my first home purchase so not sure but common sense tells me this is not a safe way to wire up appliances!?

I'm assuming my order of actions will be:

-Gas engineer to disconnect the oven

-Disconnect the oven cable from the plug and make sure the hob is wired into plug safely

-Electrician to add extra socket for washing machine as I will need at least 3 sockets for hob/oven/washing machine

After that I can get a new electric oven ordered?

Edit: thanks for all the responses, I will be getting an electrician in

I accidentally chipped the flooring while knocking the plank in while laying new floor. I have spare and can replace it but it would mean ripping up most of the new floor.

Anyone got a quick fix solution that will cover it? Bear in mind the stairs curve at one end so I don't think beading will work. Thank you

Edit: thank god no one suggested redo it! I'm going to try a retouch crayon and forget about it. I'm sure this won't be the first chip so something to hide the damage will definitely come in handy!

I live this sub, thank you all!

Send this to a sparky over a year ago. Obviously done nothing about it, and it's blown 3 more times since. Just buy a new cooker? Or ask another sparky?

I’m wanting to get rid of the grey walls and make the room feel a bit more warm and homely.

I’m thinking cream or off white walls, wooden furniture and green accents like curtains and cushions.

I’m in the UK, so any paint recommendations would be appreciated, especially from B&Q as I can get a discount there.

Any interior design ideas or colour suggestions would be really helpful

My partner and I are mid house reno and we decided to build a shed from scratch! Very happy with how it turned out and now we have space to store materials where they can be out of the way. Ready to crack on with the rest of the renovation :)

Hi All,

I built my own deck last June. The finished photos are the last two photos attached. I dug out an old patio down to around 200mm deep, installed a membrane with 100mm compacted type 1 and then installed this 4x2 frame. It’s approx 4.2m wide, by 5m long. The frame is screwed to the summer house concrete pad and also to the retaining wall the other end, and then the frame is supported with bricks under the frame resting on the type 1 (not cemented).

This summer, the deck has sagged and warped (as shown in images 3-7), and I’m not happy with it. It is hollow composite which I think is renown for not being great, particularly in the heat, but I’m not sure my frame is fully innocent. I’ve a feeling that the bricks may be shifting what with rainfall etc. and I’m not overly happy with the gaps which have opened up at the ends of the boards.

What is the best and cheapest way to suitably reinforce this frame to stop it shifting? I was thinking of taking the frame apart, digging a 200mm wide x 150mm deep trench perpendicular to the joists every meter along the joists (ground is clay, but quite solid atm), and then laying a course of bricks on the concrete to rest the joists on every meter. Will this be solid enough? If I did a post method, I’d be digging far too many holes to support each joist every meter. The joist centres are 350mm (recommended by the decking company) and the top of the frame is black jacked. I would probably also waterproof the bottom of the joists to prevent rot when sitting on the bricks.

Any advice appreciated!

My mum got quoted crazy prices for a built-in wardrobe in this alcove, so I decided to do it for them.

In hindsight, with the time spent and cost of tools, materials, and my sanity, those prices are somewhat less crazy.

I didn’t keep track perfectly but total cost of everything was around £600 plus ~£450 for a nice tracksaw. Everything including drawers is built from scratch from hardwood ply and planed timber. I have made shaker-style doors as well but they need planing before hanging!

What’s the best way to remove plaster to get to brick wall?

I’m assuming some type of electronic chisel or breaker?

I don’t fancy doing it by hand.

Hi, I'm looking to reseal my windows since the sealant has started breaking away. I stripped it from my Juliet balcony and there's a gap between the window sill thing and the window frame. Do I need to fill this with something or just seal away?

I'm a bit concerned about doing it since the sill is wood and I'd rather not sand it if I can get away with it. The gap is a bit bigger than I expected though and probably the reason the seal broke.

Thanks for your help!

I noticed my sky light or lantern (what ever it’s called) was leaking into the kitchen. Had a look today and the whole pane of glass has slipped about 1cm towards the wall and there’s now a gap at the top. You can just about see how the bottom of the central pane of glass is now below the line of the first.

Will prob hire someone but wanted to know if it’s an easy fix for the average diy’er?

Hi all

I’m after some advice for drilling through the fascia on my house. Not sure if it’s called that to be fair so photo attached with the red cross to indicate.

Is it best drill from the inside out, or better to go outside in? Anything I need to bear in mind as I do it?

I’m imagining my drill bit potentially ripping a chunk off the outside as it makes it way through etc

I’ll angle the path appropriately so water won’t naturally run into the house, and I’ll seal it inside and out when done. It will be for an Ethernet cable to power a camera.

Would appreciate any advice you may have - thank you in advance

Finished the bedroom ceiling

100mm RW3 Rockwool

Resilient bars

19mm plank board

Acoustic sealant

12.5 Knauf soundshield +

Acoustic sealant

Positive - Big difference in airborne noise!

Impact noise and squeaking floorboards is better but not as good of an improvement as I had hoped in that area however definitely worth it n the end. Treating the walls too would likely give a better result.

I am decorating my small box room and want some advice. The walls have had numerous bad paint jobs so I filled any cracks and have sanded them down with an orbital sander and 180 grit paper until mostly smooth.

The walls before had different textures, gauges, high points and areas where paint was lifting or bubbling.i

Before I paint a colour I have Zinser Peel Stop and valspar primer and undercoat. Should I give the walls a once over with peel stop and then the primer or should I use another product like Zinser Guardz? or do I just use the primer?

Hello all,

The freezer part of my fridge freezer is not sealing and the freezer stuff is melting. This is a new build so fridge should be new , does anyone know what to do please

Morning all

Am currently renovating and changing an upstairs bedroom and walk in wardrobe in my house.

Currently two, long, thin-ish rooms that join each other I want to separate them by building a stud wall that will have a pocket door to save space.

My key question is around joists - floor and ceiling.

Irritatingly the joists in both floor and ceiling run parallel to the proposed wall. The side walls are both brick with one being external.

Unusually joists are just 300mm apart but for reasons the wall can’t sit on both a floor and a ceiling joist as they don’t line up.

So….options….i could noggin both, either or neither. The pocket door weighs maybe 25kg but otherwise the wall is not load bearing. Should I line it up with a ceiling joist or a floor joist? Does it really matter?

The ceiling is only plasterboard so my gut instinct is that this has to be noggin-ed or have the ceiling plate directly under a joist?

Total stud wall span is 1750mm.

Thanks for any input or advice.

Hopefully the photo explains this as I can't take any new ones for now! I need to repair and decorate this corner where the metal corner piece has come away from the wall. I have a bit of scrap skirting I can attach once I've repaired the damage to the plaster.

I'm a complete novice and need advice on what exactly to purchase too please.

Hi just tryin to get some advice on the right finish for this gate. Trying to keep it hardy and low maintenance.

Cheers

Found this stack in the loft. Should It be taped up this way

I plan on painting these walls grey but I have no idea about the prep or anything, some people say to clean, sand, fill before doing anything but it all depends on the quality of the wall and I’m not sure what mine would be. The paint is many years old and I will probably just put a poster over the stripped bits instead of using filler, any help? Also the blue stuff is just blutack