Can I add shower to the bath taps?
Plumbing
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My new house has one bathtub. There is no shower on the top of bathtub. Both hot and water flow through one outlet into the bath tub. I want to add the shower. Can I connect the shower hose to the water/cold water tap outlet?
Skimming over plaster - one coat?
Plastering & Rendering
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Hello all, I have just removed the old paint off the living room walls and gone back to the plaster. The plaster is fine, but has lost of digs and scratches on it from me getting then old paint off, which I know will be so obvious to see when …
Slug in toilet cistern
Plumbing
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Why is there a slug in my upstairs toilet cistern
Gate latch at an angle
Fencing
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Hi, I’m looking to fit a simple auto locking gate latch however the gate is at an angle to the post on which the lock part will be fitted, would a standard latch still work? Hope that makes sense
Capping a chimney
Roofing
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I have a unused fireplace on the upstairs room of a detached house. I understand that even if the fireplace is not used you still need to let the chimney breathe. I have two differing bits of advise, one is a ventilation cowl (Redbank 190MM Flue Ventilator Cowl Red) or …
Cost of insulation beneath cold flooring?
Carpets, Lino & Flooring
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We had wooden clip together flooring put in our corridor and downstairs room but it's very cold so we'd like to get insulation put in underneath. I've heard it's best to put this underneath the floor boards themselves. What kind of price would we be looking at removing flooring, removing …
Second undercoat for previously stained door?
Painting & Decorating
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I have sanded down and applied 1 coat of undercoat paint, should I apply a second?
Do I need permission to convert garage into an office?
Building
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Do I need permission (from whom) to convert our garage? It wouldn\'t increase the size of the garage.
Access to neighbouring property?
Building
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Hiya, can I ask for advice please, if you are building an extension for someone who has not served party wall notification, you then remove a section of a shared boundary wall without permission, remove fencing and the neighbours driveway gates, without permission, are you then within your rights as …
Cost of removal of sink and pedestal?
Plumbing
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Recently a plumber replaced a cracked sink and pedestal in a bathroom( basic sink £200 job ) but left the old one behind should he have taken it and if not what extra cost should I pay for him to take it Thanks