In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving

Advice on an 2 bed semi, side and rear extension - where would you start? Property is a corner plot. Very rough costs please to see if this is financially viable house purchase, we are in SE. Subject to planning permission - goal would be convert current garage with upstairs bedroom and ensuite. Knock down conservatory and…

I live in a Victorian terrace, about 8 months ago a lot of work went on at the empty house next door. After it finished a month later and the place was occupied by the new owner who'd arranged for the work I started hearing pitter patter whenever anyone went up or down stairs. I never heard this when the house was occupied…

We are about to undertake some major renovations works at home and my current insurer has stated that due to the value of the works, they cannot insure my property. I am struggling to find a specialist insurer who I can take out a policy with. Has anyone got any recommendations for insurers?

I have a Dualit kettle that has started randomly turning itself off. Sometimes it is OK and operates as normal, but mostly it turns off straight away or part way through heating up. I have used descaler but the problem persists. As this is a fairly expensive kettle and only a couple of years old I'm hoping that something…

New bed New Tv MinI fridge.

hi all I had a tiler come and tile a small bathroom today 4 walls from floor to ceiling and also the floor, and some on the finishing I don’t think is great most of the tile are touching the architraves and it’s a bit off in please should I complain he is coming tomorrow at 7:30am to finish. He was here 6 hours in total…

After some advice please. I am in the process of upgrading the cylinder locks on a pair of French doors to 3* Euro cylinders. The lock on the master door is already done without problem I then went on to gain acces to the slave door lock so I took off the strike plate assembly and removed the mullion moulding to get at the…

At the beginning of the year the guttering at the rear of our house was spilling water everywhere, at least one failed joint and several areas where the guttering was not running level or was twisted. We had a local tradesman attend in the first week of February and he installed new fascia board and guttering along the…

If I remove my current (no pun) RCD and replace it with a new one then have my domestic electrical system EICR tested am I legal .

Hi All, I've had someone look at weeds growing around the perimeter of my house and between some flags. I presumed it would require some pointing. However, he advised to spray hydrochloride over the weeds and this would remove them permanently. Is this true?

We started 6 weeks ago some roofing and exterior works. We used a builder after many discussions who had done some work at neighbours house a few years ago and he appears to have many years reasonable ratings on 2 traders websites. As the job started, he found other issues which we had to pay, I told him I would have…

Does anyone have a recommendation for a 60cm integrated dishwasher - standard hinges at the bottom

I’ve been looking for the past month at various showrooms, online companies etc etc and I just want an honest answer on what I should be going for. So my house is a south facing front with a little patio yard type gap between the house and the pavement. It’s brick covered in whatever that stippled paint/plaster type stuff…

Does anyone know where I can buy a free standing bed base. I have the headboard and base board but want to replace the base that the mattress goes on.

Not my house, I’m informally monitoring some work for someone else. Previously there was a downpipe which seems to have gone awol but went onto the patio not directly into a drain. I don’t think the property owner has given explicit instructions other than to say please sort this out and is not asking the workman to send…

Not brick slips. You can get all manner of patterns. These from memory have a mesh backing & I think you attach them to the wall with grout (I could be very wrong on that one). Often see them used in kitchens on the wall or in the inset where you may have a wood burner. Can't for the life of me think what they're called &…

My central heating pipes seem very complicated and wondered if anyone could offer any comment on the set up. I always thought the flow and return pipes should run in one single loop right round the property. I have from the boiler a flow and return which at ceiling height split left and right. The right side runs into the…

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some objective, professional opinions from builders, plumbers, or surveyors regarding a bathroom installation that is just over a year old. Following a major leak one month ago, the fitter applied a temporary silicone seal to a loose overflow mechanism. We have stopped using the bath since then…

I'm making a toy shepherds hut for child. I realised that my interior stud walls are 50mm deep and could take some kingspan insulation. But with no air gap except for the 2mm hidden gaps in the exterior shiplap I was going to leave for seasonal expansion. The last thing I want is insulation dust inside or inadvertently…

I have a DIY-made bird house (not by myself) which has been made out of planed/sanded pallet wood. So obviously it's not treated & I'd like to protect it somewhat against the rain. I hopped on Google which mentioned Linseed oil but as I rarely insta-swallow the first answer I looked a bit further & it mentioned that this…