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Hi all, Looking for some advice on what to do here. We took the skirting off to be greeted with the eternal air brick and 2 electricity cables in front of it. Is there anything we can do to block off the inside from the outside and protect the cables before putting skirting back on? Cheers!

Evening all, I’m wondering what the best way would be to seal the two gaps at either end of the shower tray, between the upstand, the screen and the tiled wall. There isn’t much space so silicone is near on impossible but I’m conscious it needs doing in some way to stop water ingress. Maybe...

I’m installing 18mm plywood sheets to a summerhouse floor frame. It will be glued down to reduce squeaking and then screwed into place. I have read that I need to leave a 2mm gap around each board to allow for expansion. To stop the gap causing draughts is it acceptable to fill the gap with...

Hey all, had a new bathroom fitted and stupidly ordered the wrong skirting and it’s left a small gap between the tiles and the skirting and was wondering if there’s a way to minimise the gap?

Floating herringbone engineered wood floor ,,(click system), gaps have appeared all over the place at the right angle joints... see photos - the floor fitter says it might be a problem with UFH being turned on too hot/late the first time. But I'm pretty sure I saw a couple of gaps before the UFH...

Hi there, we have just had our floor replaced and have been left disappointed with the quality of finish, especially relating to the skirting boards and wondered whether this is what we should have expected (never had a new floor laid before) or whether this should be seen as poor workmanship...

Hi all, I am installing a set of howdens drawers and an integrated fridge freezer next to each other. The top of the drawer cabinet is 5mm from wall (bottom touching). However at the top of the fridge cabinet, it is nearly 15 mm out. I have attached photos. I was going to trim 5 mm off the...

Just had a replacement cooker 900mm wide. Slight problem is that due to location of pipe to bottom rear, wheels on back of cooker and a slight gap from tile to wall has resulted in a 2cm gap between the rear of stove top to where the wall is. I have looked at some silicon tape (meant for between...

Hi, currently having a single rear storey extension built on a semi-detached house. Builder is currently building up the foundation walls and has left a 200mm gap between neighbours property and the outer wall of my extension. This isn’t how the wall looks on the planning or building reg...

Hi all, Thinking ahead so I don't head off down the wrong path. I'll be installing some sockets in a studwork frame that will then be finished in acoustic plasterboard set off the studs by 25m. The 25mm void will be filled with acoustic mat like Isover of similar. Question: Do the back boxes...

All four walls of our bathroom are tiled using large tiles (one foot long or maybe more). The bathroom was fitted before we moved in and needed an extractor fan to be installed as the room next door was gathering a lot of mould. The person who installed our extractor was really surprised to...

I was wondering what forum readers would suggest to fill in horizontal gaps between a concrete front door step and the door. They are not huge gaps. I think its just caused by shrinkage as the house is about 60 years old. I was thinking something along the lines of a mastic sealant as I want to...

Hi, I am looking for advice on the best way/product to fill a big gap sitting behind my kitchen sink, which means water escapes down the wall, under the sink and is causing problems with rotting the underside of my kitchen sink and pipes. Can I just fill this using something like NO NONSENSE...

Hi I’m attempting to prep my stairs before we have a stair runner installed however there is a gap at the top of the stairs. Between the top Tred and riser Does anybody know what we can use to fill this gap. thank you

Hello - first post - and I’m a have a go diy-er! our old bath got a crack it the bottom so I’m replacing with a new bath. All is well apart from: 1. There’s a gap between the tiles and the top of the bath at the tap/shower/plug end where the previous bath must have been higher. The bath is a...

Hi. I am looking to have to put down a new floor in my kitchen. At the moment there is a 14mm engineered wood floor and some underlay down (I assume 3mm). Wanting to put something new down. But don’t want a gap between my new floor and the skirting board and the kitchen panels and kick boards...

Had our kitchen fitted a couple of years ago, broadly speaking a good job bar a couple of glitches. We went for an LVT - it's a contract tile with interlocking edges, I think the idea was we wouldn't need the expense of ply-covering the floor as these tightly interlocking tiles didn't rely on...

Hi there I just lined a room horizontally as I will be wallpapering over it. I didn't leave too much of a gap but little gaps are present between the papers. I know those gaps should be filled if you paint the lining paper, but does the same have to be done if I wallpaper over it, or can I...

Hi guys, Quick one here... Home DIYer here, I've noticed the top of the window in the room i am deocrating has a large gap between wall and window frame. On previous rooms the gap has been around 5mm. I feel that 15mm may be a bit of a large task for caulk or similar and not a particularly...

Hi All the gap between the door and the wall (or fascia?) it too big for using sealant. Does it require rendering ? is there any kind of upvc strip that I could use instead ? any other ideas ? notice also how the gap changes from left to right... thanks