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I need to fit a shower bracket. The wall is tile on plasterboard. The instructions say to drill a 5.5mm hole, but I'm not sure the fixings supplied are right for the wall. What should I use?

I'm laying a basic square patio on a budget. Using mostly surplus materials and slabs. I've laid it directly onto sharp sand rather than mortar for ease (never done this before) and also as it's not going to be used heavily. What should I fill the joints with? I'm concerned that if I need...

Before painting a wall, after sanding, what should I wipe the wall down with? A damp cloth? Sugar soap? And when filling; should I paint over the filled patch to prime it before starting on the wall? Cheers.

I'm currently painting a family member's house from top to bottom and want some help with 'cutting in'. I've usually used masking tape in the past which I now realise isn't the best idea and as well as being time consuming to put up - doesn't get me a straight line. The YouTube videos I've...

Cheers, you've really helped make things clearer. :)

Thanks again. So just to clarify, the gauge of the screw is referring to the length? I think the imperial/metric thing is what's confusing me actually.

Thanks for your response, very helpful. The wooden batten seems a good idea. One thing that is confusing me is the size of wall plugs and screws, is there a guide anywhere that'll explain it to me? One website says to use 32mm plugs?

I've got two IKEA venetian blinds to put up. I've never put up a blind before, nor screwed anything into the wall for that matter. It's going outside the window which I'll be able to measure no problem, I also have a drill. But what fixtures do I need? And what drill part for drilling...