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We have a Roman shower enclosure with a pivot door. The door closes onto a plastic strip which fits onto the metal edge of the shower and acts as a seal. The door is held in place by a ball catch. I need to replace this plastic strip as it is very gunged up. I have removed it but there is not a...

Currently repainting all the doors and frames in the house but the current hinges look past their best, covered in oil based paint from years ago. I could simply replace the hinges but wondered if there was an easy way to remove all the old paint. When I say easy, I don't mean wire wool and a...

I needed to change a bulb recently and instead of going into the loft I decided to pull the surround down from inside the bathroom and change the bulb that way. That was the first mistake as pulling the surround down took with it some paint so that had to be touched up. There were 2 tiny screws...

I am having problems currently when using both w/b undercoat and gloss with a lot of bits in the paint. I have used the paint from the tin and have passed it through a kitchen sieve into a paint kettle but the bits were still there. It's Johnstones Aqua by the way. I'm now wondering whether...

Anyone got any tips on how to do this better? I'm fine with doors and frames but I undercoated a window sill yesterday and was not impressed with my efforts. Lots of brushmarks. I found it tricky to lay-off on a flat surface. I know one mistake I made was to do this when the sun was streaming...

Can anybody explain why the pile on a 4" roller is much longer than that on a 9" roller, even though both are sold as smooth surface sleeves? And this from the same manufacturer. I like to use the smaller roller around and above windows under plugs etc but have found that the pile can sometimes...

I understand that the correct way to paint a door frame is the top part first and then the 2 side parts. Does this change if you are using water based paint? My thinking is that if I do the top part and then one of the side parts by the time I get to the 2nd side part the top has dried enough...

I painted a door a few months ago and made a right pig's ear of it. I used water based paint over oil based and did everything I should i.e. flattened the old gloss, undercoated and then w/b gloss but I suspect my technique wasn't good enough so was left with horrendous brushstrokes. So I want...

After much deliberation I've decided to go down the Bedec route for my woodwork. But I'm not sure which to choose. At the moment all the woodwork is oil based gloss which although I'm told is highly unfashionable although we like the "wrapped in cling film" look. As such should I be going for...

I had the above shower fitted a few years ago but recently needed to change the shower head and hose. Bought both from Homebase but I have got water leaking from where the shower hose joins the valve (i.e. not where it joins the shower head). I have changed the washer but this has made no...

Our 2 upstairs toilets have recently started to overfill meaning that the toilet constantly flushes. One of the toilets is worse than the other in this respect. I have looked in the cistern and it looks as if the valve is a Torbeck type but probably not an actual Torbeck valve. All I can see...

Painted an internal door at the weekend with Dulux water based gloss (mixed with a bit of Floetrol). My usual technique is to roller the door with a sponge sleeve and then lay off with a 3 inch fine finish brush and I have been pleased with the results in the past. However, this time was...

I bought a self assemble gate and primed the wood prior to assembly. I put the gate up last weekend and managed to get a coat of gloss on one side of the gate (the front, thankfully) but have not managed to do the back of the gate because of the weather. Unfortunately the back of the gate...

Can someone give me a very rough estimate to get someone in to build me a 3 brick high wall approx 15 metres long? Not just the cost of building the wall but to dig the footings, etc. Thanks.

No, this is not one of those shall I/shan't I, water based versus oil based posts. I have already decided to ditch oil based for water based but my question is, can I apply water based gloss with a roller? If so, which type? My concern is that with water based paint drying so quickly I'm...

I've just replaced the hose and shower head on our Triton shower and since then water is leaking from where the hose joins the water outlet. It's not leaked before so it's almost as if the diameter of the new hose is slightly bigger than the old one. I've tried various combinations of washers...

The front of our house is rendered which was painted about 7 years ago and is looking a bit tired so I have been tasked with smartening it up! Couple of questions. There is no flaking paint so I presume I just need to give the wall a quick wash down prior to painting to get rid of excess dirt...

OK, so it isn't that difficult but getting right paint is!! I was determined to use a water based paint on a door frame but in common with a lot of people on here was unhappy with the finish so have decided to re-do the job using oil-based paint. One thing I've never done before (I know, I...

The front edge of the shower tray in our en-suite is against the door frame and over time there has been a small leak of water from the shower onto the frame which has started to rot. I therefore need to dig out the rot and replace. I know the best way to do this would be to cut the frame just...

I'm planning to decorate the lounge but have noticed some marks on the wall. After consulting with a neighbour we have come to the conclusion that these marks are from how the plasterboard was attached when the house was built (some 20 years ago) using the dot and dab method. I guess my...