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I'm thinking of replacing my French doors with a window either side, with some bifold doors. The gap from brick to brick outdoors is 2.39m, or 2.38 ish indoors from plaster to plaster Would a standard 2.4m window fit or would I need to get something a tiny bit smaller / bespoke? Also would a...

A chunk of render (?) fell off the side of the roof on my single storey extension last week. See attached pics. How should I approach fixing this? It looks like I should be able to just trowel something back on after maybe brushing loose material away. I'm trying to avoid buying a sack of...

I re-oiled my (previously installed in my house) wooden worktop with Tung oil last November. Took my time, sanded down to bare for the first coat, then 4 coats wiping excess off after 20 minutes then leaving 24 hours till the next (with a 180 or 240 grit rub down before). It's still sticky...

Hi, I'm looking at buying some surplus engineered flooring to do my hallway. Picture attached. Link to online product The person selling it has had it fitted in a herringbone pattern and the plank-boxes are marked Left and Right, which I assume means the tongues are something like Top+Right...

This is a 13 year old house where there are no battens in between the plasterboard walls. From reading around here and elsewhere it looks like it could be poor/cheap construction techniques. I've not seen the property yet or measured anything but the stud finder finds no studs and drilling...

Before I take apart my AEG oko_Lavamat, I'm wondering if there is a (fairly) reliable way to know whether it will need a bearing replaced or some other work with the counterweight. I've not opened it up yet so not sure what I'll find, but as they say "forewarned stops you buying the wrong...

This washer has perished and needs replacing, but I can't find one locally. It is approx 57mm or 2 1/4" outside diameter, 25mm or 1" inside with a 5mm shoulder/lip on the inside. See pics: Washer by Potatan posted 6 Dec 2015 at 8:46 AM Washer in place by Potatan posted 6 Dec 2015 at 8:46 AM...

Hi, I moved house recently and the two toilets I have inherited from the previous owners are, frankly, a bit pants. They can barely flush a piece of toilet paper let alone my son's irregular emissions, and both of them leak water down the back of the pan for a long time after each flush...

Hi, I moved recently and now own a gas coal-effect fire, pictures attached. The marking on the burner controls says Magiglo BM733 and I've had a look for an online manual but can't find one specific to my model. I lit the fire yesterday to see how well it burned and it was very...

Hi, I have inherited a Baumatic F70SS cooker hood from the previous homeowner, but the lights do not work. I have fitted two new E14 40W bulbs into the hood sockets, but they won't light up. The 3 speed fan works fine at all speeds. Is this a known fault with this model? Is there an...

Hi, I bought a Bosch dishwasher yesterday: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/laundry-dishwashers/dishwashers/bosch-sms40t32gb-full-size-dishwasher-white-13212957-pdt.html and in with the pipes and baskets etc. was an item that doesn't appear in the instructions for either...

Hi, Just moved house so will have plenty to keep me busy. I drilled a couple of holes in the wall for coat hooks yesterday but it was very hard work so I wondered if I needed some new tools or bits? I assume the walls are standard clay bricks as the dust was orange and the house is a 1940s...

Hi, I've searched for advice about my problem but have found mostly advice about older/chunkier style taps. I have these taps: The 'o' rings appear to have failed, there is black gunk around the places where I expect them to be. So I have two questions: 1. How do I remove...

Hi, just discovered what I think is dry rot - the skirting board appears to be splitting: and there is a brown spot further along: My guess is that this is related to the hopper overflow problems I was experiencing back in January //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=210626...

Hi, I live in a flat in a large regency house where the drainage hopper from the roof regularly blocks up with leaves/twigs etc. Picture of front of house: The entire roof space (maybe 20mx20m?) drains into leaded gulleys which then, as far as I can tell, empty into one hopper at the...

Hi, I have a problem where four sockets have ceased to work, and the electrician has identified the fault as a broken/faulty junction box somewhere in the flat. Rather than try to locate the box and risk damaging walls, floors etc. (I live in an old property - about 1804), I prefer the...

Hi, I'm repainting the outside surface of an old curved sash window, from bare wood. I've applied one coat of aluminium wood primer, and just wonder whether I should apply another primer next, or just go for two coats of undercoat, plus one gloss top coat? I will rub down each undercoat...

Hi, My central heating has sprung a leak somewhere as yet unknown. The carpet is very damp (and hot) around the bottom of one of my doorframes, and the plasterwork and skirting woodwork near the site is also showing signs of excessive dampness. I had a plumber round who did a bit of...

Hi, I have a leak somewhere near my bedroom radiator which has made a damp spot around the doorway, door jamb. The floor and walls feel hot here so it is almost certainly the CH leaking, especially as a lot of air is creeping into the system somewhere too and creating bubbles in the next...

Hi, One of my radiators makes "bubbling" noises a lot of the time, especially when the heating comes on in the morning. After a period of time, maybe a week or two, the whole flat becomes cold as none of the radiators are heating up. This I generally resolve by bleeding the offending...