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Everyone can give advice as to how to remove limescale from the OUTSIDE of water taps. Several of my taps in my house (only about 15years old) are so locked up by limescale (Mansfield is a hard water area) that I can't remove the tap mechanism however hard I try. It's easy if you are dealing...

I am finding it hard to get anyone to quote to fit a 600(h) x 1200 (w) pvc window in a bedroom wall. I have known builders to fit smaller windows, say 800 (h) x 500 (w) without fitting a lintel. Is this still allowed cos I am wondering whether I could do the job myself, probably doing most...

I am putting up a wooden summerhose with a base area of 4.2 sq metres. I think that a 50 mm thickness will be enough. If so, how many bags of prepacked concrete should I buy (25Kg bags)? diydavellis

I have a fairly large drive to my home. It must be about twelve years old and the top gurface is beginning to wear a little due to manoeuvering my car, so sometimes we get bits of asphalte picked up on our shoes and dropped in the house. Can't afford a new drive...quotes between £2000-£4000...

I have recently moved in to a ten years old house. I wanted to put a light in the attic and intended to take a spur from one of the bedroom ceiling roses. Every house I have lived in before had a supply to one rose, then a spur to the next, with a cable to each switch. In this house there...