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my flat roofed extension has a plaster board ceiling, but where it joins the original house wall the paint and plaster cracks along the joint every six months. normal filler and flexible caulk have both cracked over time and i have noticed that if i press the ceiling with my finger tips near...

i have just moved into a 30's semi and had a fist look at the loft this weekend. The place is covered in black dust / dirt, with a very thin layer of insulation underneath. I dont intend to use the loft for anything, i just need to remove some junk the previous owners left benind and after...

I have bought a house with quite a badly planned shower positon. The shower is next to a window with no where near enough tiles around it which means that water is getting onto the window ledge (no sill) and causing problems with damp / flaking paint / plaster. In an ideal world i would...

I had to move my washing machines grey wast pipe as it was in the way whilst i was doing a job under the sink. I wasnt sure how to remove it so i gave it a gentle tug where the end of the hose joins the pipe that connects to the ubend (pretty much where the dotted line is on the image. The...

i have had an offer accepted to buy a standard 1930's semi in fairly good condition. I paid for a full homebuyers and the surveyor has given me several points to look into. In relation to the roof, the following points have come up 1) The roof has no underfelting and he didnt climb into...

i have had to remove a wardrobe door to make some adjustments (it was sticking) however the holes that the hinge was attached to have become baggy to the extent that now the screws can be pulled in and out. I need some sort of fixing / plug but the screws are approximately 13mm long going...

This afternoon i attempted to replace 3 of my 5 PIR's for my alarm system. I used the engineer code to put the system into tamper to prevent the alarm going off an replaced the first PIR. At this stage i came out of tamper / engineer and did a few tests on the new PIR, seeing that the LED...

I have bougt 5 pet immune PIR sensors for my fitted house alarm so that the dog doesnt cause any false alarms and i will no longer need to omit half the house! The wiring looks straight forward, i will just copy the wiring set up with the exisitng PIR's but the only difference between the two...