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As part of a bathroom refurbishment, the builders installed a large walk in shower tray made out of stone resin. Days after the installation, I discovered a small crack at the side of the tray, and bought this to the attention of the installer. He was dismissive and said it was a manufacturing...

I'd like to make this toilet functional again. There's a working water supply which I disconnected when I moved in because of the leaking tank. I'm really interested in the soil pipe, it seems to go up, then down to get to the drain. I've used it before, and it works fine! A plumber...

Hi all On my day off today, I thought I'd replace a small section of the door frame in the kitchen, where it seemed to be a bit rotten at the bottom. Its an old house, and I've just been here a year. Once I took the little section off, I was that there was woodworm, and decided to take the...

I have a gap of 10-18mm on the hallway ceiling, as it meets the architrave of the landing/staircase: I was wondering how to fill it, to avoid cracking? Someone said I need plasterboard beading, but I'm not sure how I would use that? Someone else said to use scrim tape and 2 layers of...

I have a whole house to fit with solid oak, 18mm x 125mm, varying lengths. I'm planning to secret nail it to existing floorboards which are in quite good condition. The skirting boards are big and impressive, and I thought it best to undercut them, rather than take them off. The ground...

I recently had my bathroom tiled. The tiler used a metal edging, but it's left sharp corners on the recessed shelves. Is it possible to file these down? Also, he's used big blobs of adhesive under each tile, leaving cavities around the edges. I know this is sealed with grout, but could...

Hi, I've recently had an oak worktop installed. It's only been there for about a week, but there's a crack appearing where the planks have been glued together. It's very small, about 0.5mm. I'm worried that it's going to keep moving? The worktop was sanded flat, but now you can feel the...

I've had encaustic tiles laid in the kitchen. Despite my instructions to keep them clean, the builders have tread a lot of dirt into them, which I'm trying to remove. It's quite possible that the tiles became dirty before they were sealed. He has tried using a floor cleaning machine which...

I recently had my kitchen renovated, in a Victorian terrace house I've just bought. A couple of weeks after painting, damp has started to show above the skirting on both the external wall (underneath the bay window) and internal wall next to it. Under the bay window: The internal wall...