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Hello. I have just restored and painted my sash windows, having applied the top coat of Sandtex Gloss this morning. I now need advice on the best product that will fill the EXTERIOR gaps between the various wood trim and the brick wall, and between wood and wood - where various bits have gaps...

Balls. What about the entire system being updated for all flats including possibly video facility, so we don’t have to let in ugly people?

My flat, which is situated on the first floor of a Victorian house, is equipped with an Elvox intercom system (along with 5 other flats). The handset in my flat buzzes when a visitor who is outside the communal door presses the button with my flat number on it. I can talk to the visitor through...

I appreciate all the applicable replies but I’ll be honest I don’t understand most of them, plus the thread got hijacked after the first reply which wasn’t applicable to my situation. I’ve therefore given up and will put it back together and leave it as is. Shame as it looks awful. Maybe I’ll...

I’d like to replace the plastic cover of my telephone point with a nice metal one but I’m stuck with the wiring. Hopefully the photos do the explaining. Thanks.

I’m restoring a shower zone. Took some tiles off and removed loads of soft plaster. It’s all lost its top smooth skim. The rest is solid enough. The wall will be tanked (painted with acrylic) and then the tiles stuck back on. How should I build the wall back to its original depth and what...

I’ve recently discovered that my shower valve has had a leak over many years. It is located in a stud wall. We have cured the leak. I have removed tiles and pulled the rotten damp plasterboard out, which appears to be the normal type. The plan is to cover the void with aquapanel (or such like)...

Thanks very much.

My first floor flat has Victorian floorboards in the hallway. 10 years ago I sealed the gaps between the boards with clear silicone. Over the years a few of the boards have warped and now split. I removed these boards to find a large water pipe running beneath them. This pipe serves the flat...

Hi Terryplumb. I just wanted say thank you so much for your advice. I did the job successfully yesterday. I used fibre washers. Removing the tap was easy. One old rubber washer looked OK on the side that wasn’t leaking. On the leaking side the washer was knackered. It took me an hour to scrape...

Fantastic advice thanks. Yes i have both those stores. Guildford, Surrey.

Hi Terryplumb. Thanks for your help. It sounds like an easy job. Can you please confirm... Your reference to “valve” means the entire chrome tap? Looking from the front, which direction to undo the chrome nuts? CW or ACW? When the nuts are undone do i just pull the whole assembly toward me...

Hello all. My wall mounted bath tap is leaking at a joint beneath the large chrome nut on the left side. The dripping has gotten worse over the last month or so. I think what happened is the large circular disc came unscrewed from the wall and my Dad leant on the spout by mistake which pushed...

I’m sorry Tigercub but no matter how many times I read your reply I don’t understand it. I want to as it sounds interesting.

Good question Mattylad. It’s a front door to a flat within a large house that has 6 other flats and a communal door. Post for all flats gets put on the table in the communal hallway but sometimes part time postmen deliver my post through my letterbox. I’m decorating the door and decided the...

Thanks for your suggestions but I don’t want a shiny metal plate on either side. That’s kinda the whole point of getting rid of the letterbox. I want it to look like there was never anything there.

Hello. I would like to do away with my letterbox so I need to fill the hole. The end result will hopefully be a door with no sign on both sides of an old letterbox. It’s quite a large rectangular hole cut into a very solid wooden front door. What would be the best method?

That's a brilliant idea - thanks!

Fill. I've been here 14 years and don't intend to be here another 14 years. I'm also strapped for cash. I intend to just 'make good' for as long as I can get away with. The next owner can get embroiled with structural issues if there are any and argue these to their hearts content with all the...

All cracked walls are internal, not external.