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Help please. Short version - some of the rockwool insulation in my roof got wet. Should any bit that got wet be removed, or can it stay if now dry? Longer version - water had been dripping from an old chimney that's had a section removed (from about 40cm above the joists, with the remaining...

Help please! My neighbour 'helpfully' pressure washed a north facing outside wall on my house. Not all the moss has been removed. Some paint and pointing has come off. In places the pointing/mortar has been washed out to about 20mm depth. I'll get a proper trades person in to fix it but not sure...

Hi folks My elderly mum is moving into a warden-assisted flat and the kitchen has a broken worktop which we want to get replaced. It's got a ceramic hob in it which we think is safer to place with an induction hob. Question is, what kind of trade do I need to find? Kitchen fitter? Chippie? Do...

Hi folks Hope you can help me with this one. Moved a Laser Printer to the utility room without thinking about sockets :rolleyes:. Nearest socket is wired into fused switch socket for a freezer. Can I plug in an adaptor and safely have the freezer and printer both plugged into that? Might the...

Hi folks I want to do a hack with superglue and sodium bicarbonate, so it needs to be liquid superglue. Any idea which superglues are liquid, not gel? Thanks!

I've bought a 4m x 3m garden sail with 2 galvanised steel posts (the other two corners will be attached to the house). The instructions say the poles should be set in holes 400mm x 400m x 800mm deep. The bottom 100mm should filled with gravel. I'm trying to work out how much ready mixed mortar...

Hi folks I have a Majority Snowdon II sound bar, connected to a Hisense LHD32E130TUK TV (not a smart tv) with an optical cable. It's been working fine for seven months, but now even though the sound bar is on, no sound is coming out. Without another telly or sound bar, are there any diagnostics...

Help, what do I do? I've stripped off the old wall paper in the loo and have bare plaster with patches of gloss paint. I want a painted finish. I'll rub down the gloss paint to create a key. What's a good primer? Some of the posts here recommend Dulux Super Grip Primer. Would you use that? Or...

Hey folks I've got an old pine table which I want to use outdoors. Another (very old) post says 8 coats of yacht varnish. Would I have to keep revarnishing, if so roughly how often? Is there any new product that would do the job with little maintenance. And what about the bottom of the legs...

Hi folks Have struggled all day with this. Please save me from myself - don't be too harsh! I've stripped the top vinyl layer off the wallpaper in my loo. The wallpaper is at least 20 years old and I'm left with the robust 'backing' paper which is very well stuck to the wall and I am sooooo...

Oh dear. I am feeling stressed by attempting to get these 6 doors painted, ready for the carpenter to start hanging on 2nd Jan. Just removing the sticky labels and sanding (see previous posts) has eaten up a lot of my time. I used to be able to get a really good finish with olde style gloss, on...

Hello again! I've got Howdens primed doors that have a routed detail. https://www.howdens.com/doors/internal/primed-doors/primed-internal-linear-door-obj-sku-family-dir1560 In many places the router has left some roughness - you know the kind of hairy edge you get when you cut something like...

Hi folks I've bought primed wood doors from Howdens, and I'll be painting with water-based undercoat and top coat. There's a 7" label on the side of each one. Water and a rag takes the paper of the label off, leaving the adhesive. Usually I'd use lemon oil to remove this kind of adhesive...

Hi folks, wonder if you can help. I'm using my laptop to access BBC iplayer but it won't play any programmes, the busy pink 'busy' circle keeps going round. I can watch live, and I can listen to old radio programmes. I did an internet speed test, and it was nearly 9Mbps download which is...

Hi folks I've read the other threads about insulating a condensate pipe that runs outside, and opinions seem to vary between 'it won't freeze' to 'use a trace heating'. Last two winters, the condensate appeared not to freeze, ie no problems with the boiler. But the foam insulation has worn...

Hi folks I've decided to re-do my hall, stairs and landing. What's the best order to do things in? If I paint the skirting boards before the carpet's laid, won't the carpet kickers damage the new paint? But so much easier to paint without carpet there. What do you recommend? Thanks folks Mary

Hi folks During the storms last week, I kept losing the TV sound and picture. At its worst, I was getting 1 second of picture and sound then couple of minutes of nothing but a message saying someting like 'No signal or signal weak from transmitter'. Once the storm was over, normal service was...

Hi folks Mini Cooper Clubman 2009 I drove out of parking space all of 1.5 metres but had turned the wheel too soon and crunched the nearside door against a metal post. It's a white car so almost impossible to show the damage in a pic. The dent is in several places, above and below what I 've...

Hi folks Since getting coolant warning light a few days ago, I'm adding about a litre of fluid to the radiator each morning to get it up to Max' level. So I bought some 250ml of Radweld which says 'Treats up to 17 litre'. This website says the coolant volume is 5.2 litres. Do I chuck all 250ml...

I want to replace my flimsy hollow 1950s internal doors with oak veneer. Assuming the rights sizes are stocked, which supplier(s) do you recommend - Howdens, Jewsons, TP, Selco? Thanks Mary