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Hi I would be very grateful for your help. We plastered the wall under the stairs and in one section small egg shell-like cracks appeared the next morning. The house is old (1750s), but the wall is at a guess Victorian (brick I think, but we did see sandstone like parts where we...

hi, i have a Bosch "Blue" power / hammer drill (forget which exact model, but recommended to me on here and VERY happy with it). to avoid fiddling round with a chuck to use "regular" drill bits, i would like to use SDS+ bits instead... are these generally available for wood? the ones...

hi, i am looking for a cordless driver with a budget of about £100, but would prefer cheaper rather than more expensive (i know you get what you pay for, but i'm rather short at the moment). i have seen the Bosch GSB18 VE-2-LI recommended in recent threads on here, but that is out of my...

hello, i have (my parents') pvc back door with the cat flap attached to it with what looks like normal white bathrooom sealant. the cat flap is broken and needs replacing, but despite the screws being removed it will not budge because of this sealant. the flap is c10yrs old and the...

hi, I guess there could be lots of choices here but i am on a budget and want a good all-rounder mains-powered drill for c£150, but it would be nice for less. it will be doing general diy that my old (but very good ) cordless bosch doesn't have the "umph" for eg drilling into brickwork...

hi there, i have about four acres of land, comprising just over 1/2 acre of lawn, nearly 1 acre of well kept paddock (mowed regularly), and sheep pasture of say 3 acres - the grass has been kept low by their grazing but needs topping; it also has steepish hills and can be a bit uneven in...

hello, having moved into a new house in the winter, we have inherited a fairly gruesome garden path - see below: i plan to dig this up and replace it with reclaimed York stone "crazy paving" ie the broke bits, as we couldn't afford regular slabs. the path is approx 2m wide by 30m long. i...