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Looking to see if someone can link me to some suitable filler for this. As you can probably tell from the username, I'm a DIY Donkey. Without getting in to the embarassing details, we now have various holes in walls as a result of a drill bit. Think it was 6 or 7mm. So, 2 in the upper section...

Just wondering what this could be really. Randomly our microwave will just sound like it's receiving a signal from space or something that i can only describe as electrical interference. It's not all the time but it happens. It's been going on for most of this year and the microwave i'd say...

Looking at a bathroom install. We currently have no ventilation system and I wonder whether this has caused/contributed to our ceiling (like a vinyl wallpaper) staining a strange colour. Also in the hallway outside the ceiling paper was getting black spots of mould until we put bathroom paint on...

Looking at a new bathroom install and a stainless steel towel rad (or rad of some description) was something i'd mentioned to the potential installer - he agreed. The existing rad was probably a chrome thing and whatever it was looks like it's been painted 100 times and i can see rust spots over...

Looking to see that we don't end up making another howler. Currently we have a multi fuel stove installed in to a fairly shallow recess in the chimney breast. We've had damp issues and as such everything has been tanked using Sovereign Chemicals products and IIRC the finish at that point was...

We're going to have someone come out and look at doing our bathroom (total rip out and start afresh job) and i want to have some sort of a clue before they get here and not just swallow what may be a load of garbage because it might be something the installer would rather not do. Currently we...

We need new glass on the front of the house upstairs & my wife mentioned the other day about how she'd seen a house with windows that seemed a bit tinted & she was on about it as a possibility. From her point of view it'd be better for getting changed so she doesn't have to shut the curtains...

Our windows get heavy condensation on them this time of the year all over the house. Last year we had to renew the living room windows (including frames) as we just couldn't solve a leak. Thankfully it seems to have done the job. The old glass that was in there before the change was very...

I don't want this question to get lost within the thread of my boiler/water running hot-cold-hot-cold since it's pretty important, or at least to us it is. For those who helped out, the chap came out today, has scheduled us for powerflushing & a magnetic filter install as suggested in the other...

I'm more curious about the approach that would be taken to be honest. With everything else we've got going on at the moment this is a million miles away right now, if we ever get it done at all, but i'd still like to know the approach. Basically we have a 1930s semi. It's a bit annoying in that...

I wont be doing it myself but i'd still like to know so that i can be armed with some knowledge when we get guys out to weigh the job up & see if they start saying the right things. **I'll try and give as much info as i can but if you need more than in this post then just ask** House was built...

Boiler = Worcester Greenstar 30Si Noticed this a while ago & it got progressively worse. At first we thought it was the shower that needed to be replaced. So one night after my wife was cursing in the shower i thought i'd be the smart one & run the bath instead ... but it kept going...

Bought 3 rads from Screwfix December 2015. Last night we noticed one of them had developed a paint bubble within the previous 24 hours and when pressed it leaked water. Since turned valves off both sides of the rad. What likely caused this...

I say shed/garage/workshop, it'll be a block built building in the back garden so whatever name for it that is most suitable :) I'll be back at a later date to ask more about this project but for the time being i wanted to ask about the insulation on it that'd be in the wall cavity. I imagine...

If you take a look at one of my recent threads i'm going to be looking at hanging the gate i put together. I ordered in a hook & band hinge on the back of advice here. I'm just wondering how to tell what size bits & also coach bolts will be needed. This is the hinge...

The old gate we had was badly warped & the hinges rusted & twisted after it blew back on itself years ago. I finally got round to making a replica, this time with tanalised T&G boards as the face instead of rough sawn which the previous owners had used. Everything is set so far. Just looking...

I'm toying between the Cuprinol Ducksback & Creocote. Ducksback i can obviously have a range of colours, but it's water based & i'm wondering if Creocote would be better since it's oil based .......... just that it's brown. I've also got a bit to do & i don't think you can spray Ducksback but...

I was watching a video (this one: ) building a garden gate out of T&G wood. I'll be needing to whip off the T&G at either end & this chap called it a 'rip fence'. I googled that & got all manner of results but nothing for a circular saw. I googled some more & found this...

I've read the manual & been in touch with Panasonic directly & still I'm unable to do it. If any of you have managed this (or on another Panasonic model similar to this) then please post up what you did & which USB Flash Drive you used (in case the one i'm using is no good). This is a copy of...

The panel is a Honeywell ADE Gen4 i believe. So for the past 3 weeks we've actually been setting the alarm when we leave the house & also go to bed at night. Everything has been fine. The front door, side door & bathroom window are on those magnetic contacts. The back bedroom window is on some...