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Hi all, I have been having a nightmare with a leaking toilet. Searched on here but cannot find my exact issue. Fixed them all except one where the flush pipe goes in to the back of the pan. It's a concealed cistern and was leaking from both ends. Fixed the cistern end and changed to flush cone...

Hi All, Just looking for a bit of advise. I want to repaint the exterior render on my house while the scaffold is up for new soffits and facias. Generally the current paint isn't in bad condition, but it has started to flake in places. Mainly on the black areas. The previous owners left behind...

Hi all. Hopefully someone can help. I'm wanting to flatten my concrete garage floor a little so i can paint it. I need it fairly good as at the moment a trolley jack gets stuck on the lumps. It looks like someone in the past have mixed cement up on the floor as it's mainly at the front, probably...

Hi Guys, Just trying to get my detached garage a bit nicer as a bit of a workshop. I want to either paint the floor or use floor tiles, so have been trying to establish if I have a DPM in the garage floor or not. The garage is single skin with concrete floor and was built in around 1983. When...

Hi Guys, I've had a look on this site but couldn't really find anything the same issue as mine. Hoping someone can help. I have not long moved in to a house with a detached double garage made of single skin brick. With the recent heavy rain I have noticed damp coming in at the base of the wall...

Hi All, I have moved in to a new house, built 1983/4. I have a number of these drains where either gutters discharge in to or kitchen waste pipes. Some are cemented where the pipe goes in, but one is not and I'm concerned about it blocking with leaves. They look to be clay with a removable...

Hi All, After a recommendation on fine surface filler. I have tried pollyfiller fine surface filler before but found it hard to sand. I have used easifill for bigger holes but not sure if that would be fine enough? I have moved in to a house where they had a dado rail running around the room, it...

Hi All, Just moved in to a house with a 5.2m x 5m Garage. I would like to board the loft for storage of mainly lightweight items, although I would like to store 4 spare alloy wheels, no tyres, of my classic car up there too. Garage is 5.2m long by 5m wide, the roof is made of trussed rafters at...

Hi Guys, Moved in to a house 4 weeks ago, With all this rain I have noticed water dripping out of the soffit vent either side of the valley. Red arrows in the picture. Roof inside loft is dry, but want to sort out where the water is getting in to the soffit to stop it rotting the joists. Anyone...

Hi All, Previously I have borrowed my dads ladder for cleaning gutter etc. It's an old wooden one with metal rungs and is quite stable, but feel there are better out there now. Decided that it's probably a good time to buy my own since moving in to a new property. This house has a couple of...

Hi Guys, Hoping someone can help. Just recently moved in to a property so don't know a huge amount about previous works. Only been in a week. I know the previous owners had BG home care which they used a few times to install new rads and programmer etc approx 3-4 years ago. I will try to list...

Hi all, Hope everyone is well in this now crazy world. I'm looking to buy a house which has a detached double garage currently I believe the electrics are spured off the house ring from the lounge which is around 4 foot away using SWA running under the pathway. If I bought it I would be looking...

Hi Guys, I know this probably been asked before and I have read a few of the threads on here, but they seem to be different to mine. I have a a loft above my single garage. The roof is made of the Fink type roof truss at 600mm centres made with timbers 70mm x 35mm. The span distance is 4.9m. I...

Hi guys. Just bought a metabo kgs 216m. Before using i thought i would check the angles and adjust if necessary. When doing so i noticed that the turntable is about 1mm higher than the surrounding table on the left and pretty much spot on on the right. Is this normal? Or do i have a dodgy one...

Hi Guys, Got a cheap blow torch at the moment, gas is running out. I'm planning on fitting a new bathroom etc later this year. I'm thinking I'll be better off buying a better torch as I know I will be soldering joints under floor boards. I current torch is fine until you tilt it close to...

Hi all, Been looking at bathroom suites. Currently have a coloured suite. :( We have had a look at Roca, Ideal, Pura and Tavistock. I have found a Roca Laura wc and sink that we like, but have read a few reviews about the cistern internals failing / needing cleaning frequently. Is this...

Hi All, I'm planning to paint the exterior cladding on the house in the spring. It is currently painted black, but not sure what with. I want to paint it black again. The wall is north facing so want something that will last. I was thinking of using Bedec Barn Paint in satin black, but...

Hi All, I know this has probably been done to death, But I am looking for a new mitre saw. My Old one has just stripped the teeth in the gearbox. It was almost Identical to a dewalt 704 but a B&Q own make and 14 years old. :) My old one was a 12" blade version and I have 2 spare blades...

Hi Guys, I’m in the middle of prepping some walls in my porch. Haven’t long been in the house so not sure what paint was used etc. But I believe , before I had bought the house, the walls were once wallpapered and at some point stripped and painted.   I want to re-paint, but the paint...

Hi Guys, Looking for a cheap-ish IR thermometer. Mainly going to be used for balancing rads, but I also work on cars as a hobby so will probably use it for other things too. I have found three, but not sure which would be the best...