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When it was freezing a couple of weeks ago I left my 25 liter tub of white emulsion outside. I needed to use it stupid I know so it had a head on and I tried to mix it but it just went lumpy. After bringing it inside and leaving it for a few days it has gone resonaabley ok but has go some...

I have just bought a reposed house and need to secure the smashed windows till glazing arrives. What timber sheeting can I use. Is chipboard ok ?

Just bought a new brick house reposention house to rent out and at the back of it someone has spray painted something on the wall. What is the best way to remove this. Will acid brickj cleaner work and is it a easy job ?

Just bought a reposed house and one of its got french door on it but one of the doors is gone. Do glazing firms replace one door on french doors or do you have to purchase the whole unit ?

One of the upvc windows in my house would not open so I unscrewed the handle off to have a look to see if i could get the window open. I have found out from looking at the working windows in my house what the problem is. The bar what come out the handle is square and it fits in the square...

I have just put a new shower in and there is some plugs in the tile where the old one was screwed to. I going to try and get them out, I was thinking about screwing a screw into the plug then pulling out with pgrips. My worry here is the tile might pull off the wall. Any ideas or tips of a...

I have already put normal small hinges on can I add these type of hinges as well at a later date or will the small hinges have to be removed ?

I was thinking more like those things what are on wardrobe top doors sometimes but do not know what they was called.

I have converted the loft and in there I have made four opening for storage. I have put the doors on what I made and have put the hinges on the top so they open upwards. I want to know what I need to get so when I open the doors upwards they lock in that position on a catch of some sort so...

In my nans house she has a gravity fed system with a water meter. She has a boiler which is not a combi for the radiators. No work has been carried out on the pipes all was fine then suddenly the cold water tap upstair has gone very low and sometimes stops. I put new taps on and then run the...

No I am afraid some of the hole are about 8 inch by 6 inch. When you say over board I am assuming if I go for boarding it as well right ?

There about 20 holes I think it wold probably take longer.

The ceiling spa's are at 400mm apart already. What option would be better if any. 1) Screw battern through exsisting plasterboard and into ceiling spa's. Then screw new plasterboard threw battern,exsisting plasterboard and into ceiling spa.. 2) Do not use any battern and place new...

Cant skim over as there is holes in the ceiling. Looks like who ever put the battern's up for the plastic ceiling never had a stud finder so just smashed hole's to feel where the studs was. If I screwed 3 inch screws through the battern's and into the ceiling joist's will this be enough to...

In our kitchen we had a plastic ceiling. I have now took that down and there was a artex ceiling below. I plan to plasterboard the ceiling and skim. When I took the plastic ceiling down there is batterens fixed to the artex ceiling into the ceiling joists. My kitchen ceiling is 8 ft wide so I...