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My Mums neighbour has kindly sent more pics... It looks like it's from the roof, Do you have any idea what is most likely issue?

My mum's house has a number of spalled bricks (these from the chimney breast). Some are also going below damp proof course in some areas. My dad got the gable end rendered when he was alive because it got so bad. The house is 30-odd years old, and the bricks seem to be crap, to be fair. What...

For my own property.

Please see pics... I want to keep the wood's character and the darker piece's age and patina (La Di Da). I prefer a duller finish on furniture, so I don't want anything too shiny. But I would like to tone down the damage, particularly the mug marks, as much as possible. I guess I could sand...

Hey everyone, I want to beef up my ladder safety further, was looking at bolting the ladder to the wall. What fastenings and cord/rope/??? should I be looking at in practice to do this? Also, I am assuming it should be bolted at the top or a third of the way down. Many thanks

The lock in my Mums old uPVC door is broken. Someone has made it so the lock fixes in the centre when locked but the locking mechanism top and bottom doesn't engage. Can anyone help me to identify the mechanism?

When I push on the edge of the ceiling, I note a crack where the wall meets the ceiling opens up by a couple of mm. I decorated the room last year and caulked the crack, but it's returned. From memory, in the loft above the room, the plasterboard has no wooden structure above it at the edge...

Wasn't intending to sell to be clear but thanks for all your thoughts I will take a look.

My Dad passed away earlier this year. His shed has quite a few large electrical tools like Lathes, Bandsaws, etc. My mum is keen to get rid of these but I haven't the room. I would rather not junk them but pass them to someone who will use them. Is it OK to pass these on, or could I be...

I have searched the forum but haven't found an answer to this, so I hope you may be able to point me in the right direction. I have removed my internal kitchen door for decoration and have realised we prefer it that way. The existing is poorly configured, with a nearby bathroom and cupboard...

Brilliant advice guys will start work on that when next over.

The timber on the corners of my Mums porch is rotting from the brick base that they seem to be sunk into. I think they must be supporting the roof and structure. What are my options in terms of repairing the posts? And in terms of the decorative wood above, is this just decorative and can it...

Found cutouts to fit wires when replacing existing boarding to beef up insulation. I wouldn't normally worry as not much is cut away but timber in this area seems structural and is piddly approx 3" X 2". Am already screwing and glueing CLS timber in the rest of the loft but didn't want to...

I got an internal soil pipe and would like to suppress as much sound as poss. The boxing-in is quite tight to the pipe. Could I use loft insulation to achieve this given the tight space or is there a better option?

I have had to open up my internal soil pipe to effect a fix. It seems like a good time to renew the rather crappy boxing in. Currently, it is done with 10mm plywood, the space is very tight (between the pipe and the inner board surface). And the available space is tight so it cannot go much...