Recent content by obyapka

Hello, I have a problem with joists into the party wall under our bath. Having lived in the property for 23 years without any problem, our neighbours house was sold, renovated, rented out... We now have smells coming into our house via the bathroom. Cooking smells (kitchen is on the other...

I tried bleeding radiators to remove air, but I don't think water was coming in to the system from the FE tank in the loft. No matter how many times I bled the rads when the heating kicked off and then stopped, there was always glugging water heading back into the boiler (like a water fall). In...

Hello, is there anywhere I can buy wood that has already been mitred to build a window frame? Or a frame pre-built to size? My garage has a wooden window frame, 123cmx107cm and the top opening window has rotted. The sill is also rotted in a small area but this is filled in. I presume it's best...

Some parts of my Dutch style wooden greenhouse are rotting and needs fixing up. Do you think this is beneath a joiner to repair it for me? It came with the house some years ago, and would cost £3k to replace, money which I don't have - I think all it needs to fix it up is two 13 foot...

Hello, I'm looking to replace (cheaply!!) a rotting wooden window frame in my garage. I believe it's pine. It's one that opens at the top. I've tried looking in B&Q etc but can only find PVC ones. They sell good external wooden doors but no window equivalent. Can someone please advise...

Hello, I've fitted a new external side door to my garage - it IS an external door, it's pine and sold by B&Q (£69 with a glass pane). I have added wood protection, fitted it 2 weeks ago, all was fine until yesterday when I noticed the bottom rail is starting to catch the sill, and now today...

Hi, When the washing maching tries to turn the drum, the motor is working/spinning, but the belt is periodically slipping - more often than not it will turn the drum (7 times out of 10?), other times its stationary as the motor visibly spins. A few years ago I had to replace the motor - will...

thanks for the reply - how do I adjust the tick over?

Hi, I've had a chainsaw (2-stroke, 18" from ALDI) for a few years, and I was use to the chain moving a little with no throttle. However now, after starting up, and released the chain brake, the chain spins around. In all other ways, the chainsaw is fine, correct tension, cuts wood, but lay...

Bringing this thread back to its original question - if I've already hung the door, and I have a 5mm gap between the door and the "doorstop" (or achitrave what ever its called), is it possible for me to refit the hinges and strike plate 5mm inwards to ensure a tight fit, and maybe fill the...

its an all pine wooden door, not hollow. I couldn't afford an external hardwood door. B&Q have external pine doors, what I have looks more robust.

btw, this is a side door&frame into an detatched garage, not the house! oh, and the door is already hung.

I bought the door knowing it was an interior door - but so too was the door it was replacing - door and frame were rotten. I'm not familiar with the correct terminology - is it the door stop or architrave? You close the door and it should butt up against it - its here where there is a 5-6mm...

hello again, I finally found time to fit my door frame and door - the door fits fine - great! But as per my original email there's a 5mm gap all the way around the door. :-( The door is softwood - the frame is hardwood. Should I remove the hinges from the frame, chisel out the extra 5mm...

Hi, I'm learning how to replace/fit an external door and frame myself (I begrudge paying the £150 quoted by a joiner) as the original in the side of my garage is rotting away. I've bought all the correct ingredients - door, frame, 5 lever mortice, hinges, handles, wood preservative...