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The yellow stuff looks like bog standard fibreglass loft style insulation but some pipe lagging could have asbestos on it? Be aware and test just in case!

Use a long flexible rod from below. Either the cap of a 2M long bit of trunking or a fibreglass cable fisher.

Yes, we used Abloys as security locks at an old place. A locksmith might be able to do it? We used to have to order the keys only from specialist locksmiths and it took a long time (80’s) Agree that slicing into the door is easiest and cheapest, so long as you plan to brick it up.

Ok so I use it for motorcycle rubber, but try a mug of boiling water. The rubber is obviously waterproof but bunging it in a mug of boiling water will soften it and all the water simply flicks off. It makes fixing tight rubber to metal parts much easier.

Loads of sporty cars don’t have rubbers, they have holes. So I guess you could just trim the sides off the wrong rubbers and glue them on? Obviously the correct ones are best

Not a pro, and I may be wrong but Isn’t it a case of stopping people falling off an open stair compared to a usable handrail all the way up? When I did my banister, the PO had removed the stair handrail and newel. As my handrail meets the ceiling of the hall, it halves and goes horizontal for...

Is this the treads?

It would be a terrible shame (imho) to tile the floor. However it’s their house. The blocks are likely fixed with bitumen 9mm seems thin for floor tiles but you’s need backer board and cement. Are you sure that you’s have enough room?

I wouldn’t take any Daily Mail article as scientific advice. “The Daily Mail has been criticised for its unreliability, its printing of sensationalist and inaccurate scare stories about science and medical research, and for instances of plagiarism and copyright infringement. In February 2017...

Yes, but easier to clean.

Paint the shelves?

I’d buy some more OSB and cut it to fit inside. You will be ages sanding and a belt sander is likely to dig into the OSB. You could try paint stripper. Personally, I’d paint the inside white

As above. Use a post hole spade. I hired one first, next time I bought one as it worked out cheaper. They allow a deep hole to be dug narrow, so that the existing ground remains solid. 25% of post in the hole.

Buy second hand and sell it later

What is it to do? 60x60 x4 will give a 52 mm internal. You could insert a 50 mm square slug inside, packed with flat bar. Use epoxy as a bond.