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Hi, We are at the stage of the refurbishment where we are now painting, we have tries using masking tape to mask off the area that are not to be covered. However on doing so the masking tape seems to remove the paint on the surface it has been placed upon or it creates a ridge between the...

Hi I bought the above hammer drill from Homebase and i have used it only once and the time that i did the drill bit seemed to work itself loose from the chuck. I was drilling into masonary using the hammer action and when i pull the drill bit out out of the wall it was left behind. Has anyone...

Hi, We are looking to bridge the gap between a small brick built and stone roofed outhouse with flashband. We want to make sure we get a really good seal and people recommend the use of a steel heavy hand roller. Does anyone know of anything i could use that does the same/similar job as...

Hi, We were at the house yesterday during the torrential down pour of rain and you could clearly see some of what might be causing the issue. It has to be partly the flashing on the roof, a minor dripping cutter from the main roof and it does seem the floor in the she is slightly higher...

Hi John, I am sure the two metal supports that are coming out of the wall is not not for a sink but an old gas meter, according to my gas safe engineer. Plus the the two metal supports are only 2/3 bricks up from the concrete floor and i would be very suprised if a sink at that height would...

Hi John There are about three air bricks in the kitchen but none in the cupboard. The vac is just to clean all the building dust we have in the house as we are struggling to get rid of it all. We had been looking at the shed roof and i think it will be our first port of call. We are meant...

Hi, We will be speaking to our neighbour on the weekend as we will be at the house doing some work....so hopefully he might shed some light on our recent find. Mandy

Hi, The air brick you can see in the pictures goes under the floor boards in the kitchen itself and not the cupboard. The pipe joint on close inspection looks sealed. I will check again on the pipe over the shed and the guttering this week as we are expecting some serious rain over the next...

Hi John I know it is a tricky one, but i thought i would post it on here to see the thoughts of other folk who are more experienced in this area. We thought the roof as when we looked on the inside of the shed you can see straight through the mortar flashing, but there are no outward signs...

Here is some more pictures of what is at the pull cord and what is at the switch on the wall. Mandy :)

More pictures have been posted in the original post. Mandy :)

Hi, After buying a 1930's house and overcoming many problems we had with the property we have come across one more thing to add to out list. On giving the under stairs cupboard a good clear out the floor was found to be wet and the walls damp. We have a few boxes in there which had softened...

Hi, I know this might aound daft but what is a surface lighting box??? Do you mean just a regular light? I Know in the kitchen we had several old sockets with the red and black wiring that an electrician capped off with some large terminal blocks then places a blank plate over them....could...

Hi, We have a weird ceiling pullcord switch in our bedroom attached to a 2way switch, it enables you to switch the light on and off whilst in bed. It is very outdated and pretty hideous and we would like to remove it or cap of the wiring. The problem we are facing is that the loft above...

Can you replace the seals between the glass and sash, as ours have mildew spotting from the previous owner who did not know how clean. We have tried restoring them using various solutions but nothing works. The are white and they pretty much show everything. Also we have some foamy looking...

We have just noticed a wet patch along the bottom edge of the door frame on the wooden floorboards. Any idea where this could be coming from??? The wet patch appeared when we had a good dosing of rain a few days again and it only seems to persist when it rains. Mandy xxx :?

Hi, We have just had our 1930s house replastered at the cost of a decent chunk of cash, the only room we have left is the spare room. Due to us being on some unforseen issues with the house we are running on a serious budget. Although this is my spare room and will only be used on and off we...

Hi We have just had our new house plastered and we have plastering, sanding dust everywhere. Now it is all dried we are left with a large amount of dust that all we seem to do is move around. Does anyone know of the best way to get rid of all this dust, as hoovering with a domestic...

We recently bought a 1930's house with a bay window in the living room. Whilst removing the wallpaper under the window we found black mould which was exacerbated by the wall being covered in polystyrene sheeting. The wall under the bay window had dried out nicely and we then had the plastered...