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Think I have just been ripped off yet again by roofers. Had water runing behind gutter from roof and down wall. Given quote of £350 to fit Kestrel Eaves which I understood to be secured under tiles and to each other so water run direct from roof to gutter. They turned up 8 hours late in pouring...

I do that with brass and steel fittings so worth a try with mild steel bars . A lot of cheap cola though..... Maybe could resell it afterwards. Who would know the difference ?

I have just got hold of some 3m mild steel bars 30mm wide 10 depth which I want to use as frames for door stops. They are all covered in a black film which comes off as you touch them. One or two I will prime with red oxide and a top coat of acrylic eggshell but most I just want to clean and...

No help from my local Brewers so bought a tin of Blackfriars acrylic grey primer undercoat sanded down what I have started and begun again so all coats will be acrylic Seems safer. Thanks

I have some new wood cupboard doors to paint with Winslade (green)Albany Acrylic Eggshell. The primer/undercoat I have is Albany Acrylic White which is a bind as I really need a green or grey acrylic primer/undercoat but Albany only do the white in Acrylic. Could I use an ordinary Albany...

Against my better instincts I bought a "solid wood door" over the internet during lockdown which turned out to e engineered wood. Its the 1930s sunburst design with the glass between the woode sun rays" It came ready primed and the advice is to use a solvent based top coat. Advice which I find...

I painted some architrave with Albany Acrylic Eggshell after a washdown with sugar soap and a light rub down with sandpaper over the previous coat of eggshell. A month later I had to clean it up with a quick sponge down. To my surprise the new coat is just running into the sponge and none has...

Not the one I want Waney edge oak https://uniquewildwoodfurniture.co.uk/gallery/

Crowbar, circular saw, angle grinder if brackets are there, sledgehammer, mini digger as last resort. The mini digger thro the wall from next door would be my favourite

Been offered £30. For the sake of one screw. I am going to try !

Wreck it is my favourite, the way I feel but I am trying not to damage the worktop as it 2m long and I can sell it. I think I will try drill around it first but have to be careful as the timber supports the back of the worktop.

Trying to replace an old DIY work top. Problem is the flat head screws at the back, screwed into the underside of the old worktop are sunk into the frame by 1cm and jambed. I cannot get any leverage as I am working upside down with no room to see what I am doing as the width is restricted to...

I am just trying to work this out It seems too easy ! I find some old green and yellow cable, which I have, and I just cut it and link it from the terminal (the screw clamp for a cable in the corner of the metal box to the metal screw terminal on the edge of the plastic switch and thats it ...

Great! Worked that out. Now the earth cable is about 20mm too short to connect and no slack. Al I can think is a small wire connnector inside the box and add the 20mm ! It is a 38mm metal back box for a single light switch so what size earth wire do I need ? I see 1.5mm 2.5 mm advertised but...

Just want to change old plastic light switch to new one with L1, L2 and L for wires I assumed the red was live and went in L and black went to L1 but the small strip of red aroud the black has me confused. So need a bit of help

I have a great lump of a cooker switch on the kitchen wall but no electric cooker. I have gas. Can it just be replaced with a simple 13 amp socket for an electric kettle or is it more complicated ? I will probably get an electrician to do it as I have some other wiring jobs need doing but...

I thought that might be the only solution but on one side it is within a few centimetres of the corner and the other some metal shelving I will have to take the shelves down to get blade in there. Thanks

I am a painter not a plumber but have been asked to remove and replace some dirty old plastic clamps holding copper pipes. Problem is they are screwed into the wall directly behind the pipe in the corner of a room. I have some brass school board pipe clips which I can replace them with as...

Nige You have put me in the right direction. I have just found this brass clip on one of the sites for the copper clips and as you can see it is screwed into the wall either side of the pipe like te copper saddles and not behind it Seems probem solved. "Cast brass school board brackets"...

I got brass ones from a company called Webbs in Weston Super Mare. My problem is screwing them, brass or otherwise, into the wall behind the pipes which have very little "give".