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Hi I've got two venetian blinds that I want to put up in my son's bedroom. Please bear with me I'm a woman with a drill in my hand but I don't know what to do properly. I've googled a you tube video that makes it look easy - but I know it's not! I'm mounting onto plaster/brick. What size...

Hi, yes it is the hidden fixing sort which is held in place by expanding plastic. Would you know if it is possible to buy a different seat where I could have better metal fixings such as the wing nut?

Hi We are in the process of having our bathroom finished off. I've got a handyman in to do a few bits and I asked him if he could 'fix' the toilet seat. Basically, it's all lined up and you sit on it a few times and then it starts moving. It is a slow shut toilet seat. The handyman has...

What a brilliant idea!

We don't have the boiler on much. The house is incredibly warm. We've moved from a drafty victorian house, where the heating was on 24/7 for about 7 months of the year, to a house where the heating is only on for a two or three hours per day on the very coldest of days only. Sometimes, the...

OK. Thank you, much appreciated.

Hi My boiler (Vailiant 837) has been fitted but the plumber has left a bucket under the condensor pipe. He has done this because, later on, I'm relocating the washing machine. I will be having a hole knocked out of the wall and waste put directly into the drains. He said he will finish it...

Many thanks

Thank you. Really appreciate that. So, looks like it will have to be a varnish.

OK, that sounds nice. Can you recommend a wax and also, is it easy to apply - basically, can I apply it wrong!!

We have bought the above doors from Wickes, the doors have narrow vertical panels cut into them : I don't want to paint them. I'd like them to look natural. What is the best product to decorate with - do I have to varnish or can they be waxed? If waxing, is that better than varnish? Many...

Hi We have bought the above doors from Wickes, the doors have narrow vertical panels cut into them : I don't want to paint them. I'd like them to look natural. What is the best product to decorate with - do I have to varnish or can they be waxed? If waxing, is that better than varnish...

I think I will see if I can get a brickie in to take the wall down, pull out the root and then rebuild.

My problem is, in a few weeks time, I move out of the house for good and I will be letting my home to a family. So I want to get it sorted now. If anything bad happens, I will be 200 miles away :-(

My husband sawed it back about 6 months ago and he soaked it with sbk. I don't know whether its dead or not. How do I tell? Should I get a brick layer in to take the wall down? What worries me is that as the route is incredibly deep, if I cant get all the route out, will it start regrowing...

I have uploaded a picture. The wall is double skinned. I went round to the next door neighbour and the wall has started bowing on their side but no evidence of the weed coming out. The weed has definitely got in from my side and is growig inwards. I need to make the wall safe and obviously...

Thank you. That all makes sense.

Hi I bought an Erbauer Electric Plane for my husband to plane down a few doors (bottoms). First door, triming off 8mm. He did it in 2mm increments. Great job. Next door, he had to trim 20mm. He did it in 4 mm increments but when finished the bottom wasn't flat, but it was slanted. Does...

Yes, my son came up with that one - although I'm not convinced it is the right measurement. I think I will get my flexible dressmaking tapemeasure out - that should work.