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Thanks all for your replies and suggestions. I have another question. I see the Tudor board is screwed to the wall, so it must have screwed through the vertical drop of the flashing which is behind the board. Is it ok? The original board was fixed like that although with a wooden dummy peg...

thanks for your reply. It's not overlapped, just two boards very closely "coupled". My after thought: they may not have the board of right length and yet they don't want to come back on another day, so they fit 2 shorter ones together. Just one explanation.

I just had a timber tudor board in the front of my house replaced. It is the horizonal one in the photo. After the work was done, I found that the board actually consists of two separate boards. I think that they ordered one big board and I don't understand why they had to cut it in half to fit...

I tried it again (keep hitting it with a piece of wood), but it still didn't bend. If I leave it for now, how likely there will be a leak in the future? To properly adjust/repair the flashing, I guess the mock tudor board has to be removed first since the flashing is fixed to the bricks behind...

I will try this piece of wood.

Thanks again for your replies. I used the wooden handle of a small garden tool and didn't dare to use much force, in fear of breaking the tile. Maybe I should try a bigger piece of wood (e.g. a wood block) and user more force?

any other method to fill in the gap? plumber's mait?

@woody, Thanks for your reply. I tried your method, but the flashing is very hard and not moving at all. I see there is quite a bit length of tile beneath the flashing, so I suppose wind-driven rain (through the gap between the flashing and tile) would unlikely result in a leak?

Hi I just had my mock tudor board in front of my house replaced. After the contractor left, I found one small section of the flashing has popped up a bit. As shown in the photo. How do I adjust it to the original shape (round shape, close match to the tile)? using a hammer? Or can I just leave...

My toilet seat is broken (a crack in the middle). I tried to remove the old seat, but I am not able to turn the screw. I tried plenty of wd40 and penetrating oil, but it is still not moving at all. I read online that some suggested using a hacksaw, but there is no gap between the bolt/screw and...

Hi My house was built in the 1990s and there is a small cherry blossom tree in the front garden (actually three small trees "grouped" together as shown in the photo). It must be there for a long time (We moved in 14 years ago). It's 2.6 m from the house and about 3m tall. I have found its root...

from the photo inside the cistern, do I have to replace the connector? currently there is no leak outside. I am not good at DIY at all and I am worried I may make things worse if I have a go myself. Thanks again.

Thanks. @andy, here is the picture. How do I replace it? Just remove the wingnut and the whole thing will come out? The toolstation product you quoted does not look like the same as mine...

Hi I have found there is some yellow stuff at one of the wing nut bolts fixing the toilet cistern to the toilet base (as in the photo). The toilet is a push button type. Currently there is no leak and the bolt below seems good. I just wonder whether the yellow bit indicated the bolt (inside the...

Hi The rail of one of the bath room windows has become wobbly when I try to open it wider. I found the cap of one of the bolts has fallen off, as shown in the photo. So that end of the rail is wobbly. It seems it is not fixed there by screw. Maybe because of the moisture in bathroom, the bolt...

Thank you @big-all. Sorry, how do you mean by 12mm trim? The horizontal length of the crack is c. 13cm, and the maximum width is 2-3 mm.

Hi I have found there is a crack on the wooden french door frame. It is on the top side of the sliding door frame and passes through one of the screws. photo attached. Is there any quick fix to this? Many thanks for any advice.

I have lived in the house for 10+ years. I don't know how long it has been there. It does not look like new.

Hi I have found there is a crack on the wooden french door frame. It is on the top side of the sliding door frame and passes through one of the screws. photo attached. Is there any quick fix to this? Many thanks for any advice.

Hi I am looking to buy a terraced house (currently browsing the photos online). Just noticed there is a a very long white-ish vertical line from top to bottom on the external wall (crack?) between the house and the neighbour. Picture attached (where the arrow is). Could anyone tell me what this...