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I think I'll sand in situ! I fear that if I take the door off, I'll never get it re-hung as well as it is now. Thanks for all your help.

Hot off the press: http://www.myguff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/hinge2.jpg This is the view straight along the door sill (i.e. the camera is where the door would be if the door was closed). As you can hopefully see, there are two arms going off to the left into the door frame, and one going...

Hello, My hardwood back door is badly weathered, and I am planning to sand it down and treat it. I want to do a thorough job, so was going to take the door off the hinges and sand it down on my workbench. However, when I went to do so today I found that the hinges are of a type I'd...

Thanks for the reply. If brown sealant is the best, why was this stone stuff there in the first place?

As ever, apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. I have searched, but to no avail. We have just moved house and I now notice that the bottom of the window frames need some attention. The thin strip of stone or cement filler (??) has started to break up and needs replaced. I have...

Thanks a lot for the reply. I'm interested in those floor slabs you linked. At the moment, the garage has a rough concrete floor. Am I right in thinking I would have to smooth the office area floor with a sand and cement screed, then lay the slabs on top, followed by chipboard? Are the...

I have a detached, single garage. I have notions of converting the rear quarter or so into some form of a computer room/study. There is a large south-facing single-glazed window with open views, and I think it would be really nice. I'm keen to get the PC out of the dining room, because I...

And the result? Or does this mad rule about not adding to older posts preclude us from finding out if this stuff works? I know I'm new here, but can the powers that be please rethink that rule in particular?

Hello, I have a single-storey timber-framed bungalow with a large loft on top, supporting the roof with trusses. The ground floor is rectangular, with dimensions of (roughly) 60ft long by 30ft deep. I know that roof trusses can be replaced with timber or steel beams to take the load...

Thanks very much, gents. Kev, I don't think it's bad enough to need a neg head pump, but we'll soon find out. There's probably five or six feet of difference just now, and we have the option of raising the tank a few feet if absolutely necessary. Gasman, looks like the old man was right...

Recently moved house and discovered that the mixer shower has all the force of an asthmatic centenarian. There is not a great deal of height difference between the water tank and the shower head. I was thinking about installing a power shower, but the old man suggests we put in a pump to...

Eh? Who on earth does that?

In my experience, that will not be a problem. Did it just yesterday myself, in fact.