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Needing to try and get more light into two big living areas. Had to touch up some big holes made by installing wall lights, and I thought the existing effective ceiling paint was Dulux Light and Space, but when I patch painted it with this paint, the end result looks matt against the satiny...

A new plaster strip was left to dry for a week; I then sealed it with dilute cheap emulsion, 2 layers with time between, then left that to dry for several days, then today went to roller on white B & Q Good Home bathroom ceiling paint. Within moments, it lifted off, taking the underlying sealant...

I have a small fountain in my garden pond driven by a solar panel. The lead is only 2m long so I’d like to extend it, but the one I got the connectors are too big (for a grown-up solar panel, not a 2” x 3” one!) it’s a Solar Pump BP250, 4.5~12v.

I want to lay a brick path across a lawn, the bricks are paving bricks, the end result can look quite rustic! I’m going to dig down 150mm, (the bricks are 60mm deep); lay and level (and tamp) base material, then lay the pavers, finally finishing with brushing dry ‘mortar’ mix between the...

Can anyone tell me which tape I should get to repair a tear in a smooth vinyl cover (outdoors use)? Gorilla tape, maybe? Thanks

It's inside the controls for an inflatable spa. I want to remove that bit of piping and replace it with a longer one. My problem is the grey end bit is firmly wedged in- the pipe (which is 'aquarium hose' so has a bit of flex in it) has been stretched around the fitting to get a snug fit. Is it...

Can I screw one of these onto the corner upright of my uPVC conservatory, well clear of the glazing, to hold up 1 end of a light-weight 1kg shade sail? The other two ends will be into wooden fence posts. Thanks.

After having to repeatedly turn our mains power off and on, the remote keypad for the burglar alarm (that isn't set) began to emit a continuous, high pitched, annoying whine. Entering the code makes no difference; there is a red light on, on it; the wired in unit in the loft has no lights on at...

In the middle of my driveway The mess in the bottom is leaves etc in the drain, and the fragments are the broken up remains of the original lip which has broken having been driven over for many years so now the grille wobbles dangerously, the postie could do himself a nasty injury! (It's hazard...

Need a given size (1180 x 580, for the record!), but I don't have the tools to cut it myself. Do Wicks offer that service? No one's picking up their phone!

I have a Keter garden store which only houses the lawn rake, so there's a large amount of unused space inside. I have a small lean-to greenhouse which is full of empty plastic pots. I want to put a full-size shelf across the empty space in the Keter to store the pots on (as I want to use the...

I am going to get a piece of 3mm shower screen 'glass' cut to a quarter circle, the width of the end of my bath, permanently attached to the top of the line of tiles and to the side wall to stop the shower water splashing over that end! What type of 'channeling' or whatever you might call it...

Hi, We've taken off our wall-to-wall stairs carpet (20 year old 'estate' house), and we're replacing it with a carpet runner and stair rods, so the sides of the treads and risers will need glossing where they're now exposed. They've been painted before, but the issue is the old carpet...

Wanting to replace like for like as our 2 basin taps taps are 19 years old. I am being careful and at least recognising I must get the right size; the current ones have survived a Megaflo upgrade- but this model costs anything from £8 to £60! What differentiates them? Many thanks.

What white filler or sealant would you recommend to tidy up this gap? There are several! The ceiling's painted with white Dulux Light and Space, the light fittings are pushed in as far as they'll go, I just want to buy something in B&Q or similar to run a finger-ful around the rims to tidy...

This was manufactured in 1996, and it has no identifiers on it! I want to replace 14 of these but I don't want to have to recess 14 oblong face plates, which is all I can find! The key feature is the oval ends, and the face plate is 72mm long and 22mm wide. Thanks in advance

Anyone know where I can buy a simple, fixed panel for the end of my bath so any stray shower spray doesn't go over that end of the bath? Our shower is like this: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Misa-Compact-Bath-Front-Panel-White-1500mm/p/148327 but we want another, fixed screen to go across...

At what point do you stop chucking money at it? It's a 18 year old 'estate' house, and neither my husband or I are DIY'ers, particularly on this scale! We had our corner shower 'quarter circle' glass surround replaced, along with the tray, about 5 years ago. The new tray is plastic.The...

I am planning on building a 'potting' bench using old pallet wood, but the void beneath needs to be weatherproof because I will be storing an electric lawn-raker under there. I plan on covering the sides with shiplap planks, but as for the top, other than the obvious, a sheet of metal (££), what...

Does anyone know what the overall price difference might be between getting a patio laid using B&Q style stone lookalike pavers (about £25 m3) versus the same area in stamped concrete i.e. the end result would look pretty similar? The area is flat and currently is laid with grey municipal slab...