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Hello, I have a hairline crack running through several of my Metro tiles, about 8 of them. How do I repair them? They're cream with grey grouting.

Thanks. Unfortunately we don't have a wall paper stripper. Is there anything else we can use?

We went on holiday for three and a half weeks and due to a thermostat error the heating was in full blast. Our oak floorboards have shrunk to cause a separation in the floor in many areas. Some gaps are a good 1.5cm and shows the floor below. Does anyone know how to restore the floorboards...

Hello, We recently converted the eaves in our loft bedroom into cupboards. The space is quite large - 7m long. We would like to get some lighting in there but are reluctant to pay lots of money for an electrician. I've been looking at standard wardrobe rechargeable lights that are motion...

Hi, We need to replace our meter box cabinet - the whole case has fallen off. We bought replacement meter box cabinets and have been looking for an electrician to replace them. It seems impossible. A lot of them say that because the service head is in the meter box we need to contact the...

Hi, We have quite large holes in our slate tiles for our radiator pipes. I have attached photos. Any ideas on how you would go about filling these?

We had slate tiles installed in our bathroom with grey grout. After a few days the grouting turned white. We have not sealed the floor yet because we wanted to remove the white residue off the grouting before it is sealed. I read online that this could be down to latex leaching or...

Hello, We live in a flat on the first floor with a boiler in our bathroom next to the window (on an external wall). We are building a cupboard which will have the washing machine at height level (stop us having to kneel down to access it). This requires moving the combi-boiler (and in the...

Hello, We have recessed lights and usually have had no trouble changing them - you just use the two notches (pictured in the first image) in the inner ring to turn the light and it comes out (second image). However thus time all of them but one are stuck. When I try to turn the notches the...

But the regulations do say that a sprinkler system or a fire door. Paragraph 2.7 Also this person had a similar issue to me: http://www.diynot.com/forums/building-regs-planning/sprinkler-system-instead-of-protected-escape-route.297808/#2170416 So why is mine an exception? You might...

We have a two-storey flat on the first and second floor. There is an enclosed staircase from the ground floor leading into our property on the first floor. We want to convert the first floor into an open plan area. The only enclosed rooms will be the bedroom and the bathroom, with their...

Our neighbour is keen to have this done because we have a share of freehold, and any potential structural issues need to be dealt with together, as it threatens the value of their property as well. The crack is long-standing and I personally agree it is not a problem. However in order to get...

Hi Tony1851, Our flat is the second floor flat, but yes the first floor flat does have a bay window below our front elevation. There are no cracks visible on the outside, however the SE said the outside had been repointed recently. I have attached another photo. The SE was not...