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The lead flashing on my porch was dressed round timber that's 32mm x 12mm. On both sides of the porch, the timber is rotten and the front piece is missing. Picture shows side piece that is dropping out. I can't find pressure treated stuff in small enough sizes. What should I buy and how...

Thanks Wayners. Got the Masonry Repair Filler as surface may be damp

Thanks, that's helpful. I've always preferred filler but thought I ought to be trying caulk (since it's been around at least 40 years now!)

Yartin, I have similar caps to fill, and smaller ones. Would use bonding if I had some, so will use filler, but interested to know, why don't you like caulk? Thanks Mary

I need to fill some small gaps in outside render. Are these two Toupret products pretty much interchangeable? What would each be used for. Thanks Mary

For health reasons I have to minimise mould in my house. The previous occupants have used silicon round doors and windows, and in lots of places where Polyfilla would have done (as well as round the bath which I'd expect). The silicon is growing black mould in a few places. I've bleached it out...

What's best to fill these gaps between upvc window frame and wall? Render? silicon? something else? The shank on the screwdriver is 76mm, so gives you an idea of how deep some of these gaps are. It's a 1947 cavity wall. The previous house owners had the cavity wall insulation removed to stop...

I wonder if your problem is similar to what I've got here. The water hadn't made its way into rooms below. Luckily I caught the symptoms before xmas - glistening wet bricks on the chimney stack in the loft, with water dripping off the corbelling, and rockwool acting as a sponge. Two different...

Help please. Short version - some of the rockwool insulation in my roof got wet. Should any bit that got wet be removed, or can it stay if now dry? Longer version - water had been dripping from an old chimney that's had a section removed (from about 40cm above the joists, with the remaining...

Help please! My neighbour 'helpfully' pressure washed a north facing outside wall on my house. Not all the moss has been removed. Some paint and pointing has come off. In places the pointing/mortar has been washed out to about 20mm depth. I'll get a proper trades person in to fix it but not sure...

Thanks so much @jj4091 @RandomGrinch @Rodders53 - all helpful. I'll get an electrician in to assess before choosing a replacement hob.

Hi folks My elderly mum is moving into a warden-assisted flat and the kitchen has a broken worktop which we want to get replaced. It's got a ceramic hob in it which we think is safer to place with an induction hob. Question is, what kind of trade do I need to find? Kitchen fitter? Chippie? Do...

Thank you so much!! That's made my evening a lot easier!

Hi folks Hope you can help me with this one. Moved a Laser Printer to the utility room without thinking about sockets :rolleyes:. Nearest socket is wired into fused switch socket for a freezer. Can I plug in an adaptor and safely have the freezer and printer both plugged into that? Might the...

Yes, it's in the fridge with the Sugru and Milliput, . . . and lime pickle obvs :giggle:

Doesn't the bicarb also add volume - like mixing sawdust with PVA?

Thank you Random Grinch (busy time of year for you) - there's a Screwfix 20 mins from here. Thank you Wayners (best mix of sock and chocolate in your profile pic that I've seen in ages). I live in a small village of under 2000 inhabitants . . . . which has a model shop! So thank you very much.

Hi folks I want to do a hack with superglue and sodium bicarbonate, so it needs to be liquid superglue. Any idea which superglues are liquid, not gel? Thanks!

If that doesn't work, and the actual problem is the smell, rather than water being where it shouldn't be, then a couple of drops of teatree oil or a splash of white vinegar will kill the bacteria that cause the smell. In the summer, sometimes my dishwasher smells (I only run it every two or...

Don't overlook the cost of removing and disposing of the hedge. You'll need to dig out the roots - if not the laurel will just keep growing back.