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Hello all I have lots of rusted screws supporting an external door - how can I remove these as a screw driver won't do it!. Darren

I have to prove to the Planning people that my garage was built with my house (built 1950) - this is because if the garage was built at the same time it counts toward my allowance (of 50% on orginal footprint). My question is this - although I can clealy see it is original (same brick...

I did this is my last place - it looked great. It was a 1920 house - i had the chimney swept and we used it with a real coal basket. I gave the bricks a good rub down with a semi-hard wire brush and then did not seal them any further (worried the heat would blemish any finish). The iggest...

Hello all I want to add an additonal spot light (halogen low voltage downlight) to an existing daisy-chained ring of the same lights. The spot it needs to go on the ceiling sits 3 joists away from the current last light in the chain. Does anyone have any insider tips into how i can...

thanks guys - an extra £50 to bond it first was the outcome....

great stuff guys - thanks to all. I'll be ditching F&B and heading down to local trade paint shop. D

Hello all I have a plasterer coming in to skim some walls where there used to be tiles. The tile adhesive is still on the walls and it would be a rush to have it all chiselled off before he comes. The adhesive is stuck pretty sound and about 3-4 mm thick. Is it ok to skim right over...

hello sorry this is very basic but i am a basic kind of guy... i have a wooden garage door that has been painted in a black glossy finish. the frame is in white gloss (but rotten to the core). 1) I'll be replacing the frame and want to know how to prepare and coat the wood before...

JohnD - just a clarification. This is not an 'external espagnolette' bolt - it is the same principle as this inside the window itself (as seen on many modern pvc windows). D

JohnD Thanks for this - the windows are large wooden windows with throw bolts down the side. The handles do have a square spindle in the middle to drive these throw bolts. I see you point on the need for something meaty to apply this force - I was just kind of hoping there would be...

Hello all I am fitting wooden windows and they will come with ESPAG handles like the following. My question is this - does anyone know where i can get more suttle / smaller handles to do the job? All those on the market (internet etc) are large and bulky like this and I want...

glassman - you know your glass! Is this something a window company will understand if i ask them - also; the recess for their glass is for 24mm double glass K glass....

Hello I'm looking at new windows and want to keep out as much noise from the road in front as possible - is there any type of glass that offers the best noise insulation (I don't want secondard glaszing). Darrenh

sounds like the shower valve - the handle may have been put on in way that restricts your maximum temp to somethign quite low... can you take the handle off try (should be a small grab screw holdin it to the main axle of the valve.

if you do go with a wet room then go tilesafe & aquadec (need to make sure they do an aquadec to fit this space). We did a wetroom with this - there is a good video on it here: http://www.impey-showers.com/

anyone know where you can buy these metal support panels like this - I'd like to do this on my bath? Its hard to search on google for them as I am unsure what to call it!

I went with the AquaDec / TileSafe wetroom as Whistler advised - they have a good video on their website to show you what it entails... more building and prep than anything else. http://www.impey-showers.com/ I am really happy with the results and no leaks! Darrenh