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Hi, My husband bought a B&Q metallic consumer unit for the garage. He did not manage to pierce the designed area to pass the cables in it. The area is precut I think but you have to pierce it and he tried with a drill, a Dremel, ... and just ended up with a rough hole that will cut any cable...

Hi, We need to replace some old split floorboards. The size causes us trouble, they are 20mm thick and 110mm wide with a groove. I cannot see this size at Wickes or Champion. Where can I find some boards? Thanks. Letty

I cleaned my stairs, wood is lovely under the carpet, it is varnished and highly slippery. Wonder if OSMO works on varnished wood. Just found 125ml pot on Amazon, will try. Thanks. Letty

Freddiemercurystwin, Have you used yourself or seen if OSMO Anti-Slip (R9) works well. I can't find any reviews for it, the only reviews I can find for OSMO concern the oil products. Thanks. Letty

Thanks. I found the piece I need on Angelplastics but what a price for the delivery! £9.99 for shipping a £2.90 piece. This gutter starts to be expensive. Letty

Hi, I fixed my first gutter problem with an OSMA bit, thanks Nige. I thought that gutters were standard, I learnt that it is not. With the heavy showers of last week, I noticed more leaks in other places, so I bought without thinking more OSMA gutter cap ends. They don't fit. I looked at the...

Thank you Ken, I'll try to poke.

Sorry, not chimneys but stoves probably.

Hi, I bought an old bungalow. I have 2 ground level bedrooms. I stripped the paper in the first room to replaster, room ok, there must have been a chimney in the corner as there is cement on the wall and old tiles on the floor in the corner. In the second room just behind there is wall paper...

Thanks. Letty

Hi, We have a wooden open staicase which I would like to renovate as each step is wrapped with a piece of carpet old and mucky. I would like to remove the carpet and let the wood apparent as much as possible. I am just concerned by the stairs being slippery. Where can I find either modern...

Hmm, I am still not sure about what to do but thank you all for your ideas and comments. Letty

Thanks for the idea Nick but I would like to avoid diy doors as they don't age well, everything gets loose with time, after a few openings the screws don't stay in place ..., nasty and my husband is not good at building things. Letty

Oh! This is a bit expensive. Have a look at that hatch please: https://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/product/drop-down-loft-access-door.html?gclid=CJX6s5j9pswCFegp0wodX04I7w Could I use it vertically? It is less expensive and has a more modern look. Letty

Hi, We bought an old bungalow with 2 bedrooms built under the roof. Each have 4 kind of loft access "doors" made of plywood which I would like to replace by something proper. I would like something made on purpose that looks nice and solid, airtight and with hinges. I saw this at Jewson...

Thank you very much, very happy. Letty

Hello, I cannot find the right size external stop end for our gutter. I bought an old bungalow equiped whith a white plastic squareline gutter which seems to be quite recent. I bought a stop end, to replace a missing one, in the only size I could find 114mm but it is too big. The gutter is...

Hi, I bought an old house and need to clear the garden which is full of old concrete base and slabs. I plan to hire a grab lorry as I was told it would be the cheapest. I am looking to get some plywood sheets to protect the floor under the rubble. I am very annoyed to buy new boards for that...

Yes, but how do I hold these timber pieces in place?

Hi, I would like to stick on the wall a pine wood decorative moulding of 2 meters long, without nail but with glue/silicone. The problem is that the moulding is bending and not lying flat on the wall. When I press on one side to stick the thing to the wall, the moulding jumps at the other...