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Hey, after years of saying no and suffering with my knees I've finally convinced myself to a set of sawhorses. They need to be folding, height adjustable and pivoting feet. I'll be working on various surfaces and would like to stand on them. Not professional just around my home. Saw These...

Going to put up some soffits but behind it want to put wire mesh, will 6mm square mesh be good enough? Is this ok? https://amzn.eu/d/dUugrfD

I've gotta clear the garden and the main things I want gone or my summerhouse 7x5ft and one of those those small plastic sheds for wheelie bins and probably 10 black bags size of garden waste. Any ideas for what size? I could take this to the tip but it's all been abused by rats. Cheers

Hey guys, I got rats in my rotten summer house, they have been going for my bins and even been iny house. I've had pest control in for that. I've spoken to the pest control recently was like 2 months since they came out, but really helpful. So I have to leave the summerhouse up to help the...

Hey, I have several window frames to retrim on the inside, before I do so I don't damage anything what's the best way to get the old hard gunk off? Doesn't really need a photo but I thought I'd show what I meant. Chemical or a scraper? Cheers

Before we started decorating the stairs we saw nothing wrong with the walls just that there weren't as smooth as could be. We then were advised to use skim on top to save taking all the paint off to set a smooth as possible with no skills. Once paint was applied we started getting the salt...

I have a toilet with 2 buttons in one on the cistern, and yesterday it was blocked. Not a issue normally, brush is right next to it and problem solved. It doesn't normally have a over flow problem. Yesterday whilst everything is out of bathroom it's blocked and I'm trying to get the brush it's...

I have to concrete around the current drain as you will see from the photo. At the same time I'd like to raise it up a little is it fairly easy or should I be cutting and putting elbows on the pipes to aim? Or what would you do? Cheers

I'm gonna assume.my friends are mice and not the big foot long rat I stopped from getting my my shed. State of home is currently being decorated, with kitchen not on my to do list this year. The plastic step cover is loose, I've covered the hole with metal and gorilla tape and filled the holes...

Hi, can anyone help? I put skim on about 3 weeks ago it bubbled in few places. 48-72 hours ago I took a bubble off and just noticed this growth. Any ideas? Cheers

Hey guys, I've skimmed patches on a outside wall by my stairs a couple of times. First couple of times there was like a day between first coat then sand, then white wash then top coat pretty much a day between. That was only just over a week ago. I then sanded back the areas a little bit...

I have plaster missing from the stair string. Gap varies from couple of mill to 5-6 mill. What's best to close this gap caulk or plaster then skim that plaster? It runs the length of the stairs.

Hey guys I recently took off some plaster in my hallway, put thicker plaster then a layer of skim. Waited around a day then put one coat of paint on. 2 days later I'm noticing it's bubbling. Only certain areas and at mo only areas where skim was applied. I've use dryzone anti mould additive in...

Every internal door frome has had that lock at some point. One frame must have had 2 at some point. I have 4 solid pine second hand doors that have everything with them already all I need to do is spend time with some help to get them to fit, striped and painted and also hinges cut out in to...

My car a C max 2l diesel needs all brake pads and disc's replacing and it's time for it's annual service and MOT. Also as the car is 10 years old with 50k on it it's time for the cam belt to be changed. Would it be cheaper to do it in one lot go at same garage or get the usual guy to do...

I've think I'll need one in next year or so. I have 115/230mm grinders. Jobs that I have planned for it would be a 1.5m X 1m slab of concrete to break up with no idea if under are pipes. I assume as its close the where they come out of house. Slab cutting...

My dad has replaced the door seal on the conservatory door now the hinge has dropped and door lock not locking. Any ideas? He has tried looking on line how to get to the mounting screws to adjust the hinge but can't find anything.

I'd Ike to make a cupboard shelf unit approx 190cm h 60x60cm. I'd be using reclaimed wood mostly pallet wood and some stairs I found in a skip. They were made from pressure treated I think size is 5cm x 16cm I was thinking using that wood for the 4 legs. My problem is the longest bits are 80cm...

Hey guys I have a summerhouse/luxury shed that's got a few issues. Starting at the roof the felt was never pulled under and the wood covering that was rotten and I pulled that off a year ago. Got some flash band to put under felt and under roof. Doors needs new hinges, windows and doors need the...

Hey guys I'm looking to get a few battery powered tools but unsure which brand to get. I can't afford high end stuff. So far I've got einhell impact driver, cheapo Bosch drill and hikoki drill. All battery. I have various mains powered Bosch jigsaw, hikoki angle grinders, Ryobi reciprocating saw...