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My bungalow, up in the loft, Cables and junction boxes are all over the place and go over the top of the insulation .Is this normal practise or should the cables be pined to the timbers, and junction boxes screw fixed to timbers?

Most adhesives will come off.

If it looks good keep it.-- Most times they look ugly!

MY DIY TIP OF THE DAY—Bath Edging trim. If you don’t want to see that ugly silicone sealant around bath--- Buy one 5 metre length of (12mm or 19mm Window Quadrant trim) cost is low at about £1.50p. a length. Clean away that old silicone sealant and then fill the gap with new white or clear...

If they have been varnished, if it was me, I would rub down with sand paper and put two coats of white undercoat and two coats of white satin or gloss paint. I’m not a fan of water basted paints that you can wash brushes out with water. I like the oil basted paints that you wash the brushes out...

DIY TIP OF THE DAY- Recycle Old Wall Tiles. If you have some old wall tiles that you would like to recycle, but have found that the adhesive won’t scrape off the back. My tip is, sock them in a bucket full of warm water over night. Then the adhesive will scrape off very quickly.

I had someone cut worktop three years ago. He cut it and I joined it. It used (clear silicone) on each side of the joint by wiping it in with my thumb, so that both edges were completely covered, then butted and bolted together. The silicone will ooze out a little when its tightened .When...

How much am I likely to pay for someone in the trade to cut --- 4 angles to be cuts? I had--- 1 angle cut three years ago. It was £50 then, but I cannot get hold of the man that cut it.

can the diy man like me cut kichen work top with the angle jig?

Double glassing- and Fit secondary glassing inside if you don’t want buy triple.

My new home had emulsion on the radiators. I gave them a sanding and painted them with gloss paint. They came up nice. I will though put new ones on eventually.

At My last house ,I used the adhesive to put coving up and filled the gaps with the adhesive. After 2 years most of it had hair line cracks so I used painters caulk. After that, 5 years went by and no cracks. So, this time in my new home I will use painters caulk to fill the gaps.

The pros will use the adhesive to fill the gaps because it is much quicker and costs them less money. So would I if I was in the trade! I have found from experience that painter’s caulk is less likely to crack over some time. The house will move more than you think. In the summer and winter...

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I always mark down the colours of wires down on paper before I disconnect anything. It makes life so much better!

If you wiped down the walls with greasy dish water, you will have left grease on the wall and the paint will never cover!

Can I suggest that you put a humidifier in the bath room .I would think that the adhesive will dry over two or three day. If water or condensation is getting behind the tiles, the adhesive will never dry. The adhesive will go soft anyway even after it has dried if it gets wet again. That’s how I...

Just take out the window and put a new one in. it will be much quicker and look much nicer!

May tip is white emulsion the walls before you paper. If the paper has a lot of white in it, any dark walls will not show threw any gaps in the joins. And also the past will not sock strait into the wall stopping you from butting the paper more easily.

Can I use pva to prime new plaster and coving before painting matt or silk?