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Hi all, Our Xmas lights deer hasn’t been working and the other day the plug completely detached from the wire, as shown in pic. Can anyone point me to the one or two parts that I’d need to connect it back up? The break is annoyingly close to the plug connector so thinking might need a new...

Hi all, Looking for advice on best method to repaint a bannister and spindles. They are currently a gloss white, and we want to repaint a different shade of white. Would it be sufficient to simply put a couple of layers of our new eggshell paint on top of the existing? And maybe an extra cover...

Hi all, The corner spindle on our landing is cracked (pic attached). I’ve seen a couple of complicated videos to repair them but wondered if people thought it was easier to buy a new spindle and insert it? (How easy is it to remove and insert a new spindle?) I don’t know where to start, any...

Hi all, We need to get a radiator fitted in the space in picture attached. As it’s a stud wall we’ve been told we have to have a free standing one as others would be too heavy on the wall. We are also getting a new carpet in that location. So my question is what order would you do things for...

Hi all, The top of one of our newel posts on our stairs comes through the window sill (related to the house being converted at some point) it looks weird and gets in the way of the blind. So we’re considering sawing it off. Does anyone know of any reason why we shouldn’t saw the top off so...

Hi all, Looking for a bit of advice please. 4 years ago we had a new porcelain tile patio laid and a glass balustrade fitted on top. On a handful of the slabs, cracks have appeared, always leading under the balustrade towards the screw hole. Some worse than others (the very outside ones went...

Hi all, We have done basic panelling in our hallway and are now moving onto the stairs. Problem is there is different skirting board on the stairs to base it from. Pics attached. I’ve looked in b and q for a moulding that could be added to make it look like the hallway skirting but can’t find...

Hi all, One of the screws has come loose on our Wren/AEG integrated dishwasher door so I need to get the door off to rescrew it in, but can’t figure out how to get the door off. Any ideas? Feel like it’s something to do with the grew cover on the side with an arrow but it doesn’t really...

Hi all, help needed please Our hot water tap in upstairs bathroom always drips when off, and also whistles loudly, usually we can stop it whistling by turning it off and on but as I type this it won’t shut up. so a few questions: - do I need to fit a new tap? Or a new part of the tap? -...

Hi all, looking for some advice We had this fence installed on top of patio tiles. As it’s directly in contact with the patio when it rains the slats get damp at the bottom. Pic attached Im worried they will rot. So would you advise trimming the bottom centimetre or so off each one? (They are...

Hi all, help need please Trying to remove a bathroom door handle and just can’t get the thing off. It seems like the lock end of the handle won’t won’t detach. I can’t see anything that would release anything like a screw, although on the lock there does seem to be a mangled/deformed bit of...

Hi all, looking for help please… A small section of bannister we have on our stairs has come loose from the post it should be attached to. I tried using Gripfill or something similar but it didn’t have enough grab. Has anyone any other ideas that could help? Other adhesives maybe? I’m not...

Hi all, We have Velux windows installed, and about a third of them all have water ingress when it rains, in the bottom left corner of the frame. Some are worse than others but it's after heavy rain, and starting to rot the wood in places. I can't figure out why as the other corner is dry and...

Hi all, Looking for any tips anyone has to reach very high to fill a hole in my house external wall with cement. Trying to prevent any critters getting in but ladders don’t get me close. Any tried and tested make-shift contraptions to get me high but keep some control too. (Without buying...

Hi all, We’ve had new wood floor laid and skirtings fitted, and a new radiator is about to go on but because the pipes were chased through the wall before the skirting/floor was done the pipes are now really close to the top of the skirting. I wanted to just clip on a pipe collar for the...

Hi all, Noticed a couple of cracks opening up through the middle of two individual stones on the external wall of our house. One is on the external chimney stack the other not. Just wanted to know how concerned I should be with this type of crack? I don’t know for sure when they opened up or...