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Managed it, used a couple of tongue tite flooring screws which have small heads.. Unfortunately the screws to secure the bell push surround were too long and hit the stone behind bending and then when I tried to get them out they snapped. Secured in place with some slightly-too-big brass...

Genius idea Tigercubrider but it's stone, have used old wood as a template may work..

Hi, I want to fit a new doorbell and plinth as the old one was shot/weathered to heck. Took the old bit of wood off, there are various screw holes filled with wood/plugs. The problem is only one matches up to the screw hole in the plinth - most of the diameter of the plinth where you could...

Thanks guys, used a cobalt bit and set drill speed to max, went through the metal pretty easy. The self tapping screws hold the pole brackets exceptionally solidly, whoop!

Got all the tools big-all inc mitre saw just short on the practical know how!

Hi guys, Money is a bit tight so I want to repair at the moment. How exactly would I dismantle it? And raise it off the ground? Thanks in advance!

Hi, I want to fix up this old shed.. I think the side has had leaves pile up from the trees, the bottom tongue and groove panel is totally rotten. The one above probably needs replacing too. They sell some the right size at B&Q? Inside the ceiling is all black - but doesn't seem rotten, but...

Thanks endecotp, so I just set it to drill? Should I be able to drill this and if I do, will I need to thread the hole, if so, how? Many thanks!

Hi, I want to fit a curtain pole to the wall, above a pair of windows and door. The problem is there seems to be some sort of metal lintel about 1 inch below the plaster. I've bought the finest drill bits - Milwaukee Thunderweb, set my cordless drill to hammer and max torque and it won't go...

Hi JohnD, Had a look and most posts seem pretty straight, at least one was slightly leaning and another I wiggled had slight sideways movement - about 1cm if that.. difficult to get to the others for plants etc. I've managed to take some pictures before it goes dark.. do you think a pressure...

Hi JohnD, I think the posts and gravel boards are OK condition, difficult to get too near due to thorny plants etc. some of the gravel boards have soil piled up against and need it digging out a bit. Can get help to slide new panels in.. six foot would be ideal but I think the gravel board is...

Hi, We have a fence which separates our garden from a neighbour, according to the deeds and old correspondence it belongs to us. It is in a poor state, there are about 20 overlap waney style panels 6 x 4 ft, more than half are rotten, two or three are missing completely. The posts and gravel...

Hi, As per title I need to remove a pendant and ceiling pull switch from a bedroom. What is the best way to go about this? No access from above.. See pic. Thanks in advance.

Hi, The lower middle sealed unit in the picture seems to need replacing - it has water runs inside it. I've done this before using a putty knife to pop the inside beads off then suction cup holder to lift out. This seems to be an older sealed unit and doesn't have any beads inside to pop...

Hi, Hopefully I'll be at the point where I've fixed my bedroom floors and can lay the gripper rods soon.. Issue is all three bedrooms have old hearths - apparently you still need gripper rods on top. Two of the hearths have beautiful original tiles, I don't intend to do anything with them...

Hi, Need to fix down some wooden floorboards - about 20mm thick. Believe I need 50mm screws but says online avoid where the shank is fully threaded. Got some with smooth shank at top but it was 20mm of smooth so took back and swapped, now there is no smooth part. Apparently the fully...

Hi secure I AM, I can give it a go - but just a bit trepidant as I believe it would then need fully reprogramming? Also if this did work, should putting it on a dedicated circuit instead of on one with the boiler prevent it from happening again? Many thanks, chaoticj

Hi Secure I AM, Thanks for your post, I did buy some new batteries but it still has the same issues, as far as I'm aware it doesn't have a sim card and if there is a GSM module it hasn't been used. It only came up with the GSM error after I'd changed a ceiling light in the hall which was on a...

Hi guys, Apologies for the late reply - had the flu! thanks for all your helpful replies particularly oldbutnotdead. All of these rooms are upstairs bedrooms. Bed 3 6-8mm skirting gaps most filled? Underlay is 9mm and carpet 6-7mm thick. Bed 2 6-7mm skirting gaps most filled? Looks rubbish...

Hi, Bought a house which has a Risco Wisdom, was totally dead no power at all. Had an engineer look at it - no fuse to power supply. He turned it on and looked through past events which were all garbled and said the control panel was goosed. Then managed to get it working and briefly explained...