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I decided to have a closer look today. I pulled one of the tile slivers out, and behind it was essentially nothing. The tile above it came off in my hand. And some more. Drywall very wet, crumbled to dust. Rusty metal stud. See photos. I think I'm out of my depth now - time to get a pro in.

Maybe instead of having a row of full tiles and a row of small slivers at the bottom, I could have two rows of tiles cut to 60% (or however the numbers work out) of their full size instead. I don’t think it would look too out of place (the tiles are just plain white - there’s no pattern). I’ll...

Thanks. Unsure what to do at the bottom of the tiles though if the thin pieces are bad and UPVC angle bead is also bad. Is there any other way (without retailing the entire bathroom)?

Thank you. Yeah, the slivers look horrible now. However all 4 walls in the bathroom are tiled up to about 1.2m. Whole tiles at the top. Then above the tiles there's a little mosaic strip and some kind of ceramic cap end thingy above that. Then just painted up to the ceiling. I want to avoid...

The wall above my bath has previously been tiled. At the bottom of the tiled area, the tiles have been cut to fit so they're in thin slivers, maybe 15mm high (see attached photo). The area is looking tatty now. It's been in situ for about 20 years and I think some moisture has got behind the...

In my flat I have a long hallway which has little LED ceiling lights. These are controlled by 3 conventional 2 way wall switches - all the lights are on the same circuit and come on at the same time. I'd like to add a 4th wall switch in a particular spot at the end of the hallway. I checked out...

Ahhh good point about the glue having somewhere to go - sanding a flat bit would have been quite easy. It went over my hand instead. thanks again

Well...after an almost two week delay thanks to the local post being up the spout, a little bit of 10mm dowel came in the post. I managed to drill a hole in the square section bit and gently tap the dowel inside with a bit of wood glue. I think it has worked! The hole is very slightly askew but...

Thanks John. I shall investigate...

Thank you. I can still fit the broken bits together but would wood glue be strong enough to hold it? Could be a lot of weight going through a small glued join. Dowel might work although again I'd be concerned about strength - about 6cm to span between the end of the square bit and the hole in...

Hi John, Another 2 photos attached - does that help? Shows the underside of the lower shelf with the 3 good joints/brackets/whatevertheyarecalled in place. Each of these slots into a hole in the leg about 6 inches above the floor. Thank you. Alan.

Pine dressing table and one of the legs was wobbly. There’s a bracket/fixing/whatever that holds each leg in place, and one of them has broken. See photos below. The square bit screws to the underside of a lower shelf and the round end fits into a hole in the table leg. Is this some kind of...

Ah ok. Yes, I reckon I could manage that - sounds fairly straightforward. Thank you.

In fact...it might be helpful if I showed you the kitchen cabinet in situ:

No. A kitchen wall cabinet will be going in there which will get very close up to the corner, so there’s no room for tiles any more. thank you.

Is there any way to fit tile trim “retrospectively” to this corner (photo attached£ to tidy it up? I could remove the tiles and reattach them (with a piece of trim inserted) but I wondered if there was a short cut here? thank you Alan (Almost zero knowledge of tiling)

Thank you both. I wonder how dark I can stain it...I'm told dark stain/varnish on pine can be a disaster (and perhaps this is what has previously happened to this table). Maybe I should keep a more natural colour.

I bought an old console table recently. It's covered in a horrible dark, sticky varnish type coating which gives the wood grain a strange orangey hue from certain angles. Almost looks as if someone has painted gravy on there and left it to dry. It's a b****r to sand off as well. I digress. I've...

I checked out some anti slip paints online and they seem to need several days to fully harden. How would that work on these external steps? If I can’t climb the steps for a few days I’ll be a prisoner in my own home! Is there some way to get around it (like only painting part of each step the...

Ahhhhhh thank you. I shall investigate...