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I bought one to use in the loft about three years ago because you never know what might happen to an externally mounted job. Sorry, can't recall the make now but it was a four way job and British made for about £30; yes it has been perfect ever since.

I always try to find another of his customers or if not are they local and been in business for a few years. Do not rely on websites such as checkatrade, their systems generally are not sufficiently rigorous. E.g. needed a new gas man so I asked the bloke next door - near perfect result...

Agreed Dereekoo but thought I would publish as I have found Forever White to be most efficaceous in the past. Another super efficient antimould product I will mention is the spray produced by Dettol. We had not been in this house long before HID noticed a small mould patch high in one corner of...

Madrah is correct, whoever did the shower installation used the wrong silicone, probably because it was cheap. The only silicone I have experience of which is guranteed anti-mould is "Forever White" by Everbuild. You will have to remove the silicone which is attracting the mould completely...

I am understanding a bit more now, if the cill were properly fixed, it would not be loose and you would not have been able to remove it. Plastic cills/capping boards are available in various sizes and are usually fitted before actually fitting the window frame. The frame then tightly fits down...

I can't quite believe what I am seeing in your photo, none of my windows look anything like that and I am cocluding that the window installer was an amateur (there are plenty of them about). That "gap" should not exist at all and although I don't claim to be an expert, I would say that the wall...

Oddly enough roofs are not supposed to be "water proof", just rain proof even if the rain is being blown near horizontally. My old house has no felt and never has had but does not leak because the slates have been propery laid by a good roofer many moons ago. My roofer of a few years ago knew...

Always a problem because unless the surface involved is completely flat, paint will often bleed past the line you want to make even using tape or the old ally paint shield which lives in the bottom of my toolbox. So what do professionals do - you've guessed it, they practice 'til they get good...

Oh dear, but don't panic, it's surprising what one can do with a tub of Wickes Plaster Skim and Repair. Actually doing some myself at present having removed wall paper and found a few dings and small cracks underneath. I use a blade around three inches wide or a plastic spreader arond six inches...

As the man said, there are no fuses in modern consumer units, just switchable miniature circuit breakers which automatically switch off if there is a fault of some kind on that particular circuit. Wonders of modern science eh?

Many people are unaware that Pollyfilla can be reinforced so to speak by adding a little PVA, done it loads of times. But don't go ladling it in because too much will make it dry rock hard. Alteratively I used a tub of Wickes ready mixed plaster skim last time I had a similar job to do a couple...

Loads of flue collars on ebay for £25/30, surely one of them will fit??

There is lead work on churches which has been there hundreds of years in some cases so it does not deteriorate with "acid etching" whatever that is supposed to mean. Unless it has seriously rotted timber which has gotten soaked can dry out and stop rotting once the water has gone seen this...

1. Get one of Wickes's leaflets to educate yourself about lighting circuits. 2. Get up in the loft and it should be obvious which pairs of cables come from/goto the next ceiling rose and which go to the wall switch.

Not a solution but it helps to think carefully: Mould spores are always in the UK atmosphere but can only grow where they find moisture and little or no airflow that's why for example houses with suspended wooden floors always have a few air bricks judiciously placed.

The absolute best coating to apply before tiling if you have any doubts is a Mapei sealer. I am unsure about whether it would work where PVA has been (wrongly) applied but Mapei stuff is so good in my experience that it is worth a go. Choose a small area as a test, put on a couple of coats of...

Did my shed a while back and man in Wickes said make sure you do a double overlap because strong winds can drive rain under it unless you do.

I am not saying anything I am simply quoting Jesus, what he said and did as written in the Bible for anyone to read.

1. Christianity is not a religion - Jesus often criticised the religious leaders and would have nothing to do with them. 2. Jesus was actually born in the autumn but the Roman church as it then was, decided to celebrate Him at the same time as the pagan saturnalia mid winter festival and it...

I know the product well and the first one I fitted 17 years ago is still there showing no deterioration or leaks. There is no faffing about with masking tape,soapy water or "shaping tools" which are just bits of plastic which you could make yourself out of used ice cream tubs if the truth be...