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Hi, I have a portion of long skirting board that is ever so slightly loose in the middle (cracked the caulking and pushing it closed the crack). I'm sure some folks would say just leave it and fill with more caulking, it moves like 1mm if I push in the middle to close that tiny crack. I...

Hi Folks, Probably a laughable question to those in the know. On a house we purchased last year, having come to decorate some of the rooms, i've noticed some of the interior window sills have these round things intruding the wooden sill. I am guessing these are one of two things, either a...

OK, thanks... That makes sense. I got the idea of soaking them in thinners as a decorator told me he used to do this to get rid of old paint :)

Hi, A number of hinges in my house have this horrible sticky black stuff coming out of them... I'm tempted to remove them and soak in white spirit etc. to get rid of it. However, I presume this is some kind of lubricant and may run into problems when re-fitting. Any ideas? Cheers...

Thanks... There were no wasps around in the loft apart from a dead one on the floor (it's boarded). We did have two bee's nests in the loft earlier this year and these were treated, I heard those but in different places. How will I know if they are still inhabited.

Hi, Anybody know what these are from? Cheers...

Brick although I do have a breeze block wall that I intend to mount a TV to in future.

Hi all, I am pretty novice at DIY and am looking to attach a TV bracket to a dot and dab wall. I have chosen to go with the Corefix fixings as they seem to be the best for this application to bridge the gap between the plasterboard and the solid wall behind. The problem is they only do...

Hi all, We recently treated our garden furniture with teak oil and large areas are still sticky over a week later... Upon advice on other forums, I have done the following using one chair as a test: Attempted to clean with soapy water - no success Attempt to clean off with pledge - no success...

They came back and upon removing the plastic airbrick they advised the extractor just vents the air to the cavity and then air brick vents the cavity. It seems the builders who built our home bodged this somewhat as it should really be ducted ideally. Anyway, they cleared all the balls out and...

Well actually it is just my assumption as how else could it fill with the balls... There is also a plastic air brick style vent roughly where the extractor is located and initially I thought it might have ducting around it but then on the adjacent wall there is also a vent.

Hi all, I had cavity wall insulation installed in my end of terrace property today. Now I have the following resulting after the works are complete. 1) Slight fumy smell / dustiness in the hallway / kitchen which I am told is normal and the result of small holes in the cavity. This should...

Thanks... I'll keep an eye on it anyway.

Ahh ok, thanks... So it has come to the surface / become noticeable. It was only because that area feels soft when pressed I became concerned.

OK... That comes as some relief... But... These have been in the loft for a while and it seems odd that they suddenly appear? The screws attaching to the trusses run under this area so does it weaken the CLS timber strength much?

Hi all, My loft is boarded using CLS as the supports which have been screwed into the trusses. Boards are then laid and screwed on top of them. I've noticed a couple of these CLS beams now have what looks to either be rot or perhaps the sap coming out of them. As you can see from the...

Yea... My question was more around the way in which the floor supporting structure was put in place. My first question to my friend was, how can we just rely on screws to hold the suspended floor up. However, he explained the combined strength of the structure, clamping force and noggins...