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My American friends often hold a Fourth of July bbq. I used to have a girlfriend in Coventry and mid summer they had some kind of annual celebration based around Godiva. They had fireworks. I get the point. I hate fireworks - there is no need for large bangs these days. There are silent...

If you can’t weigh it down, you could make some posts that are roughly the height of the ramp to the ceiling. Add a small plate of ply/MDF to the top and bottom of the post. This will increase the overall length so that it’s a tight fit and will spread the load. Fit them between the ramp and...

Is it a wooden floor or concrete? You can try to bleach the wood, concrete may be harder. But the Lino will have to come up

Is it dot and dab? Or a timber frame? Look out for noggins

Friends of mine’s parents had a large Edwardian double fronted detached house. Not massive, but with a couple of attic rooms and maybe four first floor bedrooms. Quite a few similar houses were converted to flats or dentist surgeries. They had bell pushes in the ground and first floors. I don’t...

Watch out for the heat gun. It is possible to char the wood and if you are concerned about lead, may well give off fumes. I’d follow the advice above and go with stripper and wire wool

I guess that you could try to find some buttons that match the existing, architectural salvage yard / eBay etc and modify them to trigger a wireless transmitter ? That would save running new cable through the house if you can’t resurrect the old system. Then use the receiver to trigger the one...

Alll I can suggest is lifting some floorboards. The buttons were likely located within range of the bed. But where was that?

Be easier just to build a cavity with insulation all the way up. But add ceiling/floor insulation

If the BT socket area is unused, how large is the USB PSU that is needed? Is it possible to remove the dry lined BT box and enlarge the hole to either accommodate the PSU with a cover or use a larger dry line box? I’d rather not try to run mains up to the screen but is it possible to install...

I have read various posts on this. I have just installed pressure treated vertical feather edge panels in an existing concrete gravel/post situation. The boards are a natural golden colour and I quite like it as is. However I have the time available to give it a water based (?) clear coat of...

Mine slopes just to aid shedding rain. However when the leaves are out, I doubt that there is no benefit. I’m not even sure that, if in mid winter when there are bare twiggy stems all over it, much if any moisture falls off.

My 2001 Volvo worked fine with a usb adaptor, I have a feeling the power comes from the side?

That looks likely to have the original spindles inside but you never know. The white paint shown looks easy to remove and is pretty inconspicuous so just treat it carefully and you may not need to do any refinishing. Avoid “like new” finishes as it has patina. Cutting a hole in a discrete...

Get a small ball like a squash ball and make a small hole in it, shove it on the thread. Of wrap the thread in a ton of masking tape, possibly covered with some silicone. You could also buy a bit of heat shrink wrap

Mine is about 3x3m and fixed to the rear of a single storey 1980’s extension to the house, brick construction so pretty much what you have. Mine slopes away from the extension, so 90° to your plan but I think the same idea. As above, I would fix a batten to the side of the garage, along the...

Isn’t it just a handrail on a flat roof? It looks like Key Clamp Possibly intended as a terrace, but left if no PP was allowed Alternatively just fall protection for the roof. They put rails all over my old building at work, it was built in WW2. Massive footprint, single storey but maybe 3.5m...

Just to throw another idea into the mix, You can get tempered glass panels that also don’t leak. You do need to have flat walls. The glass can be painted on the rear or have photos/images on the rear

I would have thought that if the tiles are intact, you’d just lay the vinyl over them? But potentially wash and or steam clean them to get rid of any smell. Buying bicarbonate from somewhere like a Chinese wholesale supermarket might help, it comes in big bags and if you covered the tiles in...

Having done a quick google, apparently it’s a liability issue to protect the social housing people from climate change against hygiene claims and health and safety . I don’t know the rules for carpets in owner occupier homes but is it possible that the social housing don’t want to be lumbered...