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Yes I was thinking it might be best to drill a few hole, I have bought a a new SDS drill recently but will need to get some drill bits for it. Unless I can use standard drill bits with it? I'm not sure what type of screw it was maybe a wood screw in a rawplug. Will have another go tomorrow.

I am fitting an external light outside my house. The good news is the light works. The bad news is that one of the screws (wood screw I think) is broken and stuck in its raw plug and snapped off in the wall. It's not easy to re drill a new hole. I am not sure how I am suppose to get the broken...

Well yes I think I will cancel it and get an independent one ...I am thinking we also had wall insulation installed as part of the governments green deal back in 2014. I think it maybe causing issues as I can see there are gaps in the brick work and even two air vents in the external walls which...

Ok, I will get some rockwool and push it into the eves as you suggested. Well I have moved back into the house for now. But it's not clear if they had been hanging washing inside. I do have a good extractor fan in the bathroom. The company that make that PIV system are doing a damp survey in...

I live in a 1950's house which does have a few damp issues upstairs in the bedrooms. Generally mold grows on the external walls in the corners and on the celling at the near this external wall. The celling slops down towards the external walls. Before anyone talks about mold prevention, I have...

@Mottie I would agree the tenants and even AirBNB guests often don't open the windows enough. I have now had trickle vents installed in the two bedrooms which are often left open all the time and still the rooms get a bit of mould. Maybe I will pay to get the tickle vents installed in the...

I currently own an ex 1950's council house in Reading. Me and my dad done a fully internal refurbishment on it back in 2014. It has gone up in value. I currently don't live in it and rent it out. I may consider moving back into it but it has issues. 1) Downstairs the lounge often can smell...

So I need to plug my Smart Door bell into it's power socket. To do this I need to either run the power cable thru the wall or thru the PVC Door frame. See photos here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/TcGlSHK2ckljdmsWthoBfynjZx5zQn4BQUvKFNkU2qq There is already a light switch box, I was...

I bought a power supply for my Aqara G4 Smart Video Doorbell. This one https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1R7BR15?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 However the cable is not long enough it needs to be about another meter and a half longer. What cable do I need and is it easy to solder ? ( yes...

I need to replace the two internal bedroom door handle's with key locks. The one I currently have is the privacy one below but would like to change it for a the lock style . I have been qouted £250 to change them is that about right?

I don't know if it was concreated over or just filled in as it was like that when we moved in. I will put a humidity meter in there and check thanks!

The problem is that when we moved in they had already concreated over the kitchen floor. The lounge which has the smell is at the back of the kitchen. I think this is half the issue then, ie that air is passing under the front of the house under the lounge but then hitting the concreate floor at...

ok true but it's been like this since I moved in in 2014

Thanks I spoke to my neighbour he said I can paint or put a trellis on them. However I think the cheapest thing to do will be to repaint the fences and then create a boarder along side both fences. I have already bought someshrubss and a couple of Acer trees that were on sale !

I live in a 1950's ex council house and the lounge floor has wooden floorboards, which we put laminate over the top. There are three airbricks and they are all clear as I jet washed them recently. However even with the window open I always get an earthy kind of musky smell. Apart from getting...

I have a really good quality MDF flatpack desk that I have had for years. The only issue with it is the bits (Don't know what they are called) that attach the various sections tougher have a hole in the MDF. I have used wood glue before but think I may need to use something a bit stronger that...

I have two very ugly fences running down my garden. They also tend to get alot of weeds growing under them which is another problem. I was thinking of running some trellaces onto them but when I last looked at the deeds I don't own either of tehm.

Me again so I also need to repair my driveway which has a lot of weeds. I have started to remove the weeds and sweep the driveway clean. Next I was going to get some block paving sand to fill the gaps. After that I was going to get some block paving sealer. After searching on this forum people...

Could I use this technique on my block paving driveway which has a bit of a weed issue?