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Happy with all of that, I was just unsure how these seal. As I say a shower screen at my old home sealed from the outside, so that’s there I placed the sealant. Didn’t want to start this until I knew where the seal was made. I’ll take up the old sealant, clean and replace with new (I have a...

That’s really helpful, thanks. In that case I’m going to measure and draw a line set back from the fireplace hearth, do a dry run to check for straightness, mark up this ‘section’ to glue and then this will be my first run. Means I can work down the room from top to bottom, and no going over...

Wife didn’t like my suggestion of carpet and of course wants herringbone. I decided to go for the glue down type as I think this will stand up better to fluid spillages from the children. I’ve screwed down 6mm ply and filled the gaps with jointing compound on the joints. Before I coat with...

Hi all, not long purchased our new home and getting on with sorting out leaks, damages and problems before Winter. A problem I hadn’t immediately noticed was this leaking shower tray. Years ago I had a bath with a pivoting glass screen. To seal this I sealed the inside junction between the...

They’re faux-sash windows (only the top half opens outwards by hanging on a couple of hinges). If the epoxy negates the need for screws I’ll avoid them altogether. Again, think I had my wood filler head on.

Enjoyed reading that, really, thanks a lot for an informative post (especially tips profiling and mixing the filler). I have used body filler a few times so I think that’s why I was drawn to Ronseal. I need to go and weigh up costs, sources of supplies. In terms of splicing the timber in, my...

Thanks a lot for the advice and pointers. Never worked with the stuff so had no idea on what brands to go for. Sounds like the resin will be good to use for this work. Is it better than the Ronseal wood filler? The first two images show the average level of rot on most windows — it seems to be...

I’ve recently moved into a new house. Built 1906 it’s in need of sympathetic repair work. I’ve cleaned out all the gutters which were blocked up and causing damp, repointed some ground floor brickwork with lime mortar, had a rear chimney stack taken down (breasts had been removed with no...

As per standard UK weather it’s peed it down over the weekend, and it was a good opportunity to see how the downpipe going into a ground hopper coped with the volume. It seemed to do absolutely fine making me wonder whether or not I could do away with the second problematic downpipe and adjust...

Think it’ll be too much water sadly. There are four roof ‘faces’ which I think would overwhelm it.

I considered that but wondered about having enough room to create the fall on the pipe. Rather than the hopper, I was going to get one of those T-piece sections.

Hi all, haven’t posted on here in a while. Now live in an older house (1906) with problems, but all from poor maintenance under previous owners. The first problem I want to tackle is the guttering and the right hand side downpipe on the attached picture. The guttering is blocked up in the...

Thanks all for the suggestions -- too many to reply to individually. I accept the type of heap I've built is going to take a while but ideally need to speed it up. I've stopped adding to it now and have just added lots of cardboard on the top. I turn it every week to get plenty of new air in...

Last Summer I decided to make use of food scraps, cardboard and grass clippings by creating a compost bin. The primary reason was to avoid the annual expenditure on compost, but also because it's a better use of waste material (including all of the 'spent' compost come Autumn). The set up is...

In my driving experience, I let any scenarios or incidents play out in front of me. If a driver cuts me up or moves into my lane leaving an unsafe gap, I just back off the throttle and drop back. Similarly, I won’t engage with gestures thrown towards me and try to ‘fix’ situations caused by...

Yes, have to pay the cost of the course. Guessing from a quick search it’ll be around £80 - £100 (haven’t yet logged on to find out). I’n tempted to ring them cop shop just to ask if they’d reviewed the evidence which would have shown tailgating and inappropriate use of the main beam.

Update… I’ve been offered an NDORS course. No points and no fine (apart from the ‘cost’ of the course). Bit of a result.

Thanks for the insight. If they do submit it whole, it’ll show them speed up to my rear, tailgate for a bit then go for the overtake, then drop back in flick the main beam on and tailgate before dropping back off.

Hopefully the driver hasn’t trimmed his footage to only show the overtake. Until I get a response I’ll try to forget about it all. Can always phone them if I get a decision against me and ask them to consider whether any footage covers before and after the overtake.

All sent off now. I’ll see what they come back with now I’ve confirmed it was me who was driving. Scanned and emailed which they’ve confirmed receipt of. I’d not mentioned it so far on here (in honesty hadn’t noticed it) but the letter refers to “section 3 of the road traffic act”. A quick...