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I have a teak veneered dresser and some dining chairs (plywood seats and backs) which have been attacked by woodworm due to poor storage conditions. I'm moving broad and they have sentimental value so I'd like to take them with me. I don't have the time/space/experience to treat them myself...

I need to fit a new one of these and stupidly thought that the fixing would be universal. It turns out that I bought one with what I would term a male fixing, whereas the one in situ is a female version. Here's a photo of the present old one. Looking around the net I can't seem to find ones...

I need a temporary fix to restick some wallpaper to a wall that has a thin layer of polystyrene applied to it. The room will be redecorated in the spring but would benefit from the wallpaper being restuck before then. Could someone suggest a good adhesive for this? Would this be suitable...

I'm considering repairing (getting new 600mm x 600mm panels) a suspended ceiling which was installed many years but then taken down (as water pipework was needed) and was never put back up. The room is about 3.6m x 5m. The ceiling is in what's now being used as a kitchen, however the gas cooker...

A hole has appeared in a seldom used room of my mother's house and after ringing her house insurance they require us to get the hole assessed by a building inspector, before deciding whether it is coverable. The insurer (Ageas) has said that these reports are sometimes free but otherwise can...

I need to clear a room of furniture and misc items that has some signs of black mould on the walls and another room (garage) with possible asbestos in the roof. Could someone recommend the proper masks that should be used in these instances? Preferably one that fits both circumstances and can...

I've made a wooden oak tabletop (rectangular shaped) which I'm in the process of final sanding. I've just realised though that it could do with a small chamfer along its edges as it's got a very hard edge currently. Before I get a suitable router bit I thought I'd ask here if there's a best...

I need to finally get round to repairing and painting our bedroom ceiling 10ft x 15ft, which has peeled quite badly in places over the years. I'd say they cover around 50% of the ceiling. I'm pretty sure this is mainly due to the very cold winter temperatures we can get in Norway. Which the room...

Couldn't see a better forum to post this other than General but thought it fitted better here. My parents have some old scaffolding which belonged to my grandad. It appears in reasonably good order, it's been stored in a garage for at least the past 20 years and they need to give the garage a...

Hi there. I need to somehow add a small time programmable heater to my mother's tiny downstairs toilet to make it more useable after a recent period of illness. It can't be one of those blower heaters that you turn on when you enter the room, as they still take time to heat the room up. Making...

I'd like to remove some paint specks that have fallen on an old radio. I think the paint must be oil based as it doesn't shift from using alcohol nor hot water. I reckon white spirit might do it but I'm not sure if it will damage the radio's plastic itself? Does anyone know if white spirit...

I've been trying to tracking down the name of this 'bracket' but I'm getting nowhere! :( You see them on things like desks or cabinets with pull down tops. Does anyone know their correct name? I've been using combinations of 'slider' but it turns up nothing. Any help much appreciated!

Hi there! Grrr, something flew off a passing flatbed truck and smacked into my front right foglight. Whatever it was totalled the light but thankfully didn't impact the bodywork. The question now is how to go about repairs, so I thought I'd pop here to get a little advice before ringing garages'...

Hi there. I need to remove some black mould from walls. I have a jsp force 8 half mask respirator with some standard p3 dust filters. Would a new set of these be suitable to filter spores etc or would a higher grade set of filters be needed? I've been looking around t he net and there seems...

This might be a bit of a left field question for the forum but I thought I'd ask here as it's a good source of knowledgable people! :) My mum needs to start looking into selling her house. It's obviously a big decision and one we need to get right. I don't live in the UK currently but I'll be...

Our Focus wouldn't start before Xmas with the breakdown service suggesting it might be the starter. The garage has just rung and said that the dynamo seems to be running at a high voltage so they suspect that possibly in conjunction with the starter? They then also mentioned the battery might...

My parents Laurel hedge has got a bit out of control so it's falling to me to cut it down to size. It's become quite tall and bushy with branches around 5mm thick. The height isn't so important as the bushy'ness for now tho. There seems so many hedge cutters on the market that I'm not sure what...

I've sanded and squared off an old table top which is made up of about 6mm oak parquet bonded to a pine base. So it's a kind of plywood affair. To edge the table I'd like to have it appear to be one solid piece of wood so I've got a roll of thin (non pre glued) oak veneer with which to bond to...

I want to attach a high up shelf along a corridor, approx 2m across, into a brick wall. I'll likely use some 3/4" ply and 3 or 4 wall brackets. Ideally I'd like to have the brackets mounted internally so that they will be hidden when looking up. I'm always a little worried about mounting shelves...

It's not really a DIY question.. but I spy a few other plant related questions so thought a few knowledgable gardeners here might be able to answer? Looking around the net it's pretty unclear how to actually proceed with rose cuttings which have taken. I took some rose cuttings late last year...