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........as per the title? I'm hoping to make from scratch some removable slatted garden screens to hang from a Pergola. The options seem to be 20 x 45mm softwood or Cedar which I believe will be too heavy and I'm hoping to find some composite strips along the lines and size used to make...

There's a number of Laser Cleaning videos on TikTok and the like showing coatings being magically removed from wooden bannisters etc., Laser cleaning isn't new, but the latest gadgets are a fraction of the price, starting at less than £100 but only available on Alibaba and other unknown...

We recently bought 4 Tower buffet food/plate warmers with the intention of placing them down the centre of the Xmas dining table. Unfortunately the power cords are only 80cm (31") long and the manufacturers instructions say DO NOT use extension cords with this appliance, so running an extension...

We have 2 suites, one an ageing Ideal Standard that we're looking to replace and a second that wasn't bargain basement cheap but is unbranded. To all intents and purposes the glazing looks the same on both but the Ideal Standard WC self cleans - 'no brush!':eek: a lot better than the other. The...

We have a patio made up of rustic red, a light terracotta, Bradstone carpet cobbles which look great when wet. Darker and with a very slight sheen. I've tried a standard sealer from Everbuild, a milky pva type, and looks great on application but barely changes the appearance when dry. Any...

The electricity Meter box is fixed to the solid brick wall of our Victorian house and protrudes approximately 8 inches. We are being encouraged to convert the meter to a smart one and see this as a possible opportunity to set a shallower box in the wall. This will require the delicate removal...

We've been looking to replace 2 x wooden casement windows about 900mm wide and 1300mm high with new pastel or wood coloured UPVC. One opening, ground floor. It's a long time since we've bought windows and have had a price just shy of £2,000 to supply and fit which may or may not be excessive...

We currently have a single glazed secondary panel screwed to the inner frame of a wooden sash window. With an increase in traffic noise it's no longer up to the job and I'm considering replacing with a double glazed panel but these don't seem to be readily available? We can get sliding units...

I have some retro Schreiber dining chairs with black plastic/vinyl seat and back pads. Spares that we drag out at Christmas which were acquired over 20 years ago. On some of them there is roller overspray, white emulsion I presumed, dozens of 1mm spots that I thought would come off with a bit of...

Buy good, buy once they say, but with mini chainsaws ranging in price from £20 on Amazon to £190+ for name brands like Stihl, and everything in between I'm looking for genuine reviews from people who actually have one. This for very occasional home use to tackle a Leylandii hedge, old Roses...

I've a large wooden shed, around 15' x 8', a former garage so nice and strong, but it's clad with feather edge board with natural gaps that come and go with the weather. It's waterproof but not ideal for keeping tools in during the winter months as it gets damp. I'm looking at putting some...

Just had 4 new tyres fitted on the wife's car and none appear to have weights attached, been balanced. There are no obvious issues with vibration or steering wheel judder but I can't recall ever having a wheel escape without some lead attached? Is this unusual?

We had a new floating (not butting up to any walls) patio about 10ft square laid a few months ago and it has an obvious 'indent' towards one side. Walking across it you can feel it drop away but putting a 6' straight edge across it shows just a few mm difference of around 5mm from one angle...

We have some old Boulton & Paul timber 'Cottage' windows - see photo - that we'd like to replace in UPVC or timber, but cannot find a supplier who does the same format off the shelf, i.e., fixed bottom pains and single opening casement above. Any suggestions, Essex area preferred...

We have a longstanding issue with a strange re-occurrence of damp spots either side of a chimney breast in an internal party wall of our semi detached Victorian house. One patch about a foot square just above the skirting, another on the other side about 6" square about 18" higher, and a small...

We've recently had some upvc windows fitted. Above the header on each one is a full length strip with a 2mm upturn along the leading edge. Some project at 90 degrees, others the nose drops down a couple of millimetres but on 2 of them the nose is 5-10 mm in the air. There's a good mastic seal...

We've been looking at replacement of some old Boulton and Paul casement wooden frames, 700mm high x 1700 wide approx, 2 openers either side of a central panel with 4 panes of glass in each. To replicate in UPVC using the normal 70mm(?) profile would make them look very bulky. We've looked...

My builder has been taken ill so i'm going to try and take out an internal wall myself! I know the mechanics of the process but am not sure about holding up the existing ceiling and some other points? Edited: Sorted problems now............. .