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The other day I noticed after I had repainted my bedroom that there was a visible damp patch on the outside wall. I used an Amazon dampness meter and it's showing as wet on some areas on the wall. When I looked outside I can see it seems to be directly or very close to an air brick. When I...

So I noticed the other day that my concreate Canopy has two rather worrying cracks on it. I messaged by builder/DIY handman and he said 'they are made from reinforced concrete which looks like it’s suffering concrete cancer this is where the re-bar rusts and swells then cracks the concrete.' he...

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...

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...

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 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...

So a few years ago I asked for some advice for the foundation of my shed. See here: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/foundation-for-a-shed.557595/ In the end I decided to just use paver slabs ...what a mistake me and my brother spent days try to get it level. The plastic shed did finally go...

So my existing Zanussi which I got back in 2014 seems to have died ZDT12051FA. 10 years doesn't seem to bad For the £250 I paid at the time. Anyway I want to replace it with a Hisense HV642E90UK which has an 80% review on Which? magazine. As I am a landlord I need to get it replaced fairly...

So I bought an Aircon unit from Amazon and the unit is from Greece. It has a 2 pin adaptor would it be best to one of them EU to UK travel plug adapters? and is 13Amp fuse safe to use?

I have a Aqara Smart Video Doorbell G4, it can run of batteries but they don't last long. I am considering wiring it up to the existing door bell wiring. However this is a rented flat and I don't want to break anything and need to be able to restore the old door bell when I leave...

So I live in a rented flat and want to be able to wash my mountain bike outside the flat. I don't want to ask the landlord if they could fit one (besides I don't see where the pipe goes). I decided to buy a Gardena an indoor adapter...

So about 2 years ago I paid an electrician to install a new fan. I am a landlord and he installed it whilst I wasn't there. The fan was a Airflow iCon 15S - SELV and the sparky fitted a transformed. outside the bathroom. The problem was that the fan was permanently on and I never got around to...

So ive had my power drill in storage a long time but now when I want to use it the chuck is missing a part. When I say 'chuck' I don't know if that is the right word but it's the inner bit which grips onto the drill piece. Not sure where it is and how to replace it? see photos...

So I am trying to replace my old JCC_FGLED6 LED spot lights my bathroom. I have done it before and swapped them with a JCC V50 https://www.johncribb.co.uk/media/wysiwyg/manuals/JCC_FGLED_Product_Brochure-April-2014.pdf The problem I have is simple..I can't get the power cables to disconnect...