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I am looking at double swing gate kit for my property, at my old place i installed a Came sliding gate kit, worked ok mostly. Anyway i see many more manufacturers pushing them now, i want a swing gate kit for my wooden gates which are quite heavy i guess made of softwood 1.8m wide by 1.8m tall...

Looking for recommendations to replace my current very old PIR sensor with a Smart version. I have a new garage for example which does not have the circuit feed from the PIR so currently these do not come on when a a car or person is near the garage. Any recommendations appreciated. Needs to be...

Looking for some guidance here, i have an elderly parent (my mum mid 80's) who i am starting to get concerned about. She's recently been in hospital for a infection issue intestinal area. After 5 days in with morphene and Intravenous IV she was discharged bit i am concerned this has left her in...

Weather strip on my door. Here i go again having to finish the job, i had this door fitted by carpenters the other week but when it rains water is blowing in underneath. What do i fit to seal and prevent this? Pic of door sill below, there is nothing under the door at the moment. I was...

I ordered a Hormann garage door, the guy turned up measured up and went away. Months later some installers arrived. Umd and arrd and said it won't fit it's too tall it needs the top panel trimming. They installed it anyway, its a 5 horizontal section up n over garage door. The top panel won't...

I had some guys do some carpentry work. Most has been very good. But this door frame has left me confused. It needed reducing down to fit but internally the hinges aren't mortised in frame. Is this OK? Also some big chunks cut out the sill that's alot of silicone ?

Over the years I've lost count how many Makita batteries I have 'lost' where i have worked with other trades or had trades working in my home to find batteries missing. I'm thinking of a deterrent even if each battery is dayglow green with my name perm etched on it. Thoughts suggestions welcome

I have a Makita DBO 180 what do I use to extract the dust from it? Do I use Henry and some decent dust filter or I see the Makita Makita Dvc750?what's the most effective setup? Tia

How do I solve this. Grounds man left this mess as you can see bend makes the ground drain sit too high above path surface I need a shorter 90 bend somehow. Pic attached perspective doesn't show it right the 90 bend does sit below ground but the drain doesn't.

I want to add a drain pan metal grate under my outside tap to wash boots etc. I have a 110 pipe nearby any ideas I can't seem to find such a solution. Say for example it's about 50cm square. Any ideas thanks.

I need to fix a timber flush with this steel but cannot access the back to put a nut on a bolt, how do I fix it on. Apparently the garage motorised mount frame need to fix to this face tia.

How do I wedge a piece of timber in here? Need to fix to beam to make flooring extend. Tia

Iam about to fit a UPVC window in this area with sill, however i see the lead flashing isn't great in the corners see pics, can i get away with sealing all the way into the corners with lead sheet silicone and then silicone up round the frame? And a few beads across under the sill? The front...

I have a Hychika leaf blower, its so dam good but one of the 4.0ah batteries has failed. Well it wont charge at all and the batt test button will not light up. I was considering taking the pack apart and replacing the 18650 cells, any advice? Not done this before i believe i need a spot...

I have just taken up a load of parkay hardwood floor now left with horrible tar like adhesive over render concrete floor, obviously i want to remove this before i lay a new cement tiled floor, any suggestions on removing this horrible stuff thanks

I have just installed the new toilet in our new ensuite. I tried to flush and it wouldn't, i knew the soil pipe etc were ok so i took the ubend off the hand basin, and voila instant flushing, so figured this is all about the water unable to exit due to some suction issue i can't fathom right...

Before i make my own i need a device to monitor my thermal store tank and temp via smart device and set alerts, etc, obviously part of this means i need a prob attached to my thermal store to monitor temp. Is this something you can do via Nest or an other or we still in the dark ages and need to...

Just fitting my toilet (yes ignore the skirting etc it will all look good once finished. Im guessing McAlpine or someone offer a solution to the soil pipe in the floor some sort of collar or something to hide the plastic soil pipe and orange pipe, how do i finish this area? Im thinking is it...

We are having our CU upgraded and some cables rerouted one feed is to a small 6pitch caravan site. Currently fed by 16mm twin and earth through the house to an outside point. The sparky has suggested we run 25mm SWA to this point instead just to keep resistance down over the length (30metre...

I have some engineered flooring here i want to lay, checking the website it suggests i should be using D3 Glue for the tongue n grove joints. I don't see any D3 at screwfix i see D3 is specified as Waterproof - Can i use Gorilla Glue or Evo Stick water resistant?