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I've spotted this developing situation which has 'a stitch in time' look about it. It is the front wall of a single storey house beneath the ground floor. It looks to be only single skinned in this area. Am I going to be OK to clean out the voids, put some sort of wooden former within the...

I have a number of non-opening windows with single glazing which I'd like to replace with double glazed units. There are various reasons for this but it is in part due to one or two sections starting to rot on the lower frame where condensation has accumulated. I am thinking I can remove the...

I have acquired a 50 year old house which has barely been touched since new and have stripped one wall of it's paper to reveal bare plaster. There has never been any paint on the wall, only lining and wallpaper, which came off quite easily just with a bit of soapy water. The plaster...

Moved into new house recently and have been bugged by the loose loo seat. It is a close coupled Twyford thing, and has no easy means to reach the underside of the seat fixings in the base. As far as I can tell there is nothing to adjust on the hinges, and the seat does not come off by pulling...