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I'm going to be giving this a fresh coat of pain and what to get the old filler out and give the area a good clean. Any idea what you folk would recommend as a replacement filler. Thanks

One of the panes (Ultraframe Active) has slipped away from the rafter so much so I'm surprised water isn't leaking through (see first photo). I can also see gaps, big enough I can slide a cable tie through, which I hadn't noticed before but then again I wasn't looking for them until now. The...

What do you think? New boiler required? We recently got our Worcester Greenstar boiler, which was working fine, looked at as it was time for it to be serviced as it hadn't been looked at for several years. The boiler chap after taking off the cover took one look at the main heat exchanger and...

Our mains inlet tap/stop cock tap is leaking and to replace the whole unit would be a rather awkward job so it seemed quite a lot easier to just remove the cartridge which came out fairly easily. The problem I now have is in finding a replacement cartridge. I popped down to my local screwfix...

I've tried to loosen with an adjustable but can't quite get the right purchase on the 1 inch nut probably due to play with the adjustable, and/or it's just plain seized. It's in an area where there isn't a lot of room to manouvre. I've bought a 1/2in drain cock from Screwfix on standby once I...

I discovered a leak under the floor boards near the main inlet and I've tried tightening the valve but can't quiet tighten it enough that I'm confident it won't leak or come loose again as it's done once before. I'd like to put a new drain valve or cap it off. The spanner size to remove the...

Yes it's one of those again, I'm sure this forum get lots. We've got a leak which I believe is coming from the glass joins in the roof i.e. one of the rafters. Water is leaking from the soffit which I believe is finding it's way from one or more of the rafters, I imagine one or more of the...

We've got a narrowish doorway and it's all too easy to catch the edge of it was we walk through due to the angle you have to approach it due to kitchen furniture which I can't move. It's just been redecorated so want to stop damaging/tearing the wallpaper as happened before. I'm not overly keen...

I've been meaning to post this about these leaf blowers for some time and it might help somebody else. Almost from new mine would cough and splutter and eventually stop. I'm not particularly engine minded. I changed the spark plug, refreshed with more petrol/oil mixture including an additive to...

I'm about to decorate one side (exterior wall) of a bedroom. The wall is prone to dampness and mould being an exterior wall, which gets very cold in winter and the condensation from 2 people over 8 hours is difficult to manage completely. So have decided to give insulated lining paper a go which...

I'm looking to pressure wash our back and front patio and was originally looking to hire a decent pressure washer. The only problem is that none of the hire places seem to supply them with the rotary washer attachment and the one that does (Brandon) has the rotary built-in and has had bad...

I need to order some roof tiles but have no idea what I'm looking for. Would anyone have any idea what I need to be ordering please? Pic attached

I'm need washers for a wall mounted compression Tee (Female - Brass) to garden tap connection. Taps were bought at Screwfix. If I screw the tap on fully it ends up at an odd angle and leaks a little bit, straighten it and it leaks a lot more. Why on earth the tight b@st@rds didn't throw in some...

The salus can be a right pain in the ar4* to pair but once it's working it's pretty solid. I've not had issues with mine dropping the comms and needing a re-pair ever, maybe I'm lucky. I've posted this here as I spent an hour trying to pair mine and I hope this might help someone. I've never...

We've had a plumber out to have a look at our combi boiler as the heating side of things wasn't working having not had it on over the summer. After precisely an hour of checking the boiler and cleaning the diverter he charged £65 for his labour, saying we might eventually need a replacement...

I don't often have to hire tools thankfully but as with every DIY project there will be a trip to a local DIY/Hire store(s). Relying on the DIY stores for stock levels is a game of chance. But today trying to book a demolition hammer brought back all the times I've been messed around by DIY...

I've just bought the R210SMS+ Mitre saw and have just completed assembling it, I'm a DIY'er and got this piece of kit from Amazon for £129 which I think is pretty good value and it's had good reviews. But I've noticed there is slight play in the rotary table probably less than 0.5 degree. I'm a...

Boiler: Worcester Junior 24 We had the boilerman round to service and sort out some issues with our boiler. We had an external expansion vessel fitted as replacing the original apparently would have been a major hassle and more expensive. Fan was replaced and plate to plate HE was flushed out...

I've got a leak in the shed roof and when taking a gander I noticed a lot of the felt nails had lifted ever so slightly. I'm assuming these are the correct felt nails so this can't be normal for this to happen. Why is this happening and what can I do to remedy it?

Laid a sandstone patio a week ago and today found one stone which I managed to lift with my hand. The stones were laid on a base of sand/cement which was a full bed laid wet (6:1 mix in a mixer). I found the base to be fairly easy to lift up with my SDS hammer drill. With the larger chunks I...