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I have a 1930s house with all single-glazing in South London. This is a painting problem but I have to explain the context. I have decided to fit all these casement "lights" (which I believe is the correct term) with vacuum glazing. This involves routing to make the lights' rabbets deeper and...

Hello, I have a 1930s semi. I'm on the point of renovating the casements, all solid pine, and possibly never repainted since the house was built. I will be replacing the existing (single-glaze) panes by vacuum glazing panes, and I'm also going to install weatherstrip (AQ21) round the edges of...

I'm asking this question because I've literally spent a day trying to find the answer ... but have become totally baffled. I'm repainting some woodwork in a 1930s house, starting with the casement window frames and casement sashes. I've taken the decision to use OIL-BASED paint, so that should...

Hello, Floundering non-professional here. I am restoring some 1930s wooden casement windows (i.e. "casement sashes" attached to the fixed frame with vertical hinges) in my house. This involves replacing the panes of glass with vacuum glazing and also routing a groove round the outer edges to...

Dear all, I wonder if anybody's got any ideas about this (or whether something similar has previously been discussed)? I have a 1930s semi with virtually all windows being casements. All are the originals: wooden (single-pane) casements and fixed frames dating from the 1930s. I have ordered...

Dear all, Having been hunting on this subject for about 4 hours now and beginning to get a bit frazzled. There's a question here dating from 2009. First points: the is about security, warding off potential burglars when I'm away. This is in the UK. It is an ordinary 1-gang lighting circuit...

I bought a new washing machine and just tried to connect it up. But the waste pipe is 40 mm diam. and the machine's waste connector is 25 mm diam. Could anyone tell me what I do in a case like this? I had a look on screwfix for a suitable connector but couldn't find anything obvious.

Dear all, Thinking of using secret nailing to attach solid oak floor to pine floorboards. The boards are in good condition and very flat, so I'm thinking of using only wax back paper as the underlay. My question is about expansion: obviously you allow gaps round the outside of the new...