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Just had my driveway done which has raised the level so the air brick is just above the surface. It’s right in front of the drain but my neighbour says still a risk for water. I tried to find telescopic air brick vents but they are more where you want it to go down internally. Any...

I know this is a matter of opinion but thoughts welcome. I have an MDF media wall install and I have a quote for priming and a professional spray paint job. It’s quite pricey. Alternative is I can prime and paint myself with a brush. I’ve tried to find an answer online but various views...

I have angles architrave over my bay window. How on earth do I fit blinds? Any ideas?

I’ve had 2 totally different opinions on my driveway. It’s on a slope. One said to build a wall and a path with it. This guy is a general builder. He also looked at the driveway next door which has a garden pipe in the gulley emptying on a patch of mud near the house wall. He said that...

I have a fairly normal 3 bed terrace 30s house with bar windows. I want to paint my house. 2 questions: 1. some of the existing paint is flaking, take off with steel wool? If I don’t remove it all, surely there will be a line where the old paint ends. Do I just keep painting so it’s...

Hi, I am getting a media wall installed. I want to light it internally with 180 watts of flexible tube. This runs off 24V so in my mind 180W ——- = 7.5A 24V There is existing lights in the space so I wanted to power from here, this is above a 5A fuse on the circuit. Also, the kit is...

had some work done removing a door a while ago, didn’t seem like AIB when I looked at it before. I sprayed well with PVA anyway to be safe. Looking at that board, I thought it was some kind of old chipboard but just want a 2nd opinion on if that looks like a type of asbestos board? The AIB...

Hi - have a Mira shower. Mrs wants a new shower head. Took off the original one and there’s a plastic tube coming out which can’t fit into the new head (see pictures) Any idea or do I need a new hose or Mira brand shower head? Thanks! D

Kenwood chef. Don’t ask me how but my wife’s first operation of this resulted in this bent pin. Tried hammer and screwdriver, won’t budge, tried hot water on it, won’t budge. Pliers no chance can’t get purchase and the pin is too thick, it will not budge anyone have an idea how I can get...

Hi, I have this ancient patio and costs dictate I cannot replace to I’m re jointing it and cleaning it/tidying up. This I believe is the 1939 original one and it appears to be laid directly on mud! There is a drainage issue. The blue circles are where water accumulates. The red square is...

Hi, I have a MacGregor strimmer. I have a recurring issue where it will work for about 1 min and eventually the line unravels. I suspect I am not installing it correctly. Here’s how I install it. The line fed into those notches like so I put the line through the holes in the strimmer...

Hi, There is a 15 M fence in my garden on its last legs. It’s about 7ft tall but would replace with 6FT. Guy just told me these days that would be 4.5k which I think is ridiculous. He said it was cost of wood . I just priced materials online and it would be no more than £1200 even not...

I have a few tree stumps in the gravel border I am creating. I am not attempting to dig them up due to time and from what I hear it’s an absolute nightmare of a job! They were felled last year. Question is, they have been left for a year and are a bit dank and wet. Can I preserve them when...

Hi, My garden borders are a mass of weeds on account of me doing no gardening! I want to dig it out and fill the borders with gravel. A lot of the edging I see at b and q are £13 per M which seems expensive and it’s only wooden. Anyone have any ideas of a cost effective way to do it? I...

Hi, As I look out from the back of my house, the fence on the left is down, one panel. The posts are inside her garden. She just spent thousands remodelling her entire garden. Just prior to this she complained about my trees (which have been there 80 years) because the seeds interfere...

Hi, My front and back only needs a couple of weeks and I have non stop brambles and bineweed. I’ve tried spraying it all with weedkiller after cutting but it does absolutely nothing. Thinking of putting black plastic down round the borders. Even the grassed bits have brambles in there...

My wife comes from a hot country and it seems all their buildings go up very quickly and cheaply using concrete and steel poles. Currently in Greece on hols and it seems this is how it’s done here. Our poured concrete houses in U.K. all got either condemned or rebuilt. Is it because of...

Just had some work done. Final work is £900 more than quote. It’s a big job £8-9k so 10% more . I understand materials might have gone up but not that much. It wasn’t a signed written agreement but my feeling is if you quote a price that’s the price. Nobody said halfway through that x y...

Hi, Window fitters just took out a door for me. Guy said it might have exposed asbestos but didn’t know for sure. See pictures. This is in my ceiling basically. I don’t mean the white polystyrene, I mean the grey board in the gap which has a hex pattern on it. This is now open in my hall...

Hi, I took a wall out and paid the fee. The council came and had a look and said send pics when painted and finished. Due to issues with money, and other work, I haven’t done the work and only completed it 18 months later and have realised I dont have paperwork. Searching my email the...