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I've uncovered some small (a couple of mm) gaps in a wall/plasterboard that are letting a bit of a draught through. It's internal. What's the best type of sealant to use to full these gaps with the main aim being to stop the draught. Thanks

Doing some work in the kitchen and looking to replace the mixer tap with a pull out. We have an old house with a hot water tank in the floor above. Cold water is from mains, boosted by a Salamander Homeboost. This works ok. Question is, what sort of tap do I need to be looking at for the...

Edit - ignore me, realised that theres room! We are replacing our laminate worktops with quartz and putting in an undermount sink. It's a 600mm cabinet and we would like to put in a Franke sink that's 550mm wide and supposed to be designed for 600 cabinets? I've read somewhere that it could...

Had a leak a few months ago and shortly after, noticed something odd under the flooring. It got worse and worse over time. Peeled back the flooring and found this?!? It's like a cardboard tube filled with concrete that's spilt open. Very odd. It's about 5 or 6 inches wide, about 10 feet...

After a bit of advice. I need to fix some 4x2 to the flat edge of a concrete fence post. It'll be about 6 foot or so long. This is on two posts to create something I can attach a gate to. I'll brace across the top. I've read all about the issues with drilling concrete posts, and looked at...

Had the ceilings and walls reskimmed and painted. Need to put the smoke alarms back up. I seem to have lost the screws that were holding them up before. What should I use?

Recently replaced some bedroom downlights with led down lights. Everything worked ok, but we had an old dimmer and it was causing flickering and buzzing. So, changed it today to a varilight led dimmer. Everything works much better flickering and buzzing wise but I think I have wired something...

Hi I have some leftover permawhite that I used in the downstairs kitchen and bathroom. Just repairing the upstairs bathroom which was previously patched up with standard emulsion. Son of the old paint was peeling and I have removed the peeling and flaking paint which has gone back to bare...

So after some advice on here and some research, we are difinitely using LG intellimat on the walls. How's about the woodwork, radiator and ceilings? Can we use the intellimat on those as well (the shirting colour which I understand is very close to white, with a flat slight grey tint). Would...

A couple of years back I used some of this stuff on a couple of doors. It went on quite well and has held up really well. So I wanted to do a couple more doors, some stair banisters and the inside of a velux with it. It seems they no longer supply it? Here's the stuff I used...

We have a velux that is the pine and lacquered finish. Its a good few years old and needs a tidy up. I am presuming I can sand back and just stain? Will that be ok? And recommendation bearing in mind its going to have a lot of sun and close to the elements

We have stone window sills and need to.sort them out properly. Here's what we have.... Here's the too of the window and you can see some damage from a falling tile.. First. What's the best way to repair the damage to the sills and the broken bit above the window? Second, what...

Have a stairs, landing and master bedroom we need to strip. I think its just one layer of paper but quite a large area. We have a simple steamer with a wallpaper stripper attachment that's worked fairly well in the past. What's the best way to do this? Just use the steamer? Or are any of the...

What would you recommend? Have used permawhite in the kitchen which seemed good and johnstones endura in one bedroom, which again seemed good. Fairly high traffic on the stairs. Want the same colour throughout as the bedroom is an attic room which leads straight through from the stairs...

Ok so roof work nearly done and gone fairly smoothly. However the chimneys are looking a bit sorry for themselves. On this stack, our side is the left side, with the single pot and the gas flue. This is on the front elevation. On this stack, our side is the right hand side. Back...

Doing a bit of repainting and we have a few fine cracks in the plaster which we would like to fill. What's the easiest and most effective way to do this, so it can be painted over nicely. Thanks

Ok, so standard mid terrace house with a room in the loft so no access to the insulation from the house. Roof being stripped and refurbed. I think there is some.insulation in there, but doubt its up to spec. What approx cost of materials and labour to add insulation when the roof off...

Just been doing a bit of reading and still not sure.... Roofer is starting work next week in our roof. Stripping off clay tiles, putting in insulation as required, new felt (none at the moment) new lath and reusing existing tiles, replacing where needed. All flashings to be changed to new...

Placing our materials ordering for the roof tomorrow. Roofer has put Cromar Vent 3 Classic for the membrane. He says its fine and he has no problems with it but says I can upgrade my order with the supplier if I want. Should I stick with this or go for the slightly more expensive Cromar? Or...

Aftrr some good advice on my last load of decorating, thought I would pop back and ask.... Probably having our stairs, landing and top bedroom either repapered or hopefully reskimmed. Then fresh paint on top. We have two toddlers. Will be all the same colour because of the layout of...