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I wonder if I can ask for your collective expertise We have a strange spot on on this wall which keeps reappearing , despite my best efforts with Zissner Peelstop to solve it. As you can see from the photos, this room is the lowest part of the house and behind the brick wall is a void under...

I have just seen that the top step leading to our front door has sunk and pulled away from the doorstep, as well as from the sidewall. Is this a straightforward repair for someone? I don't think there is anything untoward or more suspicious happening here (eg subsidence). Presumably it needs...

Hi all , I am redoing my shower cubicle/unit after no end of problems with my current wetroom style shower ( Big mistake!!) The builder I am using has quoted me for some fittings but I am bit unsure as I really want to make sure they are good quality and reliable - a Cubico Shower door/frame...

A few weeks ago I asked for advice on this bubbling paint and you kindly suggested it was a lime reaction to vinyl Matt emulsion So I stripped back the paint yesterday to apply a coat of Guards and this is what lies behind the blistered paint. There seems to be a darker spot within the...

I have a small patch of blistered paint from where the room was repainted last year. The previous paint ( which was on for about a decade was also blistered in exactly the same way. Can anyone guess what the issue may be and a remedy? This is an interior wall and the plaster is old. Behind the...

Hi we recently repainted our white staircase with a white oil paint and on only one post it has started to show some pinkish stains.i repainted it and the pink has reappeared. Does anyone know why this might have happened?

My mum has just dropped a plate on her 20 year old amtico tiles and has caused a chip which she is very upset about. Is there any way the chip can be filled and repaired? If I can fill it then I'll try to paint it as carefully to match and disguise it as possible? Many thanks

I have just had this fence installed two weeks ago and there are clear blemishes appearing on the wood on some of the panels( especially this under the tree) The fence hasn't been painted but I thought it had been pressure treated. Does anyone know what this is and whether I can do anything...

Hi, I want to replace this run of rotten fencing down the side of my garden - it will also involve taking away some broken concrete posts. I've been quoted £2200 - surely not? I know the materials (assuming 4ft standard panels which cost £22 at Wickes) will come to a few hundred pounds, but how...

I need to repair and patch this small area of crumbling plaster/cement before I paint it, and hope that there is some sort of simple, ready mixed product suitable for this. Can anyone advise on what I should use?

Hi, we had our bathroom redone about 2.5 years ago and in our shower area I have just noticed that there seems to have appeared a slight lip in the tiles where it was previously covered by a metal strip. You can see the photo of the cut outs, and also a close up of where you can now see the top...

We have just had our boiler serviced and the water was a disgusting black - it clearly does need a powerflush which he said he would do for £400. (8 radiators) However my worry is that the pipes and radiators are old and the powerflush won't really get rid of all the sludge and that some of the...