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Hi all Currently have a Gatemate double lock on my garden gate. The lock has been snapped so I opened it up and see the cylinder isn’t replaceable. Had to get a whole new lock at just shoot £60! Is there anything similar out there with replaceable cylinders? The actual lock casing etc is good...

Hi all Looking at getting a split unit fitted to serve 3/4 rooms. So many brands out there and wondering if anyone who knows more about it can shed some light. I don’t just want to go for the cheapest, thinking about long term costs, reliability and maintenance etc as well. Thanks in advance

Hi all My garage floor is very thin, looks to have been laid at about 3” with no dpc. I want to use my garage for car repairs with a lift and wanted to know what specs I should go to and rough costs ensuring a stable surface. It’s approximately 6m in length by just over 3m in width. I was...

Hi all I have some 2400x600 boards left from a roof and planning on doing another roof tomorrow but don’t have enough. Local Selco has 2400x625, is the t&g interchangeable? All would Sterling nordboard Or is it different and I need to get enough new sheets for the new job Thanks

Hi all Had a bit of a thought of the bank holiday weekend of building a workshop on the front on the house in the corner of the driveway. Before I start getting architects or drawings made up, I wanted to know if this was even a viable option. The drive is approx 225sqm in total and looking to...

Hi all I want to get the outside render repainted to freshen it up, is it worth getting it pressure washed first to clean it up and remove any flaking paint? Seems to have been painted with a plasticy type paint. What to paint with sandex microseal Thanks in advance

Hi all I have some 10L tube of white contract paint from around 2017 which are unopened. Will these still be ok to use? Thinking of using only to do a mist coat on fresh plaster, but if they are going to cause potential issues, I’d rather just bin them all Thanks

Hi all I have an old up & over garage door that has come off it runner on one side but also has a lot of tension in it when trying to open it. There’s no access from inside at all and thought I’d locked myself in as struggled to get it open again from inside. Before I go and spend money on a...

Hi all, Happy New Year Felt roof over garage & utility has seen better days and think next job when the weather is better is to replace it with epdm. It’s currently a cold roof and was thinking of changing the to a warm roof. What should the insulation thickness be…100mm pir? The size is...

Hi all Looking to get a gas fire installed in an unused fireplace…there was a plug there for an electric fire. It has a solid rear panel, and cutting into this has revealed a liner (guess it was used before at some point). I’ve had the liner swept and checked but before moving forwards and...

Hi folks Need to paint the cement based render in my house which is starting to flake. It looks to be a plasticy based paint. What is the best prep method to remove the loose stuff, there’s a fair amount of wall space??? Also any recommendations on paint to use to repaint it. Thanks

Hi all Wondering if someone can help me out. I’ve started to notice paint blistering and black mould spot in a first floor bedroom. This is an external wall which is solid brick construction and render. There is a loft room above and the wall is dry. Looking outside when it’s raining there...

Hi all I’m wondering if someone can help/advice me please. I have a 1920s house with suspended timber flooring. A lot of work needed to be done but with the cold starting to set in I’m looking to sort one of the rooms downstairs temporarily for my elderly mum due to go through treatment...

Hi all My Hisense fridge freezer is set to cool to 2degC but monitoring it with a temp gauge it seems to only get down to about 4degC and then stabilises around 5.5degC. What could be causing this discrepancy? I’ve turned it off and left it for 24hours and replugged it in to no avail. Thanks...

Hi all Looking to get a gas fire fitted in an opening that was already present. Upon further investigation the opening was made smaller by a timber frame (gas man said has to be non combustible material). I’ve ripped this all out and looking to get a new lintel installed and the fireplace...

Hi all Currently have a Vaillant 637 system & Telford unvented cylinder controlled using Hive. Looking to move to Vaillant controls to allow better control & modulation with weather comp. There seems like a lot of options and wondered if someone could help with the items I need. Would like to...

Hi all Just fitted a vertical rad with an in-built divertor and after piping up I think I’ve I got flow and return mixed up as only the bottom is heating up, so bypassing the divertor Can I drain and fit an a divertor on the other side to fix this or do I need to re-pipe this? Thanks in advance

Hi all, Got some large holes where old bushes/tree's used to be and wanted to know the best way to fill these before reseeding the area. I've read online about using sand but there was no mention as to which sand. Many thanks in advance

Hi all A few days ago my fridge freezer decided to go warm and had to throw everything away. Since emptying it, it seems very sporadic and at time works fine and cooling ok (4degC fridge) and other times it gone to 16degC Any ideas what could be causing this? Thanks in advance

Hi all Just had a door replaced and the brick soldier course has slipped. Mortar between the bricks has gone in the middle . The internal skin (solid 9” wall) is fine as there’s an old timber beam. What are my options to rectify? I’d like to keep the soldier if possible. Also what sort of...