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Hi all, I'm installing solid core half glazed double doors in my lounge, they are 610mm wide (11mm lipping all round) and i need to come down to 584mm per door, inclusive of the 10mm pair maker I have to attach on one door. Not sure what my best approach is here. I was thinking I could take...

Hi all, I'm planning on fitting new internal oak doors throughout my house, as a time/effort saving (although more costly), I was going to get fully finished doors. How does that work if I'm needing to trim the doors, do i just treat the cuts ends alone? Or do you not trim fully finished...

Hi folks, Wondering if people could give me some inspiration with ideas of how to improve my back garden patio/path area. I had considered decking over the patio but I'm not sure if it would be worth it. The whole area needs a tidy and pressure washing. What about the gaps in the slabs that...

Hi all, I'm planning on sticking up an outside light just outside my garage door, I'm attaching a picture of the inside. My EV charger is wired in here, I was thinking I could just take a spur off the JB for the charger. Might be a bit rough, but is there any technical issues with that? Would...

Hi all, I'm needing to move an electrical socket about 1-2 meters in my living room. I was intending on joining the cable in the cavity of the original socket then, as its not needed, covering/plastering over it. The join will be inaccessible when finished. What's the best (correct?) way to...

Hi all, Does anyone have suggestions how i can tidy up my under counter washing machine & dryer install? I'm attaching a photo of my old ones, you'll see they stick out about 50mm beyond the edge of the worktop and units. That's them as far back as they can go with the pipework behind them...

Hi guys...just needing a bit of a sanity check here. I bought 20mm plastic conduit and 20mm T boxes & elbows. Should those fit together??? I'm trying to get the conduit inside the connector, they both seem like exactly the same size! Photo attached. Am I doing something wrong? How do I join...

Hi all, the lock cylinder in my uPVC door has failed, Yale have sent me a replacement under warranty...but I'm struggling to get the door off as it's failed while locked. I tried to take the hinges off but there is a metal cover which must be screwed on from the back side. Photos attached. I...

Hi all, My mower hadn't been running well, low power, and I recently gave it a service and replaced the governor springs. Now it sounds like it's about to take off there's no adjustable throttle on it. Is it a problem to run the mower like this? Apart from it being really loud. What are...

I've just serviced my Mountfield HP470 mower. I've replaced the blade, oil change, new air filter, new spark plug, new fuel primer, cleaned the carburetor (used brake cleaner spray), new diaphragm & gasket...but it's not running right. To be honest, it's pretty similar to how it was before...

Hi all, Just taken my old petrol mower out the shed for the new year! It's a Mountfield HP470. It starts fine, I just put in fresh fuel, but when it's running through motor seems to vary speed to the point of almost cutting out. Anyone know what would cause that? I left it running for about...

Hi all, Wondering if this is normal? See attached photo. I have quite a lot of squeaky floor boards in my house that seems to be where there's an unsupported join in the boards. You'll see from the photo that the boards are nailed to the joist, but the join isnt on the joists, it's about 100mm...

Hi all, I moved into a house with 2 bath/showers, all works fine except when you adjust the temperature the water never runs completely cold or completely hot. Any idea why that might be? See attached photo. The tap on the right switches between bath, wall shower and overhead shower (missing...

Hi all, Can anyone recommend suggestions on what i can do here? I'm replacing an old radiator in my house with a new one. The old radiator shut off valve is an imperial size (1" external - photo attached), then the tail from my new radiator is metric (15mm tail - photo attached). I'm...

Hi all, I’ve moved into a new house that has an open vented heating system, I’m looking or a bit of help understanding the system so I can isolate and drain the radiators ahead of swapping out a very old one. There’s large cold-water tank in my loft, plus another small one beside it. Is the...

Hi all, I've recently put down new grass seed on an area that I had run the tiller over in my garden. I think Ive spread the seed a bit too sparingly as not that it's coming up it looks pretty sparse! Photo attached. Can I just add more seed as it is? or do I need for this stuff to be...

Hi all, I'm being quoted about £2500 to install a dry ridge system on my pitched roof, approximately 15m long, reusing the original ridge tiles. The quote also includes some general repairs, a few broken tiles etc. Does that sounds reasonable? Cheers

Hi all, What are these boards called that are sagging/falling off in the photo? Sarking boards? It's been pretty damp in my loft previously which has caused it, the house is 40 years old but I just moved in last year. The chipboard sheets have dried out all bent now, so I don't think I'd be...

Hi all, My parents have just had a new boiler fitted, an vaillant ecotec plus 832 with a Honeywell home tr3 wireless room thermostat. My folks are elderly and struggling to get to grips with the room thermostat, opposed to the analogue 24hr timer that was on their old boiler. My dad just...

Morning all, I've worked up this morning to a steady leak on the pipework going into my Worcester GreenStar Ri boiler. Looking at the manual, it seems to be from a valve on the CH return pipe going into the boiler. Attaching a photo. There's a thumb screw on the valve, can anyone tell me what...