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Could anyone hazard a guess at this door handle make & model, possibly originally Wickes or maybe B&Q, purchased more than 12 years ago. Would be good to find a compatible plate outline and fixing centres. Looks a bit like Wickes Oslo, but the taper looks different. (Doors are 1930s originals...

Any thoughts about the likely causes of this crack in case it affects repair options? I have flooded the crack with superglue (the glass repair type) for now to hopefully prevent sharp glaze shards working loose. One may be evident in the photo just to the left of the centre grout line. Can be...

The badge lettering obviously caught something (carwash?) and is now a potential flesh-stripping hazard. The pics show the stress lines in the top of the final letter making rework a bit problematic. Any suggestions as to the best way forward? Hot air gun and removal? Another bit of...

It seems Cuprinol's Rich Oak is a discontinued product, available as surplus stock from perhaps less reliable sources. One reads about mislabelled and leaky containers. Are there any very close colour matches out there? Note that Ronseal's Dark Oak is too reddy-brown for my tastes, and looks...

I want to wall mount my collection (small but increasing) of Mountfield Stiga batteries which look like these... onto something like these, or functionally similar... Anyone done anything similar, and can recommend a specific Mountfield Stiga compatible product? Alternatively, which other...

My kitchen tap is over 12 years old. The internal sealing surface seem to be failing. I have changed the ceramic 1/4-turn valves several times, but after a few months a slow drip returns, i.e. from the tap nozzle. If a complete tap replacement is advisable, what are the DIY pitfalls? The...

I have one of these el-cheapo DIY outlet torches, and would like to get to the re-chargeable battery for investigation and replacement. It currently works for less than 30 mins between charges. It's quite a nice pocket size, so would like to get some use rather than binning it. This one is...

What screw fixings are used on a composite door, e.g. for a door knocker? The door construction is, apparently, 4mm GRP + 37mm PU foam + 4mm GRP = 45mm overall (related image from the Hurst website below), so not much bite into any thing solid using ordinary timber screws. The foam itself seems...

This is likely to be totally obvious to those who know, but what are the slots for? They are not apparent on the Mortice Type (and some types of the above). Thx!

Any ideas how this low profile shower trap comes apart? It needs a good scrub. Does the middle part just pull out, unscrew, or twist to unlock. Or if the outer part unscrews first, does that require a special tool to get a purchase on those four tabs? All seems a bit tight otherwise. The...

I did a quick experiment with my jet washer, which seems to have the desired effect (see pic below) removing the blistered paint back to what looks to me like relatively sound render. A second pass is clearly needed before treatment and repainting. This was just a quick try. My question is how...

The technical data of a number of products (e.g. similar to https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/3120980.pdf) suggests the actual heat output is about half that of the headline rated figure (i.e. what looks good on the box). That 650Watt rated item, for example, has a nominal of 0.3492kW, i.e...

I was told some while ago, by what would have been a CORGI guy (at the time) that I called in, that replacing the Piezo sparker was DIY-able. He confirmed that this was because although the Piezo device was inside the external casework, it was not inside the sealed compartment, i.e. not on the...

Any ideas what determines the delay on the display backlight? The light comes on when the temp setting is adjusted (as expected), but sometimes it goes off quickly, and sometimes it stays on for a minute or so, which seems a bit long. Is the OFF signal sent from the WB boiler, or is it a...

My Amcor D250 (the tall skinny model) is still going strong, despite its age. The equipment label says the manufacture date was 12/1993. Any suggestions on appropriate TLC? Thanks!

Anyone here have knowledge or experience of 'igloo' style event shelters? I am aware of the Coleman brand, which I am sure are very good, but I have a recollection of much thicker poles (these are only 20mm IIUC, and I recall 1"-1.5" or so), and what looked looked like galvanised steel, rather...

Any thoughts here as to the provenance of this, just so I can make best use? I thought it might be something a trainee would make, rather than a hobby item. Some of the tools it originally had looked like they could be a farriers. Not sure why it'd be lockable. Ideas welcome!

It is not the element as it does heat on ECO and 30min. It is still useable! I am guessing 1) programmer/timer or 2) the flexible cable/wiring harness, but I cannot find a decent complete wiring diagram. Service manuals available online do not seem to be designed for the fault-finding DIYer...

I am after advice if I can drill or not into the locations shown in the pics for mounting roller blind brackets on the back of a Deceuninck door. Will I hit anything critical, and is there likely to be metal reinforcement? Screws are about 1" long. Comments welcome I would ask the...

I currently have this controlling my fully GasSafe installed WB Greenstar 30i... If I purchased this ... Is it possible to unpair my existing thermostat shown top right, and replace/pair with the new programmable thermostat shown bottom right. I understand there could be possible timer...