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I’m having a new door put in by my joiner on Monday. There was a lot of movement on the frame. I took the trims off and there is a gap around the frame with some wooden blocks What is the best thing to stabilise the frame and can o get really long screws that will bite to the brick rather...

My joiner carved out intumescent groves on a fire wooden door in our factory where the groves were already on the frame! Is there a fireproof filler I can use to save a new door and new fitting? Can I use this...

Part of the dry verge blown off by the high winds. Around 6 dry verge units blown off by the wind and have a broken tile that I previously used flashband three years ago.. They dry verge plastics are all intact so we can put them back. May I ask what kind of repair cost am i looking for. I...

Does anyone know what make radiator valve is this and if I can either get a replacement or a used one?

Does anyone know where I can find floorboards or any timber that is the right thickness for repairing a 70s house floor? Selco does a thicker or thinner board, I have a table saw and can possibly thin it out but if there is a place I can buy the right thickness I don’t care about the width as...

I’m having this canopy installed and want to have two downlights and a PIR. Do I need any special downlights for outdoors or any indoor downlight such as the Ansell Prism that I use indoors is fine ?

On my last reroof the roofer did not use the right gap for the gutters and are quite close to the tiles so there is no space for a hedgehog. Is that a concern or shall I not worry about it.

I’m having an EICR in one of the rentals. Do I need to cover these cables that are coming out of the CU? It has passed its previous EICR.

I just spent £6500 on a new roof. I had quotes for £4500 but I decided to go with this more expensive roofer and he added the vat as he did some great work on some gutter work and fascia. Now he said that he was going to do the flashings in the chimney but now after finishing he said is not...

Any idea how much I’m expected to pay for removing these garage asbestos sheets I’m so peeved off, I payed £3K for the garage roof and another £7000 for the main roof and the roofer said he lost his asbestos licence so I have to remove it myself. Anyway any ideas about cost and do you...

I have this pebble dash garage that has gaps at the end of each block and whatever used to fill them with is now cracked. What do you recommend to fill them with?

I have a Baxi 830 boiler with a vertical flue that goes through the loft and out through the roof tiles. I am changing the roof next week and I want to convert the vertical flue into horizontal so that it comes out the side of the building. I just want to avoid anything that rips the breathable...

How do you adjust these hinges on this composite door. The door has slightly tilted and needs force to close as it catches up on the metal hardware of the frame. I need to Tilt it up.

I've been asked to buy a substantial amount of electrical switches for a house in Africa that they use same things as here in the UK. I was asked for 20 water heater switches. Are these two switches identical and why such a price difference just because it says Water Heater!!? Also do you...

We have a fan extractor that currently goes through the roof tiles. I am changing the roof next week and I’m wondering if there is an attachment I can plug into the eaves vent so I can connect the fans flexible pipe to it to avoid having a cut on the roofs membrane. Does anything like that exists?

Is there anything I can nail to the wall to cover and protect the cable on this outside wall?

i just need a top vent for a soil pipe. What would you go, I am between the cage one the mcalpine or the mushroom one? Also as i change the roof can i chop the pipe short in the loft space and put that mcalpine vent on top to avoid choping tiles?

I have this external wall I don’t know any to add flowers on top How can I finish the top off ? Can I add flags on top?

All the door hinges in this house have been recessed too deep as in photo. The new hinge holes are in a different place. What’s the best thing to do. Usually I re-drill the holes with 4.5mm drill bit and fit 5mm dowels with gorilla expandable glue and fill the gap with filler ready for the...

My gas fitter wrapped the boiler isolator cable around the flow pipe of the boiler that gets hot. Although it only gets hot up to 60c isn’t that a bad practice for damaging the outer sheath of the cable ?