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I'm about to hang a large picture (100cm x 70cm) and I thought I'd be able to simply string a piece of hanging wire from the clips (see pics below) on either side of the backing - but on closer inspection these clips are nowhere near strong enough to hold the picture and will snap when they take...

To be honest - it turns out the problem is not with the roof but a faulty valve on the washing machine - that was the reason for the pools in the kitchen :roll: Although before we deduced this I'd gone on the roof and found it does need recovering with felt/rubber - all the roofers we've had...

Cheers - getting quotes for both rubber and felt - thanks for the advice.

We have a flat roof over our kitchen thats had a good 8 inches of snow sitting on it over the last couple of weeks. Now we've got pooling water in the kitchen since the thaw and it looks like water is running down inside the wall cavity and pooling where the wall tiles and floor tiles meet...

Hello all, I've just chipped away the flags/paving stones that the previous owner had in place under the patio, to create a neatish edge for the new grass to be laid up to. I'm now left with exposed concrete from where the paving stones were chipped away (see photos) - are these edges ok to...

The new curtains we've bought are of a really heavy material and are putting the supports away from the wall and taking a bit of the plaster with them so I'm going to have to put up a wooden batten. What is the best way to put this up? with screws or with a combination of screws and No More...

Thats sounds more like it - thanks.

Is this if we wish to have the chimney breast left unbuilt? Do we still need this if we're wishing to rectify the previous owners errors by rebuilding the chimney breast?

Cheers Woody - we're not going to be using it as a flue - just as support. You're obviously more clued up on this than I am, but do I really not need any certifications? I thought any structural work had to have some paperwork attached. What happens when we come to sell the house and we have...

We have a slate fireplace and found the best thing to use is WD40 and some elbow grease. Comes up a treat.

The previous owners of our house removed the chimney breast in the front room (to put in a mini bar!) but left the chimney breast in the room above. I've looked under the floorboards upstairs and it looks like they haven't put in a proper support under the remaining chimney breast. I want to...

Thanks for that - found somewhere local that stocks them :)

We're looking for a wooden or wood effect transition strip to go on out laminate floor - we've looked in the usual places, B&Q, Wickes, Carpet World etc but the choice is very limited and don't really match our laminate - can anyone recommend somewhere either a store or online that has a good...

Great - so there won't be a problem with peeling or flaking like I've read other people have had?

Hello - we've recently opened up our chimney and had a hearth laid for a woodburning stove. We've had the brickwork in the alcove rendered with heat-resistant plaster. We now want to paint this plaster to a similar colour to the other walls but we've been told we need heat-resistant/proof paint...