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I've got a set of electric metal gates and one of them is slightly tilted which then requires a bit of help when opening/closing otherwise it gets stuck. I've tried to fix it by lifting it from the far end and then tightened the hinge but that made little to no difference. I think the problem is...

I received a letter last week for parking my car in a private car park without paying for parking. I had paid using justpark app (approved by the parking management) and while I looked into it I realised I had selected the wrong car in the app. So I sent an appeal email to the charge notice...

Merry xmas everyone. I've a studio flat in my house which has 4 radiators and out of those 4 one is completely cold and the other is partially cold. I've 16 radiators in the house which are powered by a Vailant system boiler. To fix the problem, I spent some time today to balance them, primarily...

I'd like to change couple of radiators which are pretty old. One of them measures 1260 x 600mm. Can I replace is with a standard size of 1200 x 600? If so what would the best way of covering the gap of 60mm? Also is it possible to change the thermostatic valve without draining the whole system?

I'm planning to paint our living room and dinning room. As both rooms are heavily used and we've young kids, I want a paint that would be scubbable. Is this a good paint to use on plaster walls which have previously been painted...

I've got Virgin Media and Sky broadbands, both modem/routers are downstairs at the front of the house. My home office is upstairs at the back of the house. I've got 1 CAT6 cable run which currently gives me LAN in my home office from the Sky router. I want to run both both networks overs this...

I hope someone can help me out. As you can see in the pictures, I've a ceiling light outside the main entrance of the house. I want to install a Ring floodlights camera and I want to use the wire which is powering up the ceiling light. I'd like to know what would be the best way of rerouting the...

In our main bathroom we've a shower which only has over head shower. With young kids we prefer handheld shower and I want to know what would be the simplest way of replacing this shower or adding a handheld shower to the current setup? Bathroom was done by the previous owner of the house so I...

I've got a Visonic Powermax Complete wireless alarm. I've had it for over 6 years and its been working without any issues. Couple of weeks ago it stopped responding to the remotes so I looked at the panel and it felt as if the panel was dead. Panel seemed as if it was dead but pressing any key...

We had bought kids a garden play house couple of years ago and I since then I never did anything with it. But it looks like it needs some TLC. I'm not sure what's the best course of action to prolong its life. I've attached the pictures, could someone suggest what do I need to do with it? For...

I've got a concrete base (our garden is almost 2 ft higher than the neighbour's) at the back of the garden which I'd like to cover with bark and puts some large pots. I've got no idea what would be the ideal plants for the pots which would be low maintenance (with young kids don't get much time...

I've spent quite some time on Google but couldn't find answer. I need to run an extension cable from the main BT master socket. I've got quite a bit of this cable lying around so I would like to know can I use this as extension...

PC World and Currys are selling it for £20, the cheapest I've seen so far so if you're after one just get it from either.

I've put off the gate for quite some time now but I better get on with it //www.diynot.com/forums/garden/metal-or-wood-gate-for-my-driveway.335455/ I've looked at the paperwork which I received from the local council and one of the things they want is "elevational drawing showing the...

I'm busy cleaning my paving blocks driveway these days. I've 2 young kids (almost 4 and 2 years old) and they don't let me work while they're awake so I'm doing this once they go to bed which is around 8pm. Last night at 9:30 one of the neighbours came and complained about the noise of my...

I hope someone can get me in the right direction about this trivial matter which I'm currently facing. My next door neighbour visited me on the weekend and told me about the damp problem in his house. He explained it was being caused by my driveway. Our houses weren't built at the same time so...

I've a really strange problem with my boiler and I hope someone can advise what can I do to rectify this. I've got a system boiler Vaillant ecoTec Plus 630. I've got hot water set on the timer to come on 3 times a day. In the morning when boiler kicks in at 6am after about few minutes, banging...

I'm thinking of installing a wireless burglar alarm in the house. It has to be wireless because we've recently decorated the house so wired one is a no no. I've done research (with my limited knowledge) and I can't decided between Visonic Powermaster-10 G2 and Response GlobalGuard. I've got a...

I've got a Honeywell ST9400C programmer which is less than 2 years old and it has been playing up for a while. But now it seems like it just won't send signal to boiler to switch on hot water. So I guess I need to replace it. I've read mixed reviews of this programmer so I'm thinking of getting...

I'm thinking of getting a gate in place in my driveway for security and to make sure my son doesn't go out when he's playing outside. I can't decide whether I should go for wood or metal. Here's what I want from the gate in this order: 1. Security and privacy 2. Long-lasting 3. Nothing too...