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The wind has just dislodged a great lump of the rendering running along the roof line above the first floor windows on the front of my house, similiar to those in the picture . I need to get it checked in case other pieces are loose and re rendered at some time. I just need be able to use the...

Just bought to fit Kilsviken sink with 28mm hole for overflow ring I need a copper or black fitting of that size but cannot find them anywhere local or on line. They are all to fit standard 23-25mm. Any ideas ?

Just bought and now fitting a Kilsviken sink. No problem there but the overflow hole is 28mm across. I have the chrome fitting they sent with it but that will soon rust. I have been looking for a copper or black fittting in fact anything except chrome but just cannot find any alternative I...

I have just coated a re claimed pie scaffold board worktop with Osmo Polyx oil 3044 Raw Matt. Great clear whitish finish without the pine turning orange. All the dents, scratches etc filled with epoxy resin. But still looks bit dull compared to the other worktops in the room which are oak...

I have fitted two oak worktops which look great but for the third being asked £1,400 for 3m length, half of which will be cut away for the hob and sink so settled for pine scaffold boards which are now sanded and ready for oiling. But still lots of small crack and a few larger saw cuts which...

Mine has packed up after about five years so looking for a new one Small kitchen 2.5 m x 4 m x 2.50m high. I want one reasonably quiet with good extraction as lots of stir frys etc But having problems finding a decent black hood with rear extraction. It seems they are now out of fashion but...

Just taken delivery of an oak worktop. The guy who made it recommends Danish oil for oiling it both side 4 or more times continually without letting it dry. He says that is to get it to soak all the way through. Then wipe off excess and let it dry before another couple of coats, up to four, then...

I have 2 first floor picture window showing bare wood and in the need of painting along with masonry cills. I dont want to hire a scaffold so want it done as quickly and easily as possible from a ladder. I also have a dozen of half tins of paint to use up. Thinking of washing, scraping...

Think I have just been ripped off yet again by roofers. Had water runing behind gutter from roof and down wall. Given quote of £350 to fit Kestrel Eaves which I understood to be secured under tiles and to each other so water run direct from roof to gutter. They turned up 8 hours late in pouring...

I have just got hold of some 3m mild steel bars 30mm wide 10 depth which I want to use as frames for door stops. They are all covered in a black film which comes off as you touch them. One or two I will prime with red oxide and a top coat of acrylic eggshell but most I just want to clean and...

I have some new wood cupboard doors to paint with Winslade (green)Albany Acrylic Eggshell. The primer/undercoat I have is Albany Acrylic White which is a bind as I really need a green or grey acrylic primer/undercoat but Albany only do the white in Acrylic. Could I use an ordinary Albany...

Against my better instincts I bought a "solid wood door" over the internet during lockdown which turned out to e engineered wood. Its the 1930s sunburst design with the glass between the woode sun rays" It came ready primed and the advice is to use a solvent based top coat. Advice which I find...

I painted some architrave with Albany Acrylic Eggshell after a washdown with sugar soap and a light rub down with sandpaper over the previous coat of eggshell. A month later I had to clean it up with a quick sponge down. To my surprise the new coat is just running into the sponge and none has...

Trying to replace an old DIY work top. Problem is the flat head screws at the back, screwed into the underside of the old worktop are sunk into the frame by 1cm and jambed. I cannot get any leverage as I am working upside down with no room to see what I am doing as the width is restricted to...

Just want to change old plastic light switch to new one with L1, L2 and L for wires I assumed the red was live and went in L and black went to L1 but the small strip of red aroud the black has me confused. So need a bit of help

I have a great lump of a cooker switch on the kitchen wall but no electric cooker. I have gas. Can it just be replaced with a simple 13 amp socket for an electric kettle or is it more complicated ? I will probably get an electrician to do it as I have some other wiring jobs need doing but...

I am a painter not a plumber but have been asked to remove and replace some dirty old plastic clamps holding copper pipes. Problem is they are screwed into the wall directly behind the pipe in the corner of a room. I have some brass school board pipe clips which I can replace them with as...

I have been asked to replace these ugy old stained plastic pipe brackets with brass ones The problem is there is no leeway with the pipes I can probably cut the old ones out by sawing through the screw in the wall at the back of the bracket but how do I screw the new one in after cleanin up...

I have an old metal bowser water carrier which I found covered in rust and had been used as an incinerator. I cleaned it up and used Hammerite Rust Beater, then coated it with a Little Green exterior wood/metal eggshell. It's held up well for about 5 years but needs a recoat. I have touched...

I only have three exterior windows to paint and have coated over the previous exterior eggshell with exterior wood primer and undercoat. Rather than spend £30 for the 70ml of eggshell could I use Albany smooth masonry paint which I already have in the right colour Both are water based