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Hi. My upvc porch door stuck the other day at the bottom. I pulled it and it all unlocked apert from the bottom bolt that goes into the frame at the fill keeper. When I pull handle up it will come out no problem but when turning as to open door it sticks slightly and does not retract fully. I...

Hi everyone. I am using this time I have to sort out the loft and then start boarding out, beaux etc etc. Looking at the roof underlay it is not breatheable by the look of it. Which leads me to next question. Aldi are doing insulation quilt blanket at the moment at reasonable price hence me...

Hello all. Some advice please. This is my first big render job, a semi detached property and I’m on my own on this one. Spent the last two days solid hacking off the old render and bagging up... it has been relentless It’s gonna be a sand cement and hydrated lime mix on the walls. 1) The...

My patio is nearly ready to start laying slabs on. I have to finish scraping back a few high spots and then whacker plate it down and then put some mot down then whack it again. The front wall is parallel to the house but rear wall and sides are parallel to the fences, creating the angles. The...

Hi everyone. I have finished (all bar the rendering) my workshop now and a roofer suggested to me about roofing straps. Not being the expert I assume this is a very good idea?. The builder /chippy who built the place has not fitted them. The side aspect where the door is has the flat roof...

hello. Straight to the point... I have changed some spot lights in a room and when I went into the loft I was met with a transformer that was wired a bit special... see below photo... The white cable above the earths is from the room prior, the middle is for the pull switch in the room I’m...

Hi all. Straight to the point... I had a 7x4m workshop built in the summer and the inside ceiling is now covered n moisture. The construction is dense block on outside 70mm colotex insulation then thermalite block for inner skin. The base is concrete and had a dpm underneath it before being...

hi. I am trying to estimate the amount of blocks I need for a wall when I lay the concrete blocks flat as opposed to normal. I know 10 blocks is 1m2 when kayes normally. Is it still the same when laid flat ?. Sounds like a dumb question I know. Help appreciated . Cheers

Hi. I have approx 250m2 to apply weed killer to after I left it and left it.... Would It be best to strim it down first and apply the chemicals or just spray the weed killer?. Next question... What do I do next after the weed killer has taken effect and killed everything.. Cut it, rake it or...

Gonna be building a dense block wall soon approximately 15mx1.2m. It will be blocks laid flat for the thickness. I will put weep holes in the bottom of the wall to for drainage. Can I just lay 15m of block like this without a pillar or two for strength. I think I will need about 450 blocks but...

Hi all. Here's the basics of it. I have recently had some building work completed and the top of garden terraced. The main part of the grassed area was always poor grass and dandelions etc. now the builder has gone he said he would spread the 'good ' soil across the grass and that would be top...

Hi everyone. I have a quick question for the floor... My father has a upvc porch door with a eurocylinder lock on it. The handle does not turn on outside but does on inside. Obviously this is to stop people just walking into the porch area. I would like this type of lock on my upvc door but...

Hi all. I have an avanti xp alarm system. I don't know how but now my fobs do not work (red/grey triangle ones) when I present them to the lcd panel to set the alarm.. It emits a sound and states ' 01 fault ' then 'tel line failure'. When I enter the code manually I can then set the alarm... I...

I am building an outside office in rear garden. I have dug footings (800mm wide x 500mm deep) and concrete will be poured soon ( that was a shock at the price of concrete for footings)Next stage is the building itself. I am not sure what blocks to use. 1. Is it ok to use thermalite blocks below...

Hi all. Just a quick question. I am located on the south coast and need approx 14.5m3 of concrete. what is the going price of concrete these days and would it be better to do it my self or get it done on site and pumped up . any advice please :)

I have a sky Hd box in lounge. At tv upstairs it's like this.... Tv link connected to coax which then goes outside house, runs downstairs and into house again to an arial socket.inside lounge on other side if wall the coax socket connects via coax Cable to back of sky box. I now want to run...

Here is a quick one. I bought underlay from internet and box of gripper rods from Ebay. Total was £55. Carpet shop was rip off for these items hence why they 'discount' the carpets so much. The carpet fitter said they can make up to £450 on a box of gripper rods if they are sold by the ft...

I am about to embark on a retaining wall constructed from new sleepers. The wall will be approximately 1.6m high and around 10m in length with a curve in it, effectively an L shape. I am proposing to dig down a trench approximately 50-75cm deep and about 20cm in width and put the concrete in the...

Can anybody give me advice on this dilema. I have removed the old gas fire from the chimney breast and had it capped off. I wish to install shelves in the hole that now remains and put AV equipment in it. The problem is that the remaining hole is not deep enough for some of the equipment. I...