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    Shed roof felt - I was a numpty

    Hi guys, Hope everyone is well and nearly ready for Christmas! Yesterday I took delivery of one of my presents - a shed! All excited and wanting to get it up whilst we had a day of dry (first one in two weeks) I battled the wind and put it up. However in my rush I tacked the roof felt to the...
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    Emergency roof repair - leaking valley

    So I am at the end of my tether with this. We had a leak in a bad storm which resulted in water coming through the plaster in the bedroom. I went into the loft and the leak was in the worst of places to get to. The ceilings up stairs are high, and ceiling is pitched as it gets towards the...
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    I messed up...

    I decided to fit a nice new (old) front door to our house. It had a modern door on, and being a house that was built in the 920's I wanted a door to match. I searched and found a suitable door that we loved the look of. I spent two weeks stripping and prepping the door, epoxying the cracks...
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    I failed miserably at drilling holes in the wall!

    Well, we have been redecorating our bedroom, and along with that have had to touch up and re-skim the old walls to make them good. We finally had the finished product with the walls all painted, then I remembered I had to attach the TV bracket to the wall! So, I started with a small drill...
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    4-way light switch

    Hi, This is driving me crazy, my house has three switches, a four way in the middle downstairs which has cracked. I am looking for a 4-way stainless switch to replace the plastic one and to match the other stainless, but before we even get into that, no one I can find even sells a regular...
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    Bathroom electrics - Lighting specific

    Hi Guys, A colleague at work mentioned this site to me to seek advice, so here I am! I own a typical bay fronted 1930's house, which had the electrics updated prior to me moving in as I have the paperwork (4 years ago). However, the bathroom light was and has always been just the original...
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