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Hi All We have recently renovated our bathroom, and the plumber removed the new towel rail so I could decorate behind. I am having a little trouble refitting it and not getting it to leak. The fitting is a sort of compression type with a rubber o-ring. Pictures of both ends of joint below...

Hi I have quite old aluminium framed double glazed windows in my house. A lot of the window handles are damaged and need replacing if possible. I am having trouble finding suitable replacements, I have attached a picture of one of the handles that still works. Any info would be appreciated...

Hi all Every few years I get a blocked main drain, I think primarily because the system is quite old, and includes an interceptor trap where the drain presumably enters the main sewer. The situation is the drain is partially blocked, though it does drain slowly after putting a tub of...

Hi I stripped the wall paper of a pall in my porch yesterday, prior to painting. Unfortunately quite alot of the plaster had blown and the skim coat of plaster under the wall paper came off as well. I've used smoothover in the past to remedy the situation, but am not a great fan due to...

Hi I currently stripping old flaking paint off my front door. Nearly at the end of this tedious job. For painting I was wondering which primer to go for ? An acrylic based one or an oil based primer ? I have used acrylic ones successfully internally but was not sure whether it is...

Hi I am considering sanding down a fairly old pine worktop we have in our kitchen, and then oiling it. See picis below I have been practising on an old bit of wood with tung oil, but have not been that impressed with the result. I wondered if this was actually the way to...

Hi My dad is currently rejigging the position of the kitchen in his house. The new position of the kitchen would mean that there is a short corridor coming off the kitchen leading to a doored room which contains a toilet and washbasin. We have a similar arrangement in our house, though...

Hi We had a loft conversion done a few years back. unfortunatley some of the insulation blocks which were installed under the eaves have come loose and fallen. It seems like they were just wedged in and not secured. I was wondering what is the best way to secure these ? I have...

Hi Anybody got any recommendations on buying a cordless drill. My budget is around 50 quid. I don't' need hammer action, as have an sds stop drill. It will be mainly used for woodwork/screwdriving.

Hi We have recently had a loft conversion done. I have almost finished all the decorating, however i'm unsure what to do about the purlins, which are exposed in the new room. They are rough sawn unfinished timber. I was wondering whether I could dark woodstain these, or prime, and then...

hi am just finishing tiling onto a wooden floor (after putting down a layer of ply) I was wondering what grout would be suitable, presumably something flexible. a friend of mine metioned that there was a grout additive to add to normal floor grout to make it more flexible, but I've not...

Hi Anybody know where I can get replacement seals and hinges for a glass bath screen. Nothing wrong with the screen, except the rubber seals have gone manky and the hinges have seized with limescale cheers simon

Hi I am shortly going to tile a wooden floor and was wondering about the preparation required. I was planning on putting plywood over the existing floorboards, but am not sure what thickness to use. My DIY book says 12 mm, other doucments say a minimum of 18 mm. Also what hole...

Hi I am upgrading our current shower to a high power shower. We are limited on the MCB that we can use as our crabtree consumer unit is fairly old, and I could only manage to get a 40 amp MCB. The unit itself has a 100 mA RCD. Should I install an additional 30 mA RCD inline with...