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I have decided to try to renovate my internal doors which I've shown a pic of. I sanded them down and was advised that if I painted with 2 coats of satin wood paint it wasn't necessary to use undercoat? I went for a water based paint because it dries quite quickly (5 hrs rather than quite a bit...

Hi all have 6 doors that I want to replace but they're all different sizes all same height but very different widths from 715,720,760,770,770 to 810 . My question is can I trim panel doors down ? According to the label on the doors at my local hardware store you can only trim about 10mm from the...

The previous occupier disconnected the downstairs hall light, I'm trying to reconnect it the light is controlled I think with one of the switches to the right of the picture, is it possible that the 2 red wires joined in the connector block need to be in one of the connections. No power at the...

Can d someone help please how do I connect this pir to my outside light I've attached pics any help really appreciated.

Can anyone explain how you use the anvil you're off cutter to cut Scotia beading? I can't see a way to hold it securely while cutting which means it skews the cut.

I have just the item down in the picture, it's a huge I think, what else do I need to connect it to my combi boiler and be able to work it remotely. Thanks Bill

any idea how I get to the tube please

Can I ask what is the cause of the wood smoking when using a router. Thanks Bill

I have an air powered tacwise Brad nailer, it keeps misfiring (Brad doesn't come out) I bought some brads from ebay and wonder if they could be the problem, I have found that if I run the head of the brads along a piece of sandpaper they do fire better but still not all the time. Any suggestions...

Can I use silicon spray lubricant on my Air nailer, it keeps miss firing (nails not coming out) so I'm going to try lubricating it. Thanks

There's a single brick extension on my house, I can't see any signs of damp or anything but would like to use it as a utility room so would like to put some sort of insulation in there on top of whatever is there atm it's this possible? If so what works I use? I've seen silver paper? You're...

If I'm using the straight into brick screws for installing a upvc window do I use the same size drill? I. E. 7mm drill for 7mm screws? Or do they grip the brickwork my being 1mm or so smaller. Thanks Bill

Hi guys, I have a upvc door problem, when trying to lock the door I don't think the handle is lifting high enough to engage the bolts etc that run down the door hence the key won't turn, if I try with the door open it works OK, I can't see anything obvious that is stopping the bolts engaging...

Hi all can someone advise what light I can have in my shower cubicle please, I bought one that was rated ip44 the supplier told me it would be OK, the electrician has told me it can't be fitted. Thanks Bill

Hi all help please, I'm going to attempt to replace an old wooden window, I've measured outside from brick to brick across top middle and bottom and from the lintel to the bottom of the sill, I've been told to take the shortest of each of those measurements and then deduct 10 mm, is all of that...

can someone give me their opinion on this please

. Can anyone help please the guy that did the flooring used fibre board under it but seems to have missed a bit, the floor slopes from the front of the picture to the rear and I'm not sure how to fill the gap so that it's level. I have to do it myself as I can't get the guy now it was done a...

Can anyone tell me what this button is for please (the orange one) thanks

Can you get tile Adhesive on a cartridge

hi all, i recently laid some vinyl flooring recently, i used the board type underlay as there was a dip from a concrete kitchen flor to floor boards and i tried use these to try to bridge between the 2 different levels, which worked very well really, but i have a couple of places where i have...