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I am going to attach a length of wood along my wall outside. This is to support 4 rails which will be supported by a length of wood along the fence on the other side, this is apps 3' across. I will be placing a kayak on top of the rails. The weight will be 27kg. My question is how best to...

Call from my Mother early this morning and I find a leak which has gone through the stairs. The boiler is a Baxi. The leak is coming from a short threaded stub. It looks as if something is missing. The boiler was serviced a couple of days ago.

I have a great builder who is knocking the toilet and bathroom together for my 86 year old mother and putting up plastic panels on the walls. My Mother has a asked for a flip up seat to go in the shower cubicle which would be fitted to a solid 1930 council house brick wall but he is concerned...

I have a friend who is wiring a dishwasher into an electrical point on the wall. He insists the blue is live and the brown is neutral. He says the dishwasher is running. Unless he is winding me up what will be the cosequences or will it trip the circuit

At the moment I use a dark blue paint for the shed and light blue paint for the door, maybe not to everybodys taste but I think it looks nice. The only trouble is that the paint doesn't seem to give very good protection as some of the timbers are rotting, this is a water based paint ( shed 9...

My house is 13 years old and the sealant around the external doors and garage door surround is starting to crack. Could you tell me the best tool to remove the old sealant and suggest the best type and brand to use. All the framework around the house is white coloured, will i be able to get a...