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Thanks for the advice. The frames had previously been painted. We did it ourselves about 3 years ago and it lasted about 6 months. I can see now from your advice that we weren't thorough enough in our preparations and skipped too many steps (not knowing what the steps were didn't help...

Many thanks for the reply. For the sander, I have a small eletric sander (it just vibrates), should this be sufficient or should I hire a belt sander? You mention 2/3 coats of quality exterior wood stain. I was thinking of painting the frames. Are you saying to apply the wood stain and...

Hi there, My 3 shop windows are in desperate need of re-painting. The frames are wooden, most parts are actually fine but the lower window ledge parts - the wood has all split and cracked and the paint has also split and peeled all over. The wood itself does feel dry, not rotten. My...

The backplate won't come off, its nailed to the drawer in two places, any attempt to prise the plate up causes it to bend and I can tell it will snap before the nails even begin to come out.

Hi there, i have a wooden drawer with a metal handle. The back of the metal handle is fimly fixed to the drawer. However, a small part of the handle has come off from the back plate causing, of course, the handle itself to come off. I have tried fixing the small part onto the backplate...

04 - close up showing the exact part that needs to fix into the backplate

02 - how it is now

03 - the piece to be glued or fixed on

01 how it should be

4 pictures showing the broken drawer handle. Picture 4 in particular shows the piece I need to glue or fix back on.

To do a full and complete defrost, I take it I turn it off completely and leave it for a day or so? This of course means I'd need to run my food right down to minimise the waste? Faulty thermostat sounds possible but is there some merit in what the guy says about if the ice is only building...

Hi there, We have a Beko Fridg/freezer. It is about 7 years old. In the last month of so the fridge has started icing up on the inside back wall. The ice only appears on the top half of the fridge section (the bottom shelf and the salad trays have no ice behind them) Along with this, some...

Thank you both for your replies. I had inspected the cable and it was okay. However last night I undid the plug and then opened up the box panel on the mower that the lead goes into and sure enough, one of the cables had broke off inside. I've re-attached it and it's working fine. Thanks...