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The presence of the Common furniture beetle on my bathroom walls each year for the past 2 years and the piles of wood-dust under the floor (and on top last year). After this month I am hopeful it will be a historic issue.

Thanks, I've shut the window and left the fan on all day with 2 floor boards off (1 full length of room, one half length). I've put a tower fan pulling air out of the hole and pushing to the ceiling fan and put a normal fan under at the other side to circulate. I'll leave it like this...

Hi On Sunday (21st July) I applied Cuprinol Woodworm Killer to the underside of my bathroom floor. Coverage was about 2.5 square meters of the old timber under the bath, the same on top of that timber and 4 main joists. The flooring not under the bath is new so it really only got splashed...

Hi Alarm, thanks for your reply, can you advise as to the specific difference please? When holding the two units together they are the same length and dimensions, the cam of course is different, however if these are universal should it not be one and the same? I was looking over alternative...

Hi, I have purchased a new ABS Euro Cylinder lock for my front door, after installation it will not turn inside the door. Comparing my old lock to this new one, the only difference that I can see is the old lock has the black locking tab feathered at the inside end closest to the mechanism...

Thanks DAZB, I pulled the wood out and it recessed into the wall about 1.5 inch. I then turned my attention to the pipe, I tapped it a few times and it appeared to possibly be lead, it bent very easily, I reopened the hole with a screwdriver to see about perhaps pulling it out and something was...

Hi, I noticed last night a rather large(ish) hole in the exterior rendering of my home, close beside this is a small metal pipe and below it a bit of wood stick fast into something. It's feeling a little like lost... The mystery: A close up of the main hole: - This I...

Hello, Due to a leaking piece of guttering at the side of my house, the bottom rendering over the brickwork has been exposed. It has been like this since I moved in a few years back however I think now is the time to resolve it. I can either try and find a local builder to take on the job...