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    Swollen and splitting front door

    Sorry this has taken so long! In the end I repaired the damaged wood behind old weatherbar - took out some rotten wood - soaked in wood hardener and filled with Ronseal external supertough filler. Sanded - reundercoated and 2 coats of top coat. Did same for a new weather bar, all over. Then...
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    Swollen and splitting front door

    Thanks all - I love this forum and have taken all your advice - applied wood hardener, exterior filler, primed, undercoated and painted. I have one follow up question - I've got a weather bar which i've undercoated. I was planning to screw it onto base of door but there will doubtlessly be a...
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    Swollen and splitting front door

    Hi there- I'm wondering if I can still save my front door. I spent hours sanding, undercoating and painting numerous coats of top quality paint only to discover that the rain was leeking in under the weather bar (which I hadn't taken off to paint under and the carpenter hadn't undercoated or...
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    Problem finding right toilet for location of soil pipe

    HI there - I'm trying to buy a toilet that will fit the location of my soil pipe that doesn't project out out too far but finding it hard. The soil pipe comes up from the floor and the centre is about 140mm from the wall. I need the toilet to project out a total of 700mm from wall max but...
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    How to seal round downpipe going through conservatory roof

    Thanks NoSeal. I was going to box it in, but then a plumber said it would be better to be able to have access to the pipework particularly as we'll be needing to do work on the bathroom. Long term I may have to go back and redo this once bathroom done, but is there anything anyone could...
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    How to seal round downpipe going through conservatory roof

    Hi all, I have a conservatory tacked on DIY style onto back of the house. There's a Cast iron down pipe running along back wall through conservatory but it hasn't been sealed properly when built and is now in a terrible state and letting in water...
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    Hot mixer tap turns less than cold - no water flow

    HI all, I have no water coming out of hot tap in shower mixer tap. The cold one flows fine - and i get hot and cold water fine through basin taps in same room. Noticed that the hot tap doesnt turn as many times as cold so wondering if this is something to do with it. The shower mixer...
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