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I recently changed the colour scheme in my kitchen. The decorator saw the area behind the hob was tiled with 4 inch ceramic tiles in colours that now clash with the new colour scheme. He then painted over the tiles with an oil based cream paint and it looked great. Six months later and half the...

Another dumb question from me! I have an ordinary mortice lock on my front door that needs a key to open it from inside or outside. I would like to change this so that instead of a key on the inside, it locks with a turning knob. Do I have to buy a whole new lock? If not, what words do I need...

The "builder" (pah!) I recently engaged to inset 10 new patio slabs has left loads of mortar ("pug"?) all over not only the old tiles but the new ones, too. We have smears, but also blobs of it and it's all dried rock hard. It looks awful. It is hardly surprising that someone who could be so...

My shower (pic) runs off the CH/HW supply its not electric. The left hand knob is the on/off and it's busted. Just goes round and round and round ... I don't want to change the upright post that holds the shower head as I don't want to drill or fill holes in ceramic tiles. Questions: 1. Do I...

What tool shall I buy or hire to demolish a 2ft high, 5ft wide pentagonal red-brick planter which is just feet away from the house? I intend to engage a labourer and direct him. First he has to dig out and remove a small tree, and all the soil from the planter (unless people think it's better...

A guy who advertises himself locally as an expert cleaner, painter, handyman etc came round at my request to do some cleaning for me. I told him his task: sugar-soaping all the floor-to-ceiling painted tongue and groove cladding in my kitchen, in preparation for it being repainted. He said it...

I'm replacing the spotlight bar in my kitchen for the 3rd time because of rust. This time I am searching for another 6-way bar made entirely of white. Turns out there is no such thing - they've all got a bit of chrome, around the opening where the bulb goes. Is the something I can "paint onto"...

Hi folks! Should I attempt to repair/repaint these shelf edges, or cover the shelf with Fablon, or buy two new 300w kitchen wall carcases?

Trying to refurb, refresh and repair my kitchen to save buying new. Nasty little chip on the top drawer right by the sink. See pics. Looked into buying a new drawer front but not feasible as units 25 yrs old and a new one would not be the same colour. Could I possibly sand this down and touch...

Gonna paint 41 new pine kitchen doorknobs. Have a plan to hang them up by attaching the bolts then tying strings to the bolts and hanging them up across something. Looking for any tips on how to do this efficiently and neatly and without drips or runs. Thank you

Hi again you friendly folks of DIYNOT I've got ten days to get a bedroom ready for a lodger, so I need to sort out the Victorian cast iron fireplace asap. The flue flap has always been missing and some years ago I cut an oval-shaped piece of cardboard, painted it black and slotted it in. It...

My shower has a "star" head like this: and I want to replace it with a square one like this: https://www.drench.co.uk/drench-slimline-square-thin-shower-head Are the pipes/fittings universal on these things and do the heads pull on and off easily? Or do I need a plumber to change it...

Hi everyone I'm changing the ancient 900w x 800h rad in my 13ft square high ceilinged lounge and have been looking online for one. The plumber says not to worry about the position of the pipes as he can work around that. There are many dozens on sale and I am now flummoxed and bewildered! How...

I'm about to have a smallish tree and its huge root ball removed from a six-foot square brick planter in my garden. It's going to leave a big hole and I want to know what sort of soil I should buy, with an eye on the budget, to fill the hole. I plan to plant in there some shrubs that I already...

A handyman has laid a floor of sticky-back vinyl tiles on top of new hardboard in my home office. He's laid it right into the fireplace recess as the fireplace is now only ornamental and it seemed the best way to do it. However, it's left a raggedy gap where the vinyl tiles meet the upright...

I've commissioned a builder/decorator to repaint the front of my house, which is 33ft high and 20 ft wide. It's down to me to purchase all the materials, which will include waterproof masonry sealant, crack filler, exterior masonry paint, and enough primer, undercoat and black matt topcoat for...

What are these for pls? Three in a sealed pack, with no label! I've had them for years. Cheers.

I employed a firm to lay Balterio laminate flooring and they chose and fitted matching threshold bars and made an edging with mitred corners to finish the open edge where the laminate ends and the fireplace hearth starts. Both of these trims are made of a cheap and nasty "cardboardy" material...

I'm putting two shelves into the cupboard under the stairs to hold DIY stuff. Marked the wall four times with a felt tip pen through the screw holes in the shelf brackets. Soon as I applied my hammer drill to make the first hole, the drill "jumped" an inch away from the mark without my being...

I've accumulated over years a box full of assorted drill bits, a box full of assorted rawlplugs and a box full of assorted screws. As far as I can make out, none have any kind of number on them to say which goes with which. Whenever I want to hang something on a wall I always make a right mess...