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What are the blue things that you put on the nuts to be able to turn them? I broken one and need to buy replacements it but I dont know what its called. Also, is there a best way to remove one that has both handles broken? Just WD40 and pull with pliers? I just had another look. Looks like I...

We have a downstairs shower which has a plastic piping that goes attaches to the waste pipe - the builders 10 years ago should have used metal (!). We found out recently that rats have chewed this plastic and the shower drains on to the floor below the floor boards. We started smelling damp...

We had a bay window replaced from wood to upvc. We noticed the bay pole covers did not clip in as designed on both sides. We've asked the company several times to explain why and for one reason and another we haven't received answer yet (still waiting). They proceeded to glue them on centrally...

I have a trellis attached to a plant box and the plant box has become loose so it rocks back and forth under wind and with trellis topples over. I thought id ask the forum geniuses how to secure the plant box so it stays a square and strong - what's the best to secure it? where and with what...

How should these holes be filled after new window fitted? The guy fitting said they would just put expanding foam in... to me these holes are too big for foam. Whats the official proper way to do it?

Does anyone have a good idea where to buy or what best to use to create conduit for the broadband cables in a block paved driveway. We are going to have a shared wall built between neighbours driveways and its an opportunity to incorporate a weather proof pipe/conduit/channel of some sort that...

I have removed a wall that bordered our driveway from the pavement. I now want to create a secure border / mini ramp (the car can move over) but equally to secure the pavement blocks from coming loose. What should I use for this diy fix? Ready mix cement or concrete? I think concrete because...

I'm having carpet fitted shortly on the stairs and landing outside bedrooms and bathroom. The floor is squeaky and I thought instead of screwing the existing floor boards etc it might be a good idea to remove the floorboards and replace them with a big piece or 2-3 pieces of plywood 18mm...

Whats the best way to restore bricks? I have some brickwork on front lower of house (the rest is newly rendered). Most people in the area have painted this bit brick red as its not the best bricks - but i want to keep it as plain bricks if possible. There is some pollution / dirt on them...

We have a 'jumbo' bag of sharp sand left over from the building work - a mis calculation by builders. We have a 45 sqm lawn to lay and quite alot of topsoil to get level with the new paving. Probably about 10-20cm before level with paving. I've read on these forums that adding sharp sand...

I've booked a bt engineer to move the phone line (thats comes from the telephone pole) to the house. Its moving about 1-2 metres from the middle of the house to the side so i can run it down behind the downpipe. After rendering its just hanging loose and i don't want to pin it into the...

Its been a few weeks - maybe 3 weeks for one side and 2 weeks for the main large side wall of the house and 2 week for the front. And the weathers been pretty hot. Anyone care to enlighten me as to the best way to paint it? So far I've got the following advice from my local paint shop...

If plastering a new breeze block kitchen extension as per drawings - "dryline internally with 12.5mm plasterboard dabbed onto the walls and 5mm skim finish" - what would the total depth of this be? ie. how thick would the glue be (10mm?) OR the total space left between the wall and the...

The builders plumber came today and we discussed the work to be done - replace old boiler with combi boiler into new kitchen extension etc etc. He said he can put in a 25mm pipe to the water softner then new boiler (valiant 837) from the mains - which is a 20mdpe. And then from the boiler a...

Is there a minimum or regulation distance between switches on a wall? I'm having a new kitchen fitted and need a total of 8 fused / spur switches. I came home and found the electrician has created a grid of 9 (including 1 single socket) which are about 90mm apart - looks stupid, like some...

We just hired a builder on a labour only job so im obviously paying for all materials. Wasnt sure about it but thought id give it a try. I might learn abit. I like the guy so far and he came via 2 strong recommendations so all should be well (i hope). However, today we talked abit about...