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I like many have a velux window that leaks (or has leaked in it's life) a little from one bottom corner. (See pic) My question : are the internal wooden trims that the glass sit on removable ? Can I remove them and replace with new wooden mouldings ? Any advice/comments welcome. Many thanks...

I hope I am posting in the correct section. Can anyone advise me please...I want to fit a new shower door and frame into a bathroom. The recess size for the frame to fit is 1180mm wide (wall to wall). And 1800mm from top of shower tray to ceiling. I only need the door and frame as the shower...

Hi I am building a garage, and am doing the base at the moment. The base size is 5.7 x 3.3 mt, and am looking to having 4 inch of concrete. A retired builder friend of mine worked out that I would need 2 tons of ballast, and 18 bags of cement (5 to 1 mix ). This worked out woefully short on the...

Hello, and a Happy New Year to everybody. I am looking for some advice please. We live in a small terraced cottage circa 1850. Our Main bedroom (first floor) suffers really badly in winter with damp on the outside wall. The wall is 9" solid wall with brick on the outside. Our dressing table we...

I have 3 Makita 14v batteries for my drill/ screwdriver. They are about two and a half years old. Not heavily used, in fact laying in the garage for weeks at a time. Today they seem very poor, and although the charger says they are charged, they last only a few minutes. Is there anything I can...

I wonder if someone could advise me please. We have a solid fuel heating system which heats radiators, and does the hot water. We also supplement the hot water with an immersion heater once a day. The last week or so we have noticed the hot water isn't very hot. I used a neon tester and...

Hi, The plastic lens on a PIR for an external light became brittle and crumbled into pieces. I did a neat repair using some plastic from a plastic squash bottle. It looks like new, but the sensor now barely detects motion unless it is within an inch of the sensor. Is there some other type of...