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The ends of old panels, which are in good condition and keeping. I need to remove them to replace the broken posts they are attached to, the other ends of panels are nailed into sound posts. The ends of the panels have been banged right into the posts. As a result I am unable to slide a hacksaw...

Recently had a rubber roof put on extension. The company who did it gave me a price to do the following which I thought was excessive. I'm a senior citizen and the cost is unaffordable. "Remove the asbestos board from the soffit and clear from site. To supply and fit a timber board if...

Hi all, I'm not a central heating engineer, can just about tell the difference between a hot and cold tap :) Having trouble working out why my central heating is doing what it does. I hope someone can help me fathom it out. I have a Baxi Solo 18 HEA boiler, which is about 2 years old and had...

I have a pair of heavy duty shelf brackets to fix into a plastered brick wall. I'd like to know the best way to drill the holes.So they don't go out of alignment and the shelf ends up being skiwiff. I have a quite heavy quite powerful variable speed drill and a lighter one. I'm using 10mm wall...

I'm working on a 1930s house, the soffits are mostly 100% but quite a lot of the top of the fascias are shot. I attach several pictures you can see the nails in some of them. How do I go about removing the fascias? What type of timber from Wickes would be suitable to replace them? I'll leave...

Hi, The house had a fireplace and chimney both were removed. We wanted a wood burner. We enlarged the original concrete fireplace base and put bricks down to create a hearth. We then built a concrete block chimney from the ground floor to the first floor. We then pushed a twin wall flue liner...

Hi, My mates cistern lid broke. Is an Ideal standard - Tiara/Caroline . Is no longer made is there another make of cistern lid that would fit. I looking at using an enamel spray aerosol colour matched to paint it. Any help much appreciated.