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I've just fitted a second hand upvc door to my outhouse, all square and level, handle isn't stiff when pushed up, but what is odd, when you do push the handle up to lock, the whole door moves up about 15mm exposing the hinge pins Any ideas how to resolve this, thanks

After having remedial wall ties fitted, do the old existing need removing,

We have started seeing staining on the k rend that's running off the end of the window sills, new upvc windows, 150mm sills, render is a cracking job, someone has mentioned that we could have upstand put on the sills, what exactly do they mean in upstands, I was thinking of just running a bead...

We're wanting the wall and doors knocking out that lead into the conservatory, the wall is cavity external wall, how should someone go about this, as in what steels or lintel is to be used, the opening will be about 2.4m wide, should they be using steels or catnic type lintel, will calculations...

In the past when I've had to make changes to the proposed drawings I've just done them by hand, ran them by the building inspector, then resubmitted them, not the most professional looking but got the stamp, Got some proposed to make changes to now, but would like to do them on the computer for...

What's the cost of having an oak internal door fitted, just the fitting cost not supplied

Just fitted some unfinished oak internal doors, I'm now after the finish that finished oak internal doors usually come, to me I'd describe it as a satin varnished look, to achieve that look would I actually use a satin varnish, or is it better to use an oil or wax etc, One other thing, with them...

My dewalt circular saw came with a 184mm blade, am I right in thinking that a 185mm blade would be ok/safe to use,

Our area is suffering from little **** heads going around trying car doors, taking what they can find, we're wanting to put a couple of cameras up with the ability to record, pir, good night vision, with phone alerts, wired or wireless, can yous recommend a 2 camera system for around £100 or...

Hi, what's the best way to fit oak torus architraves, it's an old house so no studs, just brickwork & plaster, I was thinking grip fill, drill and pinned, if so, what size and type of pins? Thoughts please Thanks

Hi, I'm after some recommendations for a gloss kichen cabinet paint, any tips on prep and application, cheers

Our boiler (glowworm cx30i) flue runs through garage just under ceiling height to external wall, it's been in for about 7 years, no problem until now, recently the clamps joining the flue extension pipes have started dripping, I have tried tightening the clamps but they are still leaking, Is...

Hi, our hallway flooring is brushed and oiled oak flooring, it's looking dirty and sorry for itself, I'm after some help in cleaning and lifting the dirt out of it, then how to refinish it, any tips on method and products, thanks

We moved into big old house the back kitchen goes off down the yard like it's been extended but it's actually original, there are rooms above it, the old fireplace and breast had been removed from the kitchen, but upstairs the breast is still inflate, so wondering how it had been supported I...

Hi, we had our garage floor poured a few weeks ago , concrete came really stiff so the guy added some water to pour it easier and to work it to the back of the garage, but hee added to much water, went in easy, levelled and smoothed nice, but I knew not to over work it because it was very wet...

Hi, I'm finishing off my selfbuild and I'm wanting to remove light cement marks from the brickwork, some of the marks are light stuff around the edges of the bricks and some of it is where I got caught out in sudden real heavy downpours and after throwing the hessian on the wind smudged it a...

Hi, which sand is best for rendering after dpc, washed plastering sand or a normal building sand, its onto a normal brick cavity wall, thanks

Hi there, I've had some large sandstone coping stones stored for a few years, and finally getting put on my extension, they are dirty and covered in green mold, what is the best way to clean them, what products are best used, and Is there anything that can be used to seal them to stop...

Hi, I'm building our garage/ bedroom extension, ground floor is brick first floor is in thermalites as existing first floor is an acrylic render, it's going to be a while before it is rendered and with the weather where having the blocks are getting saturated, is there anything I can put on...

Hi all, just finishing up self building our garage and bedroom extension, well shall I say man cave /gym not a garage, our boiler is on what was the exterior wall before garage went up, my question is, putting the radiator on the opposite side of the wall to the boiler, can I just thought...