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Hi I`m looking to build a fence aprox 5’6” high 8M long using 44x20mm landscape battens with 10mm spacing. The posts will be 1.2M apart 600mm down in postcreate. I know that for 5ft and above 100mm posts are recommended but due to their spacing and that you can see them through the battens I’m...

Looking to build a retaining wall aprox 600mm high using thermalite blocks as roughly shown by the position of the bricks laid on the ground. The inner circle has a 2M diameter, decking will be laid in there. The outside will be a 5M curve. The “spokes” coming out at the top is where built in...

Tying to remove a radiator that is connected via mainly horizontal pipe work. One end the valve is connection is via a soldered elbow with about 1cm of vertical pipe and the other end with a soldered elbow and about 3cm of vertical pipe. I have drained the radiator but can’t pull the valves far...

Just changed a faulty wall socket, when I replace the consumer unit fuse (fuse wire type) with the consumer unit switched on I could hear a small amount of arcing as if drawing current. Everything on that fuse circuit was switched of at the wall. Is this normal due to the natural capacitive /...

I want to stain varnish my wood floor which is a continuous cover over the living room kitchen and hall, overall size of about 17 by 24 ft. In its simplest from looks a bit like this. The area in the middle is the wall / stairs separating the living room kitchen. Boards run from top to bottom...

Looking to change the flooring under the fitted kitchen cabinets. Going to remove the kick board and replace the plastic legs with more attractive metal ones. The cabinets are currently standing on laminate flooring as fitted to the rest of the kitchen which we want to change. I will fit a...

Looking to paint some bedroom furniture. After a smooth crisp modern look. Initially I was looking to hand paint but feel with the combination of modern paints and my skills it will look hand painted. So thought best to spray paint. Started looking at what I call the all in one HVLP systems...

Hi I want to cover my flat roof fascia boards with UPVC. At and approaching the corners there is not sufficient space between the felt flashing and existing facia board to slip the UPVC underneath. So looks like I will need to remove the felt flashing. The flashing was stuck to the roofing felt...

Got some internal doors with glass panels that have a frosted finish. Cleaned them today with a vinegar solution which seems to have damaged the coating and they look awful. There is no beading, seems the doors are built around the glass, so it can’t be taken out and replaced. Anyway to...

Back in June we had a 15yrs old uPVC dg window with openings replaced with a new unit with no openings. When the window fitters installed the new window they moved it out about 20mm. Their reason being that had they installed it level with where the old unit was we would see the old sealant...

Some 5yrs ago I moved the telephone socket. Didn’t have the correct cable so just extended the 2 wires that were physically connected in the socket. That cable was buried under concrete so is not accessible. Phone works fine but now thinking of getting fast broadband via the telephone rather...

Unless the handle is perfectly horizontal the lock will not auto double lock because the cut-out in the handle control washer does not align with the auto deadlock actuating pin. With the lock disassembled the handle is free to rotate and makes no attempt to auto centre. The handle seems not...

The seal on my Hotpoint HM312I seal has split so needs replacing. Haven’t ordered the part yet as need to be sure that I can actually fit it. Have looked at various videos showing you how to BUT in all those cases the seal fits into a grove/channel around the door. Having looked at mine as...

Hi I'm losing pressure in the expansion vessel. Have confirmed that the tyre like valve has a slow leak. Is the insert the same as a normal car tyre valve? If so can I just pop down to my local garage to get a new valve and valve removal tool and is there anything I should be aware of...

Been reading some web articles out using Shellac to reduce the effect of blotching when dying/oiling cherry. Most of the sites were American and the products mentioned don’t seem to be available here in the UK. Think I need 1lb cut shellac but the only thing I found available here is the...

Hi Building some Cherry veneered furniture and was wondering what the best finish to use is. On previous items I have been using Osmo Hard Wax Oil, left over from doing the floor, with varying degrees of success. Found it very difficult to get the required level of shine required and...

Hi Switched on the central heating today to make sure it was working for the winter. Turned the water temperature setting fairly low and swiched it on. The pressure went from 1bar to over 2bar even at the low temperature setting so would like to check the expansion vessel pressure. I...

Wasn’t sure which section to post this in but here seemed the most appropriate. Fitted a kitchen worktop about 7 years ago. Had the joint cut by a professional kitchen fitter who did a good job. Wasn’t ready to fit it so fitted it myself at a later date. Seared silicon on the top half of...

About 5 years ago I replaced my upstairs floor with tongue and grooved country pine floor boards (22mm thick). I clamped them firmly together, secret nailed and then waxed with Osmo hard wax oil. All the joints were perfect as they still are today. Seem that I may have a central heating...

Central heating system has been losing pressure for a few weeks now. Pressure drop varies from day to day, can be as much as 0.7 bar or as little as 0.3 bar. Have checked the “overflow” pipe and that is dry as a bone, put a plastic bag over it just to double check. So assume the PRV and...