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We've got a narrowish doorway and it's all too easy to catch the edge of it was we walk through due to the angle you have to approach it due to kitchen furniture which I can't move. It's just been redecorated so want to stop damaging/tearing the wallpaper as happened before. I'm not overly keen...

I've been meaning to post this about these leaf blowers for some time and it might help somebody else. Almost from new mine would cough and splutter and eventually stop. I'm not particularly engine minded. I changed the spark plug, refreshed with more petrol/oil mixture including an additive to...

I'm about to decorate one side (exterior wall) of a bedroom. The wall is prone to dampness and mould being an exterior wall, which gets very cold in winter and the condensation from 2 people over 8 hours is difficult to manage completely. So have decided to give insulated lining paper a go which...

I'm looking to pressure wash our back and front patio and was originally looking to hire a decent pressure washer. The only problem is that none of the hire places seem to supply them with the rotary washer attachment and the one that does (Brandon) has the rotary built-in and has had bad...

I need to order some roof tiles but have no idea what I'm looking for. Would anyone have any idea what I need to be ordering please? Pic attached

I'm need washers for a wall mounted compression Tee (Female - Brass) to garden tap connection. Taps were bought at Screwfix. If I screw the tap on fully it ends up at an odd angle and leaks a little bit, straighten it and it leaks a lot more. Why on earth the tight b@st@rds didn't throw in some...

The salus can be a right pain in the ar4* to pair but once it's working it's pretty solid. I've not had issues with mine dropping the comms and needing a re-pair ever, maybe I'm lucky. I've posted this here as I spent an hour trying to pair mine and I hope this might help someone. I've never...

We've had a plumber out to have a look at our combi boiler as the heating side of things wasn't working having not had it on over the summer. After precisely an hour of checking the boiler and cleaning the diverter he charged £65 for his labour, saying we might eventually need a replacement...

I don't often have to hire tools thankfully but as with every DIY project there will be a trip to a local DIY/Hire store(s). Relying on the DIY stores for stock levels is a game of chance. But today trying to book a demolition hammer brought back all the times I've been messed around by DIY...

I've just bought the R210SMS+ Mitre saw and have just completed assembling it, I'm a DIY'er and got this piece of kit from Amazon for £129 which I think is pretty good value and it's had good reviews. But I've noticed there is slight play in the rotary table probably less than 0.5 degree. I'm a...

Boiler: Worcester Junior 24 We had the boilerman round to service and sort out some issues with our boiler. We had an external expansion vessel fitted as replacing the original apparently would have been a major hassle and more expensive. Fan was replaced and plate to plate HE was flushed out...

I've got a leak in the shed roof and when taking a gander I noticed a lot of the felt nails had lifted ever so slightly. I'm assuming these are the correct felt nails so this can't be normal for this to happen. Why is this happening and what can I do to remedy it?

Laid a sandstone patio a week ago and today found one stone which I managed to lift with my hand. The stones were laid on a base of sand/cement which was a full bed laid wet (6:1 mix in a mixer). I found the base to be fairly easy to lift up with my SDS hammer drill. With the larger chunks I...

I'm going to be cutting 22mm Sandstone paving slabs, 6 in total so not many at all. Could I get away with using my circular saw with an appropriate diamond blade (to grind not cut, not even sure I can get such a blade for my circular saw, 185mm x 30mm) or should I hire an angle grinder. With...

I've got a water butt which when full diverts the water back down the garage drain pipe into the soak away underneath the corner of the garage. Only problem is water is getting into the garage from the ground up and I believe the soakaway is possibly no longer doing it's job and hasn't been for...

As you can tell from the title this is what I'm thinking of doing. I've already laid a small patio (adjacent to this proposed project) for which I had to dig out the old broken up patio and prepared the ground work properly before laying on a concrete base. The new patio will be at a higher...

Combi Boiler: Worcester Junior 24i When taking a shower after a minute or two the water cycles between hot and cold every several seconds and then after a minute or so it settles down and I get a steady flow of hot water again (only happens when using the shower). Having read some of the threads...

I'm looking at either decking or artificial turf for an existing ageing patio. If I chose decking it means lifting the patio but if I chose artificial turf I plan on leaving the existing patio and following the well documented steps on laying artificial turf. Note the existing patio is a couple...

We've got a small top window which we'd like to keep open at night a couple of inches. Can anyone suggest a security feature which would secure the window from being opened more than it is in the picture. But also have the option to disengage this security feature so it can be fully opened and...

I need to drill a 16mm hole in brickwork. Now today I was drilling 8mm holes in the very same brickwork using my corded 400W Bosch hammer drill and made little or no impact so ended up having to drill into the mortar instead to attach a bracket. My next little job involves having to drilling...