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Hi. I need to paint some outside wood really quickly. It was already painted but looking really old, I have sanded it back and wood filled any really dodgy areas and I have the following tin of paint ...

Time is... i'll try not to swear! Something that should have really been done a while ago has got worse and, where did all the time go!!!??? I have a kitchen extension with an old style flat roof, it's pooling water and coming through into the kitchen. I'm no expert but I think it needs to be...

Hi all. I am having a new consumer unit fitted very soon as I am on a really old fuse box which has been extended over the years (previous house owners) and it looks like something from North Korea. The new consumer unit is being done by a real sparky by the way. The house is currently all on...

I have a Bosch GCM 8 SJL Mitre Saw and, I guess this topic has been done to death in various places for Mitre saws in general but, I really couldn't find any successful threads so here is hoping. I have attached some pictures where I have calibrated the saw, squaring the blade to the left and...

Hi. I have a need to cut some 6mm wide grooves into some stud timber (not used for stud wall but for something else) and the grooves will be 6mm from each edge of the side. Some timber will be 63x38mm and some 89x38mm and the grooves will be on the wider side of the wood. I tried to get away...

If running a cable under floorboards on the ground floor of a house that has the suspended floor, is the cable ok to go by an air brick? It won't run directly past it but pretty close, within 8 inches or so, maybe 12. I imagine it will be ok regards moisture etc, none should get on it from the...

I am curious how you guys out there deal with this issue. If you have two or more horizontal drill holes that need to go level into brick, putting up a TV, shelf, large picture, etc and want them perfect level, the bricks are covered in plaster so you can't see the mortar... one hole goes in...

As per some previous posts, I have a ring main extension ready to cut in once I can get the spark booked to fit me a new consumer unit. In the meantime I have just one socket downstairs to add so am looking to cut that in before that. I can't spur it as I intend to spur off this new socket at...

We have had a shower for a long while, like most clean people in this modern day. An electrician replaced our old one about 2 years ago to a Triton Sambada. All has been fine until last week the fuse blew. We are still clean, although the shower has not worked for 1 week it blew the day we...

I posted similar to this before where I extend the ring main to fit 5 new sockets upstairs and then get high Ohm readings. Well, I stripped it all out and started again, brand new cable. I put 5 new sockets in, run the cable around and back to where I will cut it into the main (when the sparky...

I need to extend the ring main upstairs in our house, in two rooms there is only one single socket. I have taken up the floor boards, run 2.5 twin/earth around under the floor, chipped away the brick, installed the backboxes and sockets and then left the new cable waiting to be cut in to the...

I need a little bit of help. Today I removed the faceplate of a fused switch as it has always bugged me that it wasn't quite flush, thought i'll take it off, repack the wires behind and it'll sit flush. As I took the plate off, the wires popped out of the back and I didn't even apply any force...

I have an external wall on the side of a kitchen, only approx. 2m² in size, it's single brick and the internal side of it is absolutely terrible, boarded with crappy thin chip board, electric wires visible on the outside and just general grubby. I need to take it back to the brick and make it...

Hi am looking at connecting our cooker extractor (currently not connected up) to a vent and take it outside. Can I take it through the roof using the metal flexible ducting and take it out the wall? The reason I am not sure is, insulation is in the roof space above the kitchen and so can it go...

I am looking at changing my garage roof. The garage is one of those concrete sectional things with a flat roof (though with a decent slope on it) and the roof material I believe is Asbestos. I want to get rid of the Asbestos roof and create a nice warm deck roof and eventually, make the garage...

Hi. I am replacing my kitchen roof shortly. It is a cold deck flat roof (built years ago) with not ventilation and has basically rotted from the underside over the years, now leaks and is generally just a piece of rubbish. I will be replacing it with a cold desk style again (warm roof would...

I need to replace a flat roof on a house extension. Currently it has the cold roof style set up and I am advised that over time condensation has rotted the boards from underneath. We are now getting pooling of water and leaks. The gravel has been taken back, the grooves/gaps have been applied...

Hello. I need to replace the fascias, soffits and guttering on my house ASAP, though I need some advice. I have had a quote from a "large reputable" company. Terraced house, front and back, £3000. But with their "deal", £2000. This no obligation quote seemed to be an obligation to be...