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Thank you! Yeah as you say it was siliconed in with a horrible thick bead… looked ok from a distance but would never have looked perfect, it’s the council replacing all our doors for fire reasons so whilst as a leaseholder had some say - ultimately wasn’t much, they did plan to whack a massive...

Hey Had a new front door fitted recently and finally getting round to making good around it - they did offer to fit plastic trim but I wanted to avoid this as it was replacing a old night latch door the width of the trim was pretty large. The door fitting wasn’t fully square so some wood was...

Managed to get the drawer out and one of the drawer rails soft close seems be be broken and when gets to the soft close part it does the opposite and snaps closed quickly - guess the piston is broken. Contacted Wren hopefully they still sell these not found much online so far!

Hey I have a bit of a weird problem what has suddenly appeared in the last couple of days. One of my wren kitchen drawers is suddenly jumping over to the left just before it closes causing it to hit the oven to the side of it before it corrects its self and closes normally. Seems to be fine...

Thank you - didn’t think of a file think this maybe the safest way with the least risk of damaging the rest of the tile will give this a go!

Hey I have new plug sockets in my kitchen - the ones where the socket has a clip front on and unfortunately on one of the plugs there is a bit of tile right behind where the clip needs to go. What is going to be the best way to notch out this small bit of tile without the risk of damaging the...

Probably not the best with caulk but not too bad when have a smoothing tool - does create a bit more wastage but not a huge issue for just this!

Didn’t think of that thank you but does sound much easier! Any particular expanding foam you recommend? I guess any should do the job in this case seeing as it’s not too big of a gap and it’s all fairly solid so none of them should push this out even further.

Hey I’ve recently had some architrave replaced in the bathroom around a cupboard. Unfortunately the wall was well out so this means there’s a big gap between the tiles and architrave at the bottom where as at the top it’s flush against the tiles. To be fair to the carpenter he pointed out this...

So I started to scrape away at some of the bubbles once it had dried and I guess you can say it’s gone from bad to worse! The paint is peeling off in huge sheets almost like it’s not adhered to the previous paint surface atall… and I think I know why. I noticed when peeling some parts just how...

It could be to be something like this - it’s a hallway so not particularly humid / damp or anything and the old surface seemed good. Looking around online would a good solution be to wait for it to try sand down the bubbles to make smooth and prime the affected areas with something like Zinsser...

Hi Am redecorating the hallway and have started painting the ceiling - it wasn’t in bad condition to start so was just a fresh coat over - am painting over Dulux easy care with Dulux easy care paint. I did the first coat last night with no issues, when doing the 2nd coat (with what is a new...

Hey Started a job have been putting off years and have removed a dado rail. To be honest I thought it was going to go a lot worse than it was - no major damage to walls but they will need some prep to tidy up before painting. There’s a few holes but nothing major, the biggest thing to fix...

Thanks for the comments - leant something new that LAP are just screwfix own! I will be getting the BG ones which look almost exactly the same - more expensive but worth it to get rid of the whining noise in my bedroom!

Didn’t know they were screwfix! Would something like this be a better quality? http://www.bgelectrical.uk/uk/wiring-devices/nexus-metal/range/usb-charging-sockets/NBN22UAC30B-01

Hey https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-13a-2-gang-sp-switched-socket-4-2a-15w-2-outlet-type-a-c-usb-charger-black-nickel-with-black-inserts/793hf?ref=SFAppShare Have installed a couple of these in my room - mostly for the usb c function. The issue is when ever there’s something plugged into the...

Hi all Have recently decorated my room and used Dulux trade oil based egg shell for the skirtings etc. unfortunately it’s taken way longer than I’d have liked and I’ve only finished the skirting painting today. I had carpet due to be fitted Monday but I’ve put this back to Wednesday just to...

Hey Am planning to fit some new skirting / architrave in my living room. Looking up online it looks like it’s fairly straight forward - though of course things always look easy before they start! Just wondering if anyone had any hints / tips for doing this? My worry is dealing with walls not...

Maybe I mixed it wrong but I did create abit of a mess when I last tried a mist coat - thihk I made it too watered down not helped that it was a ceiling too! Will look at this thank you - I assume I can just paint that onto the bare plaster let this dry and then apply my top final coats?

Hey Does anyone know if the Dulux Plaster Sealer has been discontinued? I’m having some plastering done soon and was planning to get some of this to seal the plaster before painting - I know I can make my own mist coat but I’ve always found this ready made Dulux stuff easier to work with and...