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Hello I had an internal door replaced back in May and a few months after the door has started sticking when opening and closing. Initially the problem was at the bottom and I planed a bit off and it worked fine. Recently the problem has started again in different places, the bottom again and...

Hi Woody, the information about Statutory Nuisance is definitely useful to know. We haven't taken any legal route yet as we expected the problem would be resolved by now following remedial works they did. We are expecting a visit from them in the next few days to take another look at the...

My parents live in a maisonette on 2nd floor and there is another house on top. In December 2020 following a period of heavy rain, water started entering one of the rooms, with water dripping from the white window trim and surrounding areas. Landlord has done a bunch of work to try and fix the...

No I didn't, should I have?

I used Crown Trade paint to paint over a 5 year old coat of paint in my living room. The old paint was also Crown Trade (extreme washable matt or something), new tin was Silk Vinyl Emulsion. Painting was completed end of June with 2 coats. Yesterday I was wiping a mark off and the paint started...

John, that makes sense, thanks

I got it off in the end, Andy was right, it was the paint holding it in place. Used a very thin screwdriver to lift forward the bottom left and kept cutting through area of resistance until I managed to get a larger screwdriver in. Foxhole - my neighbour did a refurb a couple of years ago and...

Thanks gents, gonna have another crack at it tomorrow. The paint is surprisingly stubborn against my trusty utility knife. It flexes most in the top right, but my trim removal kit isn't up to the task, need to find something metal to pull it off with.

The lid comes off and it doesn't look like the cistern is siliconed down. The top panel is separate

Chris - I tried with a utility knife, hence the not so neat edges. But it gave me just enough room to slid my car trim piece in. Unfortunately no wallpaper scraper to hand. John - is silicone usual practice? Would be daft to use it here as there's a cockstop behind it with no easy access.

I took the screws out and expected it to come off easily. Tried lightly prying it with a plastic car trim removal piece, it flexes but doesn't come out.

Interesting...I didn't think we had a communal tank, but that would explain the very high cold water pressure. No meter, Thames Water bill according to the size of property and their usage estimates. Now I need to figure out a way to access the stopcock behind the wall, the panel is quite...

Hello I live in a flat and it has 2 stopcocks. One under the kitchen sink which turns off both kitchen taps and hot water for bathroom sink & bath. The other one is behind a wall panel behind the toilet which turns off toilet water tank and cold water for bathroom sink and bath. Out of...

Thanks both. I'm going for something simple so it will be just a piece of wood cut to size and painted. I'll probably use a thicker piece of MDF to be closer to what it is there now, although I reckon most of that is to support the large storage space in the headboard itself. The new headboard...

I am planning on creating a new headboard for my bed and have a couple of questions. What is the correct wood type? I've seen different types on Selco and Wickes, but I'm not sure what the correct one is. Plywood seems the closest to what I need but I am not sure what the current material is...

Thank you all for the advice, all duly noted, I'll get the correct cabling for this, cheers

Hi I have a quick question about the correct wiring to use with a rewirable socket. I plan to use it exclusively for a TV, it has a 5amp fuse with 0.75mm2 flex and no earth in the socket. For the rewirable socket, would the following products be suitable...

I've put some brush pile around the edges and had a window installer take a look. He added extra bits on the window that tighten the window against the frame but generally did not think it needed further work on it. I don't think the windows are drafty, I think the lack of insulation in what...

Thanks for confirming. Do you reckon moving it to under the window would improve things? At the moment, I'm not able to do insulation, moving the radiator might be the quickest and easiest solution in the meantime (and I'm hoping someone will be able to confirm the potential gain I can expect...

Bump....hoping someone knows the answer