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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Hi My bedroom is very cold even with the heating on and I have a few questions about a potential permanent solution to this problem My bedroom radiator is currently on an internal wall, at a 90 degrees angle to the windows and then about 1.5m away. The windows take up the half the height of...

Hi I moved into a flat around a year ago and the bedroom has always been cold. The landlord is due to attend Thursday and do a temperature check but I noticed a few things I wanted to check about. Firstly, there is a disused socket on the wall facing the outside. I've noticed there is cold air...

Hi I have a single socket plug I want to convert into a double plug and had a quick question about the wiring. I've attached a pic of the existing config - what confuses me is even though there are 2 earth pins, one is unused. For the double plug, would it just be a case of sticking both earth...

I had carpet installed just under year ago but have started to notice it's squeaking in certain places and was wondering what could be the cause. The original floor is tiled rather than wooden planks and the carpet was installed with underlay. It's rather annoying and I'm starting to notice it...

Hi Following on from my previous post, I increased the size of the letterbox aperture using a jigsaw and installed one of these: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Ironmongery/d170/Letter+Plates/sd3275/Sleeved+Letter+Plate/p56975 My old letter face plate and brush plate were letting in...

Hi I'm trying to replace the external faceplate on my door as it's very drafty but I seem to have an aperture which is smaller than usual as I can't find sleeved letterboxes or push-to-open spring based faceplates which fit. The size is 21cm wide and 4.5cm high. Is this unusually small...