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I'm looking for recommendations on which are the better brands that people have used and feel are worth the money? I've landed on vufold myself but my builder is looking at climadoor. The cost difference is quite abit but I don't know if that's a quality thing or is it overcharging/inflated...

Looking at a few YouTube videos to get the brick colour to match on a few brick repairs. I've seen the likes of stonelux which offer brick repairs and paints to touch up etc but the video was quite interesting in grinding the original house bricks up and running that through lime mortar. Yes...

Hi all, We are currently in a situation where the builder has installed a set of patio doors and 2 windows either side. On trying to walk through the doors, the actual opening due to the frame etc is only 560mm each door. I am of a larger boned build shall we say and its rather tight without...

After the best part of 30 years old (we reckon), we are retiring the old girl (Baxi Solo WM50/4) due to it being in the way of our plans for an extension. I think we are due a new one anyway! My dad has a Worcester 30kw CDi that he had installed a few years ago, no problems. A visit from the one...

After some advice please. I've recently bought internal doors to fit new. Was steered away from a few that had minimal lippings and was recommended Déanta as they have 18mm each side. Magic as I've recently had a doorway moved in the bathroom and the width would have been touch and go with the...

Odd request I know. Long story short. Our family white marble gravestone was dislodged about 18 months ago when landscaping contractors was using a mini digger to remove a stump behind it and moved it. It now moves back and forth in the breeze. Seeing it's been there 50 years without being...

Hi all, After some advice what I could use to repair this cracked brick that's being used as an anchor point for American oak window boards. Brown plug using a 7mm drill and 5x60 screws. Not sure if I've not drilled the hole deep enough for the screws that may have caused it to fracture the...

Can anyone give me some recommendations on tile adhesive and grouting for just 1 single tile used as a cloakroom toilet basin splashback. I'd prefer separate products as I've heard the combined aren't great. I'd obviously like to buy the mapei which looks to be the better kit but for a 800x600...

Hi all, I bought some solar lights with a PIR sensor as recently our nearby street light has been replaced with an LED type which isn't as bright as it was/different spread of light. It can only be a good thing but now where I could see my front door keyhole, now we struggle. The thing is, the...

We have an old Baxi Solo boiler which is will be replaced in the next few years and repositioned but until then I'm gonna have to try and keep her running! Last night I noticed the temp getting warmer than normal. After turning the thermostat down (British Gas RS2 rebadged Drayton for 2 wire...

Good evening, I'm currently revamping the small downstairs loo where everything bar the toilet is out. We have bought the new basin, mixer tap, waste click/clack and bottle trap but have found an issue with the trap spigot not sitting in the click/clack. I've attached some photos which will no...

Hi folks, After abit of advice. At the moment our small toilet has surface boxed water feeds to toilet, basin and CH. All the other rooms have channeled ducts which are topped with a floor board which is recessed. I'd like to replicate that in the toilet as the boxing in looks unsightly. The...

We had a brand new block paved drive laid last October and although this has been like this for a while, it's been dark going to work/coming back and wet. This week when coming home I've noticed the below photo. Thoughts please? Thank you

Rather than post in the plastering and rendering I thought I'd go general to start with. I've recently took the window bottom off which pulled all the plaster off. I've now had this replastered and noticed that the plaster is wet/damp on one side. This has been dry since weekend however we...

I'm slowly but surely replacing all the radiators with convectors and new valves. The new radiator I've fitted in our bedroom doesn't have a TRV fitted at present as personally I'm not a fan of them. However, I've noticed that since fitting the new radiator it could do with being a tad cooler...

I currently have a Window Vac that won't charge. After stripping it down I've found that water ingress has damaged a component that must use the in board charging. I've seen some YouTube videos that people have used 5vdc usb charging boards to charge the battery. The aim is to still use the...

I'd appreciate some advise from someone that knows far more with modern ways of doing this. I will be getting my driveway block paved in a few weeks time and would like to renew the existing plastic waste pipe from the downstairs toilet sink that currently is as the photo. It's been painted so...

Has anyone had any experience with the dye fading or "aging" in time where it was a good match and now its not? I have a few bits here and there that could do with patching up, but my builder told me if he repointed them it would look like a patchwork quilt! I've bought some snowcrete and...

We have lived in our house for a few years and inherited the problems that it has, as most do. Old baxi solo boiler, HW tank and mid position valve. We can have the HW on without the CH and both on a the same time but not the CH on without the HW (Not without turning the HW stat down) I've...

After the Lidl cordless Jigsaw fail I experienced where the base plate bent (which I've used others that hasnt seemed to have) I admitted defeat and want to go for the Dewalt. Will be used for working on site cutting trunking, tray and panel work mostly with the majority of it used for DIY use...