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I've stripped the wallpaper off a large wall and was pleased to find the previously painted beneath wall is perfectly smooth and flat. Unfortunately it is covered in tiny hairline cracks. See photo. A coat of white emulsion didn't seem to fill the cracks at all. Apart from this the wall is good...

Hello, had the local gas engineer out to pull out and cap my gas fire. I forgot to ask him what to do when decorating the newly exposed wall. He helpfully chisseled into the wall a bit so the cap doesn't stick out. So I could just fill it. Just wondered if this is normal practice, or if I...

I came home from work the other day to find my wife had pulled down the wallpaper of an admittedly rather tasteless 'feature wall' in the bedroom. My initial reaction was one of mild despair at the prospect of another job to do this weekend, but I was pleasantly surprised to find the exposed...

I need to replace a dripping bathroom basin tap. The chrome finish of the taps has seen better days so I''m opting for new taps rather than just a washer. However, the threaded part of the tap is in a receded part of the sink and behind the pedestal and looks quite difficult to access (i.e. to...

We've had condensation problems around one of our bedroom windows, and recently the plastic trim at the top of the window has started coming loose. Before sealing i back up, I took the opportunity to prise it open further and peak through. I noticed that I could see all the way through to the...

A drain in my garden has been getting clogged up and I'd like to lift the cover grate to inspect and hopefully give it a clean. Any idea how I could get this off or is it non-removable?

I'm planning to install a ceiling in my garage and would like to take the opportunity to improve the lighting. Currently the garage has a corrugated asbestos roof - ugly but watertight. I has a bare bayonet bulb fitting screwed to a joist. I would like to install led downlights in the new...

I'm planning to plaster an interior block wall in my garage. At the same time I hope to replace the surface-mount light switches with standard flush ones and bury the wiring in the plaster (protected by metal conduit). If I go by the plaster manufacturer's recommended thickness, that will be...

I'm preparing to plaster the interior brick wall of my garage, and am not sure of the correct way to deal with this door. The wall is actually slightly proud of the door frame even before plastering - something I haven't had to deal with before. Should I be using some sort of edging strip, or...