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Hi all, I have a strip of masonry sandwiched between the window frame and the window sill in our living room which I want to paint. See pic. Problem being, it keeps getting moldy. I want to paint it with mold resistant paint. My partner cleaned off all the black mold last night and I was going...

I have just defrosted my Ariston freezer, which I have to do regularly, I'd say every 2 months, although it probably needs doing more often. The seals have seen better days (see pics). In fairness it is 18 years old so it's done me proud. Are these replaceable? I really can't afford to replace...

My Smeg cooker is now 8 years old. It seems to have developed a hole in the base of the oven. I notice there are scrape marks by it and I have absolutely no idea how they got there! My first question is, is it safe to use the pyrolytic cleaning setting, or is it now too dangerous? In fact...

Can anyone advise on how to lay a double row of hollow blocks to create a raised bed. We have a raised bed at the moment with a cherry tree in it, which we created using sleepers a few years ago. Unfortunately the sleepers haven't really stood the test of time and have been slowly rotting from...

Hello, I know it's not exactly a plumbing question, but I didn't know where else to put my query. please feel free to move it to a more suitable section. See pic attached. Can anyone suggest a product I can use to fill a small chip and a few hairline cracks in my sink please. Many thanks

Can anyone advise please. I've had a senior moment. I've just done the equivalent of putting diesel in a petrol car I think! :eek: I've been merrily painting the render on our exterior wall thinking I was using masonry paint when I looked down at the pot and saw that I was using exterior wood...

A quick background. Both microwaves were identical bought approx 17 years ago (Boyfriend bought one soon after I did and we ended up having 2 when we moved in together). Both have had a similar amount of use but one was living in our bedroom and only had occasional use over the last few years...

Just bought a new cooker after the door fell off my old one. It's a dual fuel cooker. This probably seems like a silly question, but do I need a plumber and an electrician to install it? Last one was put in over 9 years ago and I can't remember what we did then.

Hello, Hope I'm posting in the right forum here. Briefly, we are thinking of buying a property which needs to be completely re-rendered outside and re-plastered inside as it has a massive damp problem. But I'm guessing there are possibly other works involved in getting the property right...

Hello, We are thinking about buying a do-er upper type property. The previous owner seems to have made a few bad decisions which has resulted in the house being wracked with damp, hence a really low asking price. Just wanted to get a few opinions on this particular odd window design which...

Hi, Could anyone offer any advice on this for me please. We are going to look at a house on Saturday which had been greatly reduced because of the damp problem. The agents suggest that it is possibly caused by bad render. But could it be shoddy roofing instead to blame? It does seem...

Hello, We've found a house which we potentially want to buy. It is possibly 50 grand below the price we want for ours! The reason for its low price is the damp which they believe is being caused by the poor render. We want some advice so we can go along for a viewing with some fact and...

I wasn't sure whether this question ought to go in this forum or the one for woodwork. I'll try here first. We are replacing a wooden side gate and frame which leads onto the street. It's just a bog standard, cheapo, planked softwood door/gate, which we want to protect from the elements...

Hi all, My back door upvc handle mechanism has seized. It's the type which you pull up first to to lock and pull down to open once unlocked. Problem is it won't pull down to open. It won't go further than the horizontal position. Arrghh got washing that needs to be put on the...

I hope someone can advise me. We've had a little damp problem in our living room for a few years now. It started with the paint blistering. I sanded it down, slapped on a bit of damp seal and painted over it. It seemed to do the trick for a while. It is an internal party wall and the patch is...

Hello, can anyone help with a situation? Over a month ago we agreed to let out neighbours have access to our garden for their builders to re-render the side of their wall. It has involved removing a pergola and uprooting some plants for them to erect scaffold. We agreed as we wanted to keep...

I forgot to post this, as I've been away from the site for a while. Here is our new Utility Room completed last year. It started out as 2 cramped shower rooms just off our kitchen (why two shower rooms :? ??? We were totally baffled by that when we first moved in!). We agonised about...

Hello, does anyone know if I can repair the hydraulic hinges on my Ikea kitchen cabinets? They seem to have lost their oomph! One is gone completely, so the door slams back down if you let go and the other is starting go a bit limp too! Each cabinet only has one hinge so there is no backup...

Hello window experts :D This is the only window in our house which overlooks the garden and we'd like to replace the frosted pane with a normal see thru one. How easy/difficult is this going to be? What is the process and where do we go to get a replacement pane? Many thanks for any...

I pulled a panel off an old panelled door yesterday and thought nothing of it at the time until my partner came along and said "is that asbestos?" I didn't realise it was used to panel over doors and it broke into bits as I was taking it off. So now I'm panicking :( I carried on with the job...