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My house was built 2004. The bathroom ceiling had flaked, but the estate agent did a typical paint over to disguise it. It was ok for a couple years then started flaking again so I wanted to redo it, but have made a proper mess instead. I scraped all the loose paint until no more was coming...

Amazing Lofts came to install loft storage and move my hatch yesterday. I'm happy with the former but not the latter. The render to cover the old hatch is very rough. I've been at it with 120 grit for two hours, and there are still pits and lines. It's going to need polyfiller and more sanding...

There is one wall in my kitchen with patches of bubbled, flaking paint. It looks like damp, except it's too high and inconsistent for rising damp, there is no pipework above for possible leaks, and it's far away from the boiler, stove, and kettle so don't suspect condensation. It also hasn't...

Is it possible to replace a 135° angle joint/connector on a uPVC window sill without taking the whole frame out? Or do I just buy a connector, cut out the inside, glue to the top of the sill and hope it lasts?

One side of my mixer tap suddenly stopped working - fine yesterday, nothing today. I'm guessing that either a washer has perished or I've overtightened and damaged the olive. I can't see what the actual problem is because I can't get the head gear off. I've removed the cover, but the head gear...

Advice please... My wife got a puncture the other day and discovered there's no spare in the boot. TyreWeld rubbish lasted a whole 1.6 miles before the tyre was as flat as before, so I want to get a proper spare. - Full or skinny tyre? Obviously full handles better, but is it worth carrying the...

Just finished my kitchen renovation. The supplier sent me 4 of the wrong size handles so I can't use them, but there's nothing wrong with them and I dislike waste. If you want then, I'll post to you for free. 4 x s/steel cabinet handles, bushed nickel finish, D 37 H 32 mm. - Post in this...

I want to hang a mirror on a wall. The mirror is 1800x600 / 6'x2' landscape, so short and wide, but quite heavy 24 kg/53 lbs. The wall is plasterboard on brick. I'm worried about putting that weight on plasterboard, so I was planning on drilling straight through into the brick. The problem is...

My wife got a small electrical shock when she took wet washing out of the washing machine the other day, so I measured between the washing machine drum and a nearby radiator pipe, i.e. earth. There is a fairly constant 4.8V a.c. potential and a peak current of about 8 mA. Is this sort of small...

I moved into a house where the smoke alarms were knackered (ground floor was both disconnected and expired, and the first floor was missing completely), so I bought two Aico Ei141RC alarms. The first floor fitting had the normal number of wires (L, N, E, IC) and took five minutes to fit. I then...

The smoke alarms in my house are completely knackered and need to be replaced, so I bought two Aico EI141RC alarms with mains and battery back up. I now need to fit them. Step 1: turn off breaker on DB so I can wire the new alarms without getting electrocuted. The problem is my smoke alarm and...