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First time buyer here went to see a house that needs a lot of renovation. There seems to be a crack coming from water damage in the basement corner and theres also a crack upstairs. I will be getting a survey done, but beforehand can anyone tell me if this is serious and how much I'd be looking...

I'm installing a bathroom vanity light above a mirror in a remodelled basement suite. I got it working, but now I get nothing, possibly after fiddling with the base plate and screwing extra screws into drywall plugs. . There isn't a fuse tripped, the basement light fuse is working OK and ON...

I feel a right mug. I've caulked the tile/baseboard, but due to the relief of the tile and the fact that I didn't tape it beforehand, its dried out a mess. Instead of hours going over it with a Stanley blade, are there any quicker and more effective methods? I was thinking of scoring it then...

Does anyone have any techniques for joining two cupboard sliding door tracks together? My opening is longer than the max length of one track so I'll have to just line them up, but there will be a bump where the roller moves over from one track to the other. Tracks are pressed sheet metal...

This leak developed about a year ago and I would like to get around go fixing it. I hace never soldered but I have the flux, solder, torch etc. But perhaps I do not need it? Can anyone advise on how to repair this leak?

Hi everyone. I am trying to fathom the sewer drainage system in my house. I lifted the sewage manhole cover outside my house (one is for outside guttering, the other internal), and see stagnant water which smells and is slow to drain The main pipe exits here into two pipes, one big one above a...

Hello, the old house part of the house (7x4m) has smaller joists (4x2in) than the new part (8x5m, 7x2in joists). Now I wish to board it, originally I just planned to do it as it is and have two different height floors, is this OK?

Hello! I am doing some work on my loft, boarding it and need to disconnect the wires which are resting on the joists. Every time I trip the upstairs lighting circuit on the fuse box the alarm goes off. Pushing the fuse button back stops the siren. The problem is I do not know the code to reset...

Hi everyone, this is my first post on DIYnot, couldn't find an answer on Google so perhaps you might help. I am planning to board the loft in my house. It's a 1930s semi that has been extended on one side and back a bit. I believe the original builders who performed the extension kept most of...