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Hi, we have two damp exterior walls which are causing the paint to peel. I'm definitely not an expert, but I believe it's render on top of brick. On the patio wall (the worse of the two) it really doesn't matter that the wall is damp, but it just looks poor. I was quoted £1,000 to replace the...

Hi, in a loft cupboard I have a wall that looks poorly insulated. I'm wondering what the easiest and cheapest option is to improve it? I'm a basic DIYer and paying a builder in London to do the job would probably be more expensive than the energy it'll save over 50 years... so I should do...

Hi all, I have a continual problem with paint coming off a rendered wall. At first the paint was blown, so then a builder re-rendered the wall and I still have a problem with bubbling, flaking etc. I suspect the issue is water coming in behind the render (it's a patio) and then making the paint...

Hi everyone I had a stripped screw head, so I used one of those extractors... and the extractor tool seems to have simply made the stripped head even worse! Can anyone suggest a straightforward method of getting this screw out? It's very tight, unfortunately. Thank you