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Hi, I have some pine doors that were stripped about 10 years ago, but when I bought the house the guys said that he had never neutralised them. Some of them have shrunk quite a bit and others have a white stain. They are unfinished at the moment. Is it to late to Neutralise them? What is...

Hi, Having laid my decking and the wood has been in the sun now for week or so I would like to protect it using oil as looking at other posts, this appears to be the favoured option. When is the best time to apply the oil? The reason that I ask this is because there is still some very...

Hi, I am coming to the point where I want to treat my decking. I have already purchased some Cuprinol Sprayable Decking treatment (Natural Pine colour). I should have done a search on this forum because everyone appears to favour oils (such as liberon). The only problem is that the wood still...

Hi, My friend has just put some decking down and left a 7mm gap between the boards. He is now worried that with shrinkage these will become excessive. How much shrinkage/expansion would you expect to see across the gap during a season. When I do a search on recommended gaps I see...

Hi, I am building a ground deck 3m x 6m and I am using 4"x2" joists which are raised off the ground a couple of inches. I am trying to find suitable joist hangers, but only find the light duty ones shown below. The heavier duty ones only seem to start at 6x2. Would the joist...

Hi I have a regular visitor this time of year and throughout the Winter. Somehow rats are able to get into my flat roof of my kitchen. I have closed off all visible entrances from the roof itself and am aware they can get into pretty tight spaces. A plumber said that sometime the waste...

Hi I have a regular visitor this time of year and throughout the Winter. Somehow rats are able to get into my flat roof of my kitchen. I have closed off all visible entrances from the roof itself and am aware they can get into pretty tight spaces. A plumber said that sometime the waste...

I am installing a cooker supply into an existing kitchen, and the run takes me into the kitchen under the worktop and behind some kitchen units. 2 questions 1. Is it OK to put the cable into plastic trunking whilst it is under the worktop and then bury the cable into the wall after it...

I have removed some old tiles in the kitchen with a view to replacing them. Most of them came off OK but on the window sill it took nearly all the plaster off back to the render. Can I get away with tiling to the render and putting slightly thicker adhesive to make up the difference in...

I am running a 45 Amp cooker supply under the floorboards. I am planning to run it parallel with the Gas pipe from the meter to the kitchen. Is there any required clearance from gas pipework to any mains supply wiring? Anybody know? Len

I Have an old wire fuse box and need to add a cooker supply. Unfortuately its full so I have decided to replace the unit with new one with RCD and MCB's. The question is, who can I get to uncouple the incoming mains from the supply which has lead sealed fasters on the fuse. Is this the local...