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Recently moved to a new house that has the usul 3 foot of front garden and roads half the width they need to be ! My question is how can i stop cars / peole wlaking on the front garden as its right beside the road edge. No pavements or curbs I was thinking of small posts and chain but i...

Just finished my featheredge board fencing and i have some fence capping, the non re-bate stuff approx 3" wide. My question is how do i fit it to the fence top, do i fit a battern on the inside edge maybe 1" thick and fit the capping to the battern ?? I guess the battern is nailed from the...

Had a lsight mishap and split a bag of fishmeal on the stones at the back of the house. Tried to hose the area and put down Jeyes etc yet the smell of fish remains, any ideas how to get rid of the smell The stoned area is near a drain and i have poured Jeyes into the drain as well but still...

I need to know how easy it is to replace an old downstairs metal framed window frame. The dimensions to the brickwork are 570mm x 1320mm single top opening ( its a toilet ) Where can i buy the upvc frame with obscure glass and sill included. How deep are the cills as i guess i deduct...

We are starting a kitchen door replacement soon and the narrowest door width available is 250mm. We have two corner wall units with small doors approx 180mm each, how would we make a bifold to fit this instead ? Do you buy a wide door and cut it into two and then hinge the middle ??

Hi we have an old Moffat Gas hob which needs replacing. Its a large four burner unit with cut out sizes of 700 x 450mm approx We would like to fit a new hob and keep the existing worktop yet cannot find any hobs this size, they seem to be wider, can you help ??

Hi we are looking at giving our kitchen a re-face with new doors trims, worktops etc. We have had a quote from a local company which includes approx 20 off doors, new worktops, new plinths, various trims etc.plumbing in sink, hob etc The current doors are all non standard sizes. The...

Hi is it possible to repair a damaged window sill on the outside of the house. The window sill edge about 1" from the face is crumbling away, can i repair this withou taking the window frame out ?? Please note this is the wooden sill outside of the house

We have an old acrylic bath tub with side mounted tap bodies and a single end of bath spout. The taps have been re-seated and new rubber washers fitted but they are still a problem. Ideally we would like to replace the taps with new as this is our problem. The old taps have large globes...