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Hi people, has anyone else seen this, silicone creating this kind of bleed onto the walls, it looks like it was done after the walls were painted as part of a kitchen fit. All the units are white gloss finished MDF. Just wanted to know if anyone else has seen this issue. I have the joy of...

Hi all, I’ve been tasked with replacing a couple of damaged casements, on both of them the bottom rail has failed and is rotten and unfortunately it has also affected the styles. I’m going to remove them both and temporarily board the openings while I work out the profile, although one of the...

Just decorating some railings and the brick top to a pillar is crumbling and is in dire need of pointing, can anyone identify the mortar mix from these images… The owner seems to think it’s a lime mix with silver sand?

Hi all, I lent one of my squares to a mate and it came back butchered, I could have decked the **** Basically he used the square as a guide to cut some quarry tiles with an angle grinder so the outer edge is, well, nigh on ruined. The positives are the top and bottom of the outer edge aren’t...

Hi had a boiler fitted and it looks tilted, I thought it was possibly the window making it look out of true but the window casing is as near as damn it level (.1deg vertical) so I put my level on on the boiler casing and it’s 1.4 deg off vertical, so it might just be the casing that’s been...

Just cleaning a church and the quarry tiles have a white stain on them, can this be cleaned off and if so what would I use? https://ibb.co/PjVdt7d https://ibb.co/LSqP2xm

Hi all, Want to make a garden incinerator, getting sick of buying the thin tin dustbins that only last a year and either rust to nothing. I thought about concrete blocks, I know them as breeze blocks or dense blocks. will they take the heat

Just noticed I have a leak from my flat roof right in the corner of the room. Need a temp method of repair to stem the ingress of water. Weather is foggy and damp, it's a north facing garden and I hear a asteroid is about to hit my location. Putting aside the asteroid disaster for a minute...

Hi all, as the title asks, I’m looking for a good varnish for exterior hardwood, the property is located on the Norfolk coastline and is in need of some epic sanding, possibly using oxalic acid in places. It’s going to be a 3 to 4 coat job. to get it back to a reasonable coat again. I’m going...

Hi all, is there a Matt or eggshell alternative to sadolin super dec opaque finish for door sills? im painting the windows and doors with little greene toms oil eggshell (Celestial Blue) and I’ve painted a sill in superdec (satin) as a tester but it looks naff and way too shiny against the...

Had a look at some windows a few days ago and they have a soft putty between the wood frame and the double-glaze glass, it’s the stuff you can mark with your nail. In places it’s going very soft, so you can smear it, it’s almost like it’s gotten soggy, the best way I can describe it would be...

Hi all, just started work prepping my back bedroom for redecoration and moved a tall box that was in front of the rad and was confronted with this (see image) has anyone else had this issue with a designer rad? The rad is approx 6 years old.

Hi all, where is the best place to buy weed barrier around Nottinghamshire? Any tips, or links to grades etc TIA

Hi all need to buy a door to replace an old crumbling garage side door, where is the best place to get one from please?

Hi all, I have a 600 base unit and a 800 and 900 base corner unit. When fitted they will have a 32mm gap either side this includes the corner molding. Can anyone give some advice on how best to finish this neatly.

Hi all, is there a glue that will stick two pieces of vinyl floor tile together. Reason for the question is, I have an uneven transition between a kitchen and a conservatory, instead of overlaying with a threshold strip I wondered if I could glue two pieces of vinyl together (think of an L shape...

Hi all, I have a wall that is above a flat roof extension, the flat roof is felted and gravelled, I have to remove some very poor mortaring from the brickwork, the mortar will eventually need removing as it is a different colour to the rest of the mortar but for now all I have to do is remove...

Hi all I have some old cast iron downpipes on an old stone building I need to clean up, they have years of neglect and are really tatty and rusted. I was considering sandblasting but I don't think it would be a very cost effective method, although it would probably make a smarter job I think a...

Hi, my next-door neighbour (in his 70's) has asked me to help him with a metal shed he's ordered, its 10ft x 6ft and will require being screwed down. The soil is quite soft and under the soil it's clay, he just wants to plonk down some concrete but I've told him it needs some hardcore first...

Hi all, I need to find some fine or ultra fine fibreglass tissue. This isn't for a car repair but for an ornament repair (Stags Head) that needs to have a strong bond as it will be hung on a wall and is quite heavy. My partner tripped over a cable while cleaning and whacked it off the wall...