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Thanks HandyHands, I've just looked up how to remove a euro cylinder, looks really simple.

The lock on our UPVC front door was fine until today. Now when unlocking, turning the key unlocks at 4 o'clock position, then you could normally keep turning until the 12 o'clock position and remove the key, but the key seems to stop at about 10 o'clock and you can't get it out. It means...

I'll scrape out the filler and have a go at repointing it. So will the damaged bricks be ok? They're in the garage, so aren't open to the weather and are unlikely to freeze. Thanks for the reply, I'm keen to learn about looking after the house, so the detail is much appreciated

The first image is one side of the garage, the second is the other side. I've brushed it down to get any loose paint off and it looks like there's some sort of white filler in places, quite a lot on the second image and where it's fallen off the brick looks pretty bad. Should I be worried...

Some of it seems to be taking the top layer of brick with it though, hence the worry

Anyone? Should this be in a different section, more related to building??

Hi, first post, I'm a bit of a DIY newbie, hope you can help me... We moved into our house a year ago and the previous occupant had recently painted the inside of the garage. Some of the paint near the floor has now started to turn to dust and some parts are flaking off. It only seems to be...