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hi folks. We recently had a new carpet laid. When the carpet was tamped under the skirting boards to grip the gripper strips. The skirting pivoted. The top pulled away and the bottom pushed under the plaster board with the force of securing the carpet. I could be knocked back to its correct...

Hi Folks My Upvc french doors (open inwards) the centre cover strip does not cover the gap between the doors on the bottom half due to the frame being fitted twisted and the hinges were adjusted to level the doors. There's cold air coming thought the gap. I ve looked for a wider cover...

As heated towel rail are generaly pronee to traping air and require regular bleeding. Could a toiwel rauil be conected to the hot water circuit, then when the tap is run the towel rail will be flushed/self bleed? Just wondering if it can or should be done etc. Cheers

I ve had an outside light with a built in pir working fine for 7 years. The bulb blew which I replaced. The light no longer responds to the pir sensor it's on permanently night or day. The light only reacts to the pir no dusk settings etc. I ve tried various combinations of switch it on and...

Hi folks I ve got 2 kitchen base units back to back as an island in my workshop. I am fitting 2 work tops back to back on top of the units. I am going to use biscuits and work top bolts underneath to pull the join together as is usually done. The problem I have is routing a straight edge so...

How would you mount a safe limpet on a safe. They supply 4mm machine screw that need a 4mm drill and tap to make a threaded hole. Tricky to drill safes!! How would you mount one? Cheers

Hi Folks My house has an en suite bathroom above the garage. There's rockwool between the joists and 2 layers of plasterboard for the fire reg's. The bathroom gets cold in the winter so I want to improve the insulation. I was thinking of using 150mm thick celotex/kingspan between the...

Which of the digital room thermostats do you folks use/recomend? Many thanks

Hi Folks Any recomendations for countersinks for chipborard flooring. Cheap ones blunt in no time. What do you guys use? Thanks

Hi folks I have a Potterton Suprima 40 with the ignition faults these boilers seem to suffer from. So rather than throw good money after a bad product it will probably get replaced. My questions is which make/brand of boiler is the 'best' eg, recomended or to be trusted/reliable in your...

I ve got a White Oak Pigs ear hand rail to fit. How would you folks fix it? The wall is plaster board on dabs on a thermalite brick I intend to hid the fixings with plugs. Many thanks.

Just had our garden remodelled. There's a patch of frost proof bricks with paviour sand in the joins. The bricks are on a bed mortar in with loose paviour sand the gaps which are about 8mm wide (not like block paving on sand with tight joins). When we brush this are the sand gets brushed...

Just had my stairs hand rail and landing balustrade replaced in white oak. I am looking fro advice on products etc to wax it. I want to enhance the natural wood colour not stain it etc. Is waxing the best thing fro a high wear area like a hand rail? It appears easy and fairly quick to do...

Hi folks. I ve found this forum very usefull, so hopefully this question can be answered. I am planning on making some wardrobe doors, shaker style from veneered MDF with glued on 6mm strips of maple or similar wood, for an alcove Can maple or similar be purchased 6mm thick and from...

Hi Folks I re tiled our kitchen and removed the toilet to tile under it. On conecting the water feed back on to the cistern (Bottom of tank) there is a slow drip from the nut that seals the pipe to the float valve. THe rubber washer appears to be inside the tank. Tightening the nut has not...