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Hello. I have some existing granite setts that have very deep and wide grout lines 5cm - 8cm deep and often 6cm grout lines separating them. I bought some flow point in advance but am now wondering if I need to use a different product or just a mortar mix. How would you do it?

Hello. I have these stone steps and they have some cracks and some breakage in the grout lines. The stone looks like limestone but I may be wrong. Can anyone recommend what to use to fixed the cracks? What the grout is?

Hello. Any ideas where I could source this kind of topper to the skirting? Have a section missing where a radiator is being removed.

Hello. I have these windows that are losing their paint. Doesn’t look like they even had undercoat, but the hardwood is in good condition and no rot. I will strip and sand where needed but just go over the top where it isn’t…. So my question is what paint? And undercoat? A rubberised modern...

Hi all. Need a recommendation for a water softener that feeds a water staging tank. The old one is broken and discontinued. The softener feeds a water tank that then feeds the house…. Idea being the softener can do its work 24/7 and the softened water in the tank then gets consumed. I need...

hello all - i have moved into a house and have no access codes for the alarm. Seems the previous owner fell out with ADT due their £58 a month contract! ADT won't come out to me as I also don't want to spend the £800 a year. What I really want is to just be able to set it and not worry about...

How do you think I should go about this? Seems like it has an iron rod in the middle..

Hello all I have a concealed toilet with a hidden cistern - the cistern fills to the top and empties on flush ... but never seems to do the job of flushing (especially toilet paper). The cistern is a small one - but has always seemed to work ok ... but for the last 6 months it is struggling...

Hello is it possible to wire the transformer for a set of low voltage garden lights directly into the mains? I have 2 other standard voltage lights outside and wanted to spur off this … so that the lights activate together from a single switch? And to avoid a major cabling job. I tried this...

Hi all I have a wet room to tile, four sides. The room is 210 by 3m. The wall tiles are 100 x 30. The floor tiles are 60 x 60. i am struggling with what layout to use as the main wall at the back as it will need a 5cm cut either side if I centre. Or a 10cm at one edge if I offset. How would...

Hi all have this Honeywell controller http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/pa_1149669.pdf Struggling to determine where the connection from the Honeywell controller relay should connect to the boiler. Below is the wiring diagram from the Honeywell controller and below it the boiler...

I need a perfect angle on this cut ... and my circular saw is only 11/2 inch deep. I cut cut both sides and finish off with a hand saw but suspect the finish will be poor and need the cut angle to fit flush to another post. I don’t have a band saw or anything like that. Any advice how to cut this?

Hi all some photos showing what looks like a melted wire connection in my immersion. I would rather not drain it all down so wondering if this the thermostat can be switched out or whether I need to accept a whole new immersion is needed! D

Hi I have a cellar with damp coming in in periods when the water table is particularly high. It’s rare but when it happens it can fill up! We have an old concrete sump in there which I periodically flush out with a pump. I am going to set this up to pump automatically using a float switch. The...

Hi all I cannot recall every seeing one, but does anyone have any experience with installing a dishwasher in a kitchen island? The island is completely independent to the main kitchen and sits on a concrete floor... so would require the water feed and waste and electric burying into a (cold in...

Hello all I am taking a range cooker to france and the kitchen fitter in France has asked that I check if the current feed at the house is suitable. To do this I believe I need to check the size of the current cable and the dedicated fuse from the fuse box that feeds it. The oven...

Here is an old wood support that is being attacked by the weather and wood eating bugs! Can anyone suggest the best way to treat this ... I can not replace it just yet but I want to stem the flow of damage. It is partially covered but is open to elements.

I have an old concrete floor in a barn that is perpetually dusty.. I want to apply some some of seal to it to allow it to be more easily cleaned. Hopefully this will also keep it from creating dust too. It is a quite a big volume. Any ideas of what to use?

I have a quite brittle old wall I need to fix the following bracket (for a heavy basketball hoop). The instructions for fixing is attached but I feel I need a substantial fitting. Can anyone recommend? Would I be better using a resin or an anchor of some sort?

Hello all - have discovers the below tiled floor from the early 1900s under the bathroom floor. Looking for advice on how to clean them up? Is this a chemical fix or do they need some sort of heavy abrasive? Any advice from anyone who may have done this before or is in the tile trade!