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Hi all, I've lost the security screws that hold the upvc door hinge flaps closed. I've contacted Mila directly but they don't sell them without buying the whole hinge but they have given me the following information: 026812 - Pan Head S/S 3/16^-24 PH2 Security Screw Can anybody link to some...

Hi All, Moved into a new house which has recently had a new kitchen and I'm trying to find the supplier of the cuboard knobs as I need one replacement. I've attached photos knob and kitchen. Anyone point me in the right direction?

Hi all, A few years ago I insulated my garage walls and ceiling - timber stud walls build around 50mm away from brick walls with celotex between and plasterboard over the top etc. At the time the garage was being used as a home gym so I left the concrete floor as it was and just put down...

Hi all, Tomorrow I plan on putting my carpet down. I normally use gripfill for the grippers but don't have an extra day to wait for it to go off. Anybod know if toolstation or screwfix sell anything that would be suitable as I need it for tomorrow? Thanks

Hi all, I'm going to be using some gun grade expanding foam to fill gaps between pir insulation. Is there much thermal difference between the cheaper £3/£4 cans of expanding foam vs the more expensive ones. If so what would you recommend? Looking for the best thermal performance. Thanks.

Hi all, I need to buy a new hand saw just for cutting celotex boards. Any recommendations on the best type of hand saw to use. Thanks.

Hi All, I'm currently insulating and boarding my garage out and not sure the best way forward for behind the garage door. The garage door is staying in place and i'm building a stud wall (cls 38 x 89) behind it and going to fill with 90mm celotex. I'm not sure if this would be warm enough so...

Hi all, I would like to add a external key lock to my aluminium patio door. Is it possible? The lock currently has an union barrel. Is it possible to get a double keyed barrel to fit this? If not is there another type of external or complete lock I could retro fit to give me external key entry...

Hi all, Recently brought a set of purdy brushes and they have been excellent with water based stuff. Now it's time to paint some door frames and skirting with oil based satinwood and I'm not sure if to try one of the spare synthetic purdy brushes I already have. What do you guy's think...

Hi all, I've just had a rewire and some of our sockets moved. The old sockets plastered and I I'm not sure how long I should wait until painting them. Am I looking at days or weeks? Thanks

Hi all, In my past house I've had good results using easi-fill after removing wallpaper when I wanted to just paint the walls. Now my problem this time is in our new place I've removed the wallpaper in the living room but the walls are now a mixture of old paint, plaster board and a little...

Hi all, We have a hotpoint wma37 which stopping spinning. We changed the brushed and run it once on spin and it was fine. We then reinstalled it back in the house and when we run it there was a flash and bang from behind the dial and now we have the door lock light flashing problem...

Hi all, I'm going away for a couple of weeks soon and with the weather being cold this time of year I'm going to leave the central heating on low when I'm away. Now what I want to know is if I can also turn of the main water supply while leaving the central heating on? My reasoning is that...

Hi all, In the corner of our down stairs we have a box that covers the pipes and goes all the way up the wall. Now the walls are painted in matt emulsion and would prefer to keep the box the same. Is there any thing I can use as an undercoat which could let me use matt emulsion...

Hi all, I'm looking to pain my skirting and doors which currently have oil based gloss on them. Now if I want to use a water based satinwood do I need to use an undercoat after sanding or can I just sand and go right on with the water based satinwood? And if I need an undercoat should it be...

Hi all, I'm about to put down some laminate in the hall way but have a problem. In hall way we have 1 step which drops the floor level. How do I go about covering the step part with laminate. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, probbly a very silly question but we have a very old glow worm space saver 30 mkII boiler and have always wondered what kind of boiler we have and how the system works. We have 2 switches 1 for central heating and 1 for water. We also have a immersion heater with a seperate...

Hi all, I would like to know if I can buy and replace the same hinges already fitted so I don't have to do any drilling. Pictures are below. All the pictures are of the same hinge.

Hi all, I have a hole which is outside in the corner of the patio and has come though inside and rotted part the skirting board. what I want to know is what would be best for me to use to fill and repair the hole. Here are picture to show what I mean Also on another...

I have put up another post in case people miss this in my other post. Following on from here //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=127021 I have been thinking about the type / types of paint to use after using easi-fill Once I've managed to the easi-fill and then sand down the...