holes

I’ve recently moved house and seen this on the roof. And now it looks like we have a leak which looks suspiciously like it’s coming from here. It wasn’t picked up in the survey, so I’ve no idea what it is. Any ideas why you would intentionally have a hole like this in a roof? the second picture...

Hi thought we'd decorate the downstairs toilet and the previous owner had music note pages all stuck on one wall which initially looked nice & unique. After steaming off the pages and removing a mirror he'd put up using no nails and screws the wall's not looking too good. Where do i...

Should pilots be larger than the root of the screw? Thank you Dain

I need to put a stud wall on an old conc. car port floor that will have a 1200 membrane laid over it. Are a few holes in the membrane considered to be that much of an issue? I see youtube stud wall videos but nothing showing a sole plate being fixed down with a membrane below it? Thanks, Dain

Please can some one help! A while back I had a cooker hood put in by a electrician. This is how my wall was left behind my hob. He said the wall could be tiled over. Since then another electrician has looked at it. (related to a different job.) He said as a blank switch had been attached to the...

We have an unsightly hole in kitchen where cables and pipes come out of (see pic ) it has a musty smell and full of crumbling rubble what’s safest best way to fill it ? Not sure if expanding foam can be used for wires Thanks

When I moved house 2 years ago, I wanted to wire a couple of rooms up with ethernet. One of the rooms was my man cave, which is part of an extension that was done long before I moved. I decided I would need to run the cables through the attic to the man cave, but there was a problem; the brick...

Hello all. I am trying to box in some pipes left by the previous tennant after they moved a radiator. There are some pretty big holes left in the wall, far bigger then I have filled before so unsure how to tackle them. Any tips, I dnt think my normal filler will do the job! Also any tips on...

Since we moved in starlings have always nested under the tiles however this spring they have managed to work their way into the loft. I am on having the tiles refitted by a roofer and the cement reworks so there is no gaps plus install an eaves comb filler. Question is after doing all that will...