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I need to put up 3 curtain brackets (Left, Right, Centre) above a floor to ceiling new build window. Unfortunately previous owner drilled pretty big holes using Redidrive screws. The holes must have widened over time and I also want to use different brackets. The existing holes are about 8mm...

Hi all, and thanks in advance for your help. We had some damp coming in that blistered and discoloured the paint work on our internal walls. The issue has been solved and now I need to redecorate the internal walls. Few things I've noticed and direct questions on: - I could just keep peeling...

Whenever I've been faced with a deep gap or a hole, or exposed brickwork from crumbled plaster I've generally used either expanding foam/mortar/bonding coat to fill up to about the level of the wall and then used a light filler to level with the rest of the wall. I'd previously been under the...

Im a bit concerned about applying bonding directly over a steel lintel holding up an RSJ in regard to cracking... Is there a trick to it or some mesh or a product that is good for these sort of scenarios where movement between 2 different substrates? Really trying to minimize cracking in the...

Hi all I had a burst pipe in the utility last year which resulted in me taking a kitchen cupboard off the wall to access the pipe. The wall was a wet and it left a big hole where the fixing was for the kitchen cupboard. There is now a big hole in the plasterboard which I now need to fill so I...

Hi all, hoping for some help/guidance on this one. I've got a UFH system downstairs that had to have the blending valve replaced. It was a fairly bad leak so Im assuming the system will need topping up/bleeding but the plumber that replaced the valve didn't do it. Obviously google search...

How would people suggest I cover up the architrave in the photo below? I dont want to see it all, I'd like a totally flush door. Any special filler or will it just crack? Thanks

So I have a stringer that was all cracked and had a huge smear of dirty cailk down it. I cleared the caulk off and scraped out the gap, and filled the void with expanding foam so the plasterboard isn’t flexing any more. I was going to easifill the gap and then paint the stringer, but I’m not...

My heat and hot water have stopped working at my new apartment. My boiler is showing the F.22 error and I understand that means I need to refill it with water but when I search how to do that I only find results about turning valves, which my boiler doesn't seem to have. Any help would be...

i have a large beam that cuts through the corner of a room and there was some loose filler between the plasterboard and the beam which i raked out, now there a few large gaps down the side of the beam, almost 10mm wide that go up into the loft. Whats the best way to fill this gap?

Hi - I'm renovating my Victorian terrace and have some original coving I am attempting to restore. I've managed to remove the majority / all of the paint but there seems to be small scratches and dents throughout (see pictures attached). Is there any easy way I can smooth these out to get a good...

Hi everyone, We inherited a very large and deep hole in the garden. It is about 15 meters x 15 meters and about 1.5 meter deep. It was probably dug out with the intention of creating a large pond but just left there. We would like to fill it up so the final thing is a levelled garden, but would...

Recently moved into a 1930s home and started prepping the bedroom for decorating last week. After removing an old fitted wardrobe, we were left with a half painted wall edged in silicone. On removing the silicone, sections of the paint came with it, so we decided to strip it entirely. The old...

I've demolished our old garage which has an inspection pit. The bottom is below the water line and in wet weather a pool of water forms. I want to fill it with the blocks from the garage and then pour cement to the top six inches so it's level with the floor. I have three questions: 1) Do I...

I previously posted that I thought I was getting water hammer when the header tank in the loft was being filled. I suggested I replaced the float in the tank but the problem did not go away. A plumber suggested that I install a shock arrestor which I did to the pipe which feeds the tank...

Good afternoon all, I removed the horrid upvc trim from around my windows to reveal these beautiful gaps.... I was going to install thinner wood trim as the trim that was put there was excessive, but I would prefer to have a flat surface rather that trim at all. Is it possible to fill with...

Water appears to be getting into our house causing a stain on the joining wall of our semi detached house. The wall is never wet or damp to the touch, but the stain has been gradually working it's way down the wall becoming more noticeable. Inside - you'll see the stain on the joining property...

We had painted our walls with valspar sheen paint and looking to re paint. There are a couple of areas that if you want can pick at the paint edge and peel chunks off. There are areas about 12icnhs where this has happened. However if we sand back the edge it still showing through the paint...

Hello I have a hole in the wall from an old power socket which I would like to fill in and then skim with plaster. What's the best way to fill the hole which gives the plaster layer something good to adhere to? Thanks for your advice

Hi! I have had a little patch, about the size of a large coin on my exterior kitchen wall, then keeps pushing outwards/cracking/splitting. If I repair it with filler, it’s fine for about a month, then gradually happens again. Any ideas? Photos attached.