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Hi all, First time posting here so please excuse incompetence. We bought a DEWALT DCD776 to help with our home renovation. It's been through some light to medium work so far and has generally been really good to use. Recently, we have found that inserting screws (any type) has been challenging...

Hi everyone, New to this forum and in desperate need of advice. I had a builder do some damp proofing work for me in my house. I live alone and was starting to panic a wee bit about the damp (it’s an old house) and this builder seemed to really know his stuff. He quoted me 10k for damp proofing...

We have a room with a stone archway and I want to create a partition in the archway with a door to create a separate room. We are using this as a cinema room so need to add some soundproofing. I have thought of a couple of solutions, 1. Hang some sliding doors - these would be big with not a...

The bottom of my radiator has eroded and water keeps coming out and it’s leaking into downstairs, it’s the copper pipe that connects the radiator and goes under the floor boards. Is there any way I can stop the water coming out of it just for tonight until a plumber can come out in the morning

As per attached photos. I have an old staircase which need a bit of modernization. I have seen someone cladding it with solid timber flooring but not sure how works around the bullnose area. How would you do it. Any help and tips is welcomed Tnanks

Hey everyone, Long story short, I got two big patches of plasterboard ripped out either side of the chimney breqst builders opening. I plan to use Thistle base coat (hardwall) into the large patches. After that I plan to apply multifinish coat. Is that okay? Should I also cover the small...

Hello DIYnotters! Got a few questions regarding damp but some useful info beforehand: Property is end terraced, built around 1990, in Swansea, no subsidence/coal mining nearby and lastly - the house has ventilation grills that cover holes drilled through to the exterior of the building in...

Have family members currently putting up a conservatory for me. Last week I noticed the boiler flue inside the conservatory. When I queried it, they told me they were putting attachments on so it comes out of the side.... I have queried 2 gas engineers who haven't been very helpful. Just...

I have air source heat pump (ashp) system, model Yutaki S . Recently I replaced the wired thermostat (a relay one) with a Tado wired thermostat. I turned the ashp system off at the kill switch. Swappef the thermostat, and it wouldn't turn back on. I have check the switch board and the circuit...

Hi all, From the pictures you may be able to see that I had heavily damaged plaster and a damp patch on the right hand side of my wall. After investigation, it was realised that poor guttering had led to water contact with the brick and it had eroded the external brickwork. This was then...

Hi, My cellar, which has always been a little damp seems to have got much worse over the past few months. During some really bad rain I could actually see it seeping through the walls and pooling up on the floor. I've had the guttering cleared as there was some overspill at the time. I was...

0B47DB81-65FF-4B10-B218-2AB63D310B17 by Natalierose30 posted 15 Aug 2021 at 9:08 PM 868C8A9D-326B-40AD-9964-04F9F14E5C20 by Natalierose30 posted 15 Aug 2021 at 9:07 PM Hello, The sash windows on my property have some kind of filler over the foam in the cavity that I’m looking to repair, but I...

Hello, I have an integrated candy dishwasher, CRIN 1L380PB-80. And the P3 light is red and the reset button is red. When I press start the 3 lights on the right hand side flash and it won’t start. Does anyone know what this issue is?

Hello. I'm concerned about my backdoor as we have had some heavy rain in the last day and I noticed a wet patch in the concrete that meets the corner of the door frame. Somehow water is making its way into the house through both edges of the door. I have always had concerns over the...

Hey! We moved into our new house 6 months ago and over the past month we've noticed our bills seem to be really high. Since moving in we've used approx 1116m3 gas. Our electric seems quite high as well but I was expecting that with an electric shower & hob. I'm not sure if there is an issue and...

I have a table saw which has stopped working.smoked once from the relay. Now if I try to restart it. Motor goes very slow if switched kept pressed in otherwise if just pushed motor goes for a second and stops. Can the relay be repaired or need to be replaced? I have attached photos of the...

Ordered a roof rack for my car and it only came with 3/4 of these fixings. Any ideas what they're called so I can order one? Many thanks

Hi, first post here. We bought a home just two weeks before the pandemic kicked off... about 2 months later we noticed the living room floor can wobble. We viewed the house three times and visited for measurements many times after, we didn’t notice the floor shift once! There was nothing in the...

Hey everyone, I'm hoping to get some opinions on what you think may be going on here. This wall was hidden behind a plasterboard frame and it looks like there's been some damage at some point - there's no obvious lintel just the chimney plate (or does that double as a lintel?) I am looking for...

Hi, I have my mains pipe coming into the side of my house. I am going to have the adjacent wall studded out and therefore want to hide the mains pipe behind it and put on a low profile stop tap. My question is that it is approx 10” further along the wall than needed. Is it ok to make a channel...