repair

Moved into a property with fairly old upvc doors. The front door has a glass panel insert in the top half of the door, horizontally centered about 2/3 width of door. I've noticed the glass can be moved from both sides and seems the seals and fascias have come away to some extent probably due to...

Hi I need to repair a pretty large hole in the old plaster (see picture). I have removed all loose plaster down to the masonry and need some advice on what type of plaster to use to fill the hole. The hole is about 1m by 40cm by 1.5cm deep. I am new to plastering. Should I apply a browning...

Hi We've recently fitted a "Y" branch joint to the SWA cable that feeds our garage to run some power to another out building, however we're now experiencing tripping of the RCCB on out circuit board which can only be cured by the garage MCB being turned off. Having had a search on here one...

I've recently been renovating my house, starting in the spare room! Had to remove the plaster from the walls as it was cracked and slightly damp! When I was taking the beading off around the corner of the window frame a large corner of cinder block came with it....I was just wondering how I...

Here's vaguely how my wall should look: Broken wall by edwardian1913 posted 11 Jan 2016 at 10:17 PM But it's all broken! :cry: Broken wall by edwardian1913 posted 11 Jan 2016 at 10:17 PM I have replaced rotted fence posts before, so I am comfortable with preparing a new wooden post of the...

Hi all, I'm looking at buying a house with a diagonal crack, ~1/4" up the external wall of the passageway between the 2 terraces. The surveyor thought it was historic so shouldn't be an issue for mortgage. But I do want to tidy it up for resaleability, and before that get the leak fixed...