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Is it cheaper to replace the timber, get the damaged panes replaced, and fix the gap between the window (2nd/3rd photo), or just replace the whole lot with upvc double glazing? I don't know how much it'll cost to repair the damage, and if the repair will hold at all. Any advice?

Over the last few years, I've been getting ill more than usual. I've often felt that it's down to my home environment (it's a small 2nd floor flat in a converted house). Stupidly, a few years ago, I had the back room window closed all through winter and experienced damp walls and mould - since then, I keep it open all the…

Help to fit a wooden floor Years ago I ascertained some hard wood flooring from my company, it was originally laid in 1973. I carefully removed the flooring also keeping some of the clasp nails. Now I intend to fit the flooring to my room and find I need more nails, searched online also building suppliers with no joy,…

Hello, Help required rear extension being built, pitched roof similar to my neighbours. My builder has joined the pitched roofs on the boundary using ridge tiles. My neighbour is unhappy with the situation and complained to my builder regards no communication in regards ridge tiled over the boundary of her property,and has…

Hi. (Hopefully updated) Struggling to find a name for this generic inlet valve, so haven't been able to find out how it opens for a new washer - or the washer type. Anyone know if it's prise-off or twist off (and direction)? I really don't want to replace it all as it's at a yoof club, and I'm concerned about liability…

I am going to have to replace my current toilet seat, which has done long service but now has a crack in it! When looking for a replacement seat (I'd like wood, probably oak or dark pine type), what sort of things do I need to bear in mind? The current seat projects quite a long way forward (probably to do with how it was…

Hi everyone, In May 2026 we had a new walk-in shower fitted by Mobility Plus Bathing Group (Premier Care in Bathing) which cost us just over £16,000. We had been looking for a walk in shower for some time due to hubby being a little unsteady and he had fallen once trying to get out of the bath we had. We live in a first…

Hi all, I wonder if anyone has any advice on if this is possible, how much it would cost or if even possible. Me and my partner just moved home and the bathroom was converted from a wet room to a standard bathroom aside from the flooring. The previous tenant had attempted to lay vinyl flooring, but it's outdated and it…

TLDR: We spent £65k for the first stages of a £400-500k extension and renovation project on a builder I will call Paul. However the buildings inspector says that most of his work does not meet the required standards and will need to be taken down and redone. I’m worried that he has also breached the rules on my home…

Hi, the freezer drawers are cracked. It seems from my research (involving AI so beware) that methylene chloride is the best adhesive, being a solvent for polycarbonate but that's not available retail any more. Second best seem to be UV curable glues such as those from Permabond but I'm not sure if they're available retail…

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The kitchen has water underfloor heating. A tiler took up the old tile this morning but left me to cut a channel to feed the cables to their new location, which happens to be by the red item, as he didn't want to risk catching the heating system. I did the work with an old very, very blunt wood chisel and light hammer…

Hi, Our current Candy tumble dryer has given up the ghost. Looking for a replacement with a budget up to £350. The main thing we use the tumble dryer for is bath towels and bedding, everything else dry's on an Airer. With us speed is more important than eco so looking for something that would dry 4 bath towels in under an…

Does anyone know if I can buy these online, or something similar? I only need a handful. Thanks

I have double glazing, but one widow which is side hung would be better if it was top hung. Would this mean changing the entire window, frame and all, or can just the one framed pane be altered? Thanks

Hi I'm just revising how to join the horizontal beams to the vertical ones on my DIY side fence. Three in total on the back. I currently have long cross head screws going through at an angle from above. Problem is they're prone to corrosion and could be difficult to remove anytime. I was wondering if there's any other…

We've got a Smeg dual fuel cooker that was in the house when we bought it. I think it's about 9 years old. I was cooking yesterday, and the circuit it's on tripped off with the main RCD going off for that circuit. We've got 2 main circuits on the consumer unit. After about half an hour working out what the issue was (as we…

Looking to replace laminate with luxury vinyl in kitchen. The floor fitter told me he can disconnect gas cooker and reconnect. I thought I need to get a gas safe engineer to connect and reconnect gas cooker. Any advice pl! Thanks

I have an ancient mixer tap (15-20 years old) with a spray attachment on it. The cold water part has just stopped working. The handle usually moves smoothly when turned; it is now clicking round without producing any water. The hot tap is working fine and I haven't had to switch the stop c*ck off. I will get someone out to…

My toilet handle has sheared off from where the mechanism goes through into the cistern. Luckily the cistern lid comes off and I can continue to flush it by lifting up the end of the piece of plastic which goes from the metal rod (sorry, not familiar with the terminology). I don't think I have the tools or the skills to…