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I have seen a decorative item I would like to attach to my shed roof but don't know how to. I assume if I screwed it onto the roof, this would cause a leak, due to damaging the felt. I have attached a picture of a similar item.

I’m getting new carpet fitted and want to pain the door thresholds white as currently they’re varnished. I’m going to sand the thresholds but should I also seal them before painting. If so, what’s the best product to use?

We are at the very early stages of looking at having a new bathroom fitted. We have a compact bathroom, shower over the bath, vanity/sink and toilet. Only window is a single velux. We have a low pressured system and combi (oil) boiler. The ceiling is mainly slanted as it goes into roof space. We are considering a wet room…

Looking for some advice - I want to hire a skip but the road I live on is "unadopted" - as it's a new build. My local council want £50 for a skip permit for putting the skip on the "highway" Is an unadopted road still a highway - or is it private land, and therefore as long as I get approval from the builders / management…

Hi all, having had so much incredible advice on the bathroom, I am back to pick brains on the garden! Main isuses with the current setup and new toddler in the house, is the sharp drops, slippy slate and no garden segretaion. Playing with online design tools - we quite like the idea of replacing the slate central area with…

Would love to know if my budget looks to be (roughly) suitable for this level of home renovation as I have no experience in this area. Current floor plan has the back of the house split into three rooms, id like to open this up into something like the other photo (AI so not exactly to scale). This would involve knocking…

Just received a call from a company 'called' Loft Wise based in Birmingham. They started with a cold call asking various questions regarding if we had loft insulation installed by a Goverment scheme and stating it can cause condensation and stating they can arrange a 'free' survey, point is you cannot ask questions as it…

I'm in a bit of a situation. The neighbour at the back removed a metal railing between our gardens without asking us. Our garden is about a foot higher than his; he had large trees that held my soil and rubble in place but he removed the trees last year. It wasn't a problem because there was a foot of land horizontally…

Hi all, I’m considering getting a Harvey’s water softener along with their drinking water filter system, but after reading reviews online I’m a bit undecided. A lot of people seem very happy with the performance and the improvement in water quality, but there are also mixed reviews about the high price and after-sales…

Hello Everyone, I have lived in my own leasehold property since 1994 and I have never experienced so much noise until now and this is awful. In December 2025, the flat above mine was sold to someone. In March this year three adults moved in and it has been a nightmare since with their noise. They don't play music but they…

My nan lives in a private house attached to council neighbours, My nan has received a letter from the Council informing her that the council neighbours have applied for permission to have a front extension coming out 2 metres to make the downstairs living room bigger and various alterations inside the house. The letter…

My daughter has just had a new shower fitted. Involved some pipework and new tray, door and mixer. But somehow the inlets are reversed and the shower doesn't work properly. Plumber is coming to propose solutions and I am wondering what she should insist on. The ideal would I suppose be to remove the new shower tray to…

Hi, would you use builders caulk or pollyfilla (self mix type) on the gap between plasterboard and door lining / architrave? I've got a fuji tool kit for the job. Mant thanks in advance

Hi, looking for some advice on how to handle a bit of damp in our victorian terrace. We noticed it after finally removing wallpaper to paint after 5 years. Its a bit cold and you can see some water marks upto 50cm up walls all round the house. Its not mouldy or anything hence I don't think its bad. We have wall vents and…

I'm replacing an ageing Worcester Greenstar 37CDi and just trying to work out what size and make of model I should get. It's a relatively small, 3 bed semi with one bath and mixer shower (not separate). For heating I think my old boiler is probably a bit overkill but I measured my mains water and it's around 15l per minute…

This in picture has happened to my garage door. Picture is from inside garage. The sort of rod cable on left seems to have snapped off from the thin wire to the right. It will still open and close to a point , say a quarter but is then very resistant and I don't want to force it any further as I don't know what's going on.…

Hey everyone, I'm trying to keep my children from going into my office and ransacking it for various things and then causing havock. I've tried putting things into zipped and clipped bags, then into cupboards with kettlebells in front - alas - they still get in and dig around! So, I need to lock it from the outside (and be…

We have a single garage - a concrete Comptons 21 feet by 7 feet approx. Would it be possible to extend it, width-wise to make it a double size retaining both side walls with a new double door – no idea what the roof would need (its an Apex) – it is fine, length-wise. We have the space and just need the concrete base…

Just took a wide light fitting down with a much narrower one going up. I've been left with marks and holes. I have filled and sanded but of corse this area now stands out a little as its a different texture to the rest of the ceiling. Is there a thicker covering emulsion out there I can use on the whole ceiling to give a…

Hi, I've noticed some of the ridge tiles look misaligned on my roof, should I get this looked at?