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Hi. This is for decking boards. The owner likes the way it has weathered - after being jet-washed, it's now a light fawn colour. They know it needs protecting, but would like the coating to be as finish-unchanging as possible. What do folk suggest? Ta.

I have just moved house andd have loads of painting to do. I have 5 room doors on my landing plus 3 floor to ceiling cupboards which are all white but need painting. The doors are the bog standard doors with 6 panel sections, they are white now and dont look as if they have ever been painted but need a fresh coat. The…

Hello, On Sunday evening we had a severe thunderstorm and unbelievable torrential rain. When we went into the kitchen water was dripping out from under the Logic C35 combi-boiler, which was worrying enough, but luckily we had a bowl underneath as we store DIY stuff there. Anyway, we turned the power off immediately. It…

I am making three rooms into one. They have different levels and types of floor. two have floorboards. One of the floorboards has cork tiles. The third room has a concrete floor. I want one of the areas tiles (that is where the kitchen is). The other two will be wood. all slightly different levels. how do you level it?…

I have 2 spotlights, Halogen with transformers MR16 lamps, I want to change to LED. Can I get GU10 lamp holders and just take the Halogen transformer out and replace the lamp holder and wire , there is a small junction box with the Halogen wire coming out. Or is it better to get LED transformers to replace the halogens ?

Hi all I tried to do a good deed for a mate in work and have made myself look silly. He was doing a soldering job so he bought one from screwfix for less than £20. He said it wouldn’t melt the solder on a high bay led light board and asked me to get him a more powerful soldering iron from Amazon. Me being me I just ordered…

Any plumbers on here? I have an old cottage with water downstairs to the shower room/toilet and to the kitchen on the other side of the property. Nothing upstairs.and no sign of internal pipework. I also share the water supply with the adjoining house. The water supply comes from the external stoptap in the road, up her…

We have bought a cottage with engineered wood flooring in the dining room and kitchen. It is in need of some tlc. Advice on what product to use to give it a bit of a shine and protection. The scratches that are present, will any product just mask those or get rid of. Thanks

We are planning some long overdue improvements to our house, ie. decorating and changing floor coverings. I had assumed it was better to paint skirting boards first, and then rip up the carpet, but then I wondered if the skirting boards might be chipped by workers laying carpet or board flooring. I would be glad of some…

Hello We are in the process of getting a loft extension and had our initial drawings back from the architect. They've shown that the only way to get a 2m height for a new loft bedroom is to lower the ceiling on the first floor, or potentially raise the roof ridge height which then becomes a high risk planning application.…

New extension. Basically a 6 x 6m room with 6m square cut out for utility and WC. Family of 4, two teenagers. Below drawings are to scale but the furniture I have pasted on top of drawing 1 not to scale. The furniture arrangement would be the same for both - just the peninsula or island is the decision here. Because the…

Hello, I am playing with the idea of sanding my floorboards in the kitchen area. Thinking of the pros and cons of the operation, possibly have to change 1/2 boards? Do I have to seal gaps in the boards also the floorboards themselves, should I use sealant to fill the gaps. Below floorboards preparation, should I insulate,…

At first I thought the issue might lie with the mortar and the slight crack at the top, but could water be getting under the flashing, if that is what it's called. I have noticed water dripping on the inside wall; last night there was a heavy downpour. I do have a tin of thick black sealer.

There are only 2 of us so it gets flushed maybe 8 times a day. The cheapest option, blue blocks in the cistern, dissolve very quickly. The ones that hang over the rim "does up to 300 flushes" not a chance, they don't, they last about 10 days. Bleach is cheap and works well but you have to remember to pour some in…

Looking at either a Saniflo + or Sanicom 1 for use in a cellar to pump water from washing machine and dehumidifier. Lift wise Saniflo + would be close to capacity but is slightly cheaper. Does anyone have experience of either of these two pumps or an alternative?

This archway is probably 10 -15 years old and in more recent times had clematis growing over it. We have cut the clematis back and I was going to take the opportunity to give it a coat of paint. It has revealed a crack, which I dont mind painting over, but I dont really want it to get worse and failing. There is no…

Every summer for the past few years I have had a problem with house flies in my flat. I keep all the windows and doors closed, keep everything spotlessly clean, take out the rubbish every day, and still they seem to appear, about one or two a day. These are definitely house flies and not drain flies or any other kind.…

I became a YourRepair customer last year, and had my first annual service this week. He was here 20 minutes and said everything was fine. Shortly after the engineer left we noticed that the boiler was making a constant buzzing noise, which it wasn't before: https://youtube.com/shorts/GrlCQSHeGQ4 I logged a service request…

I was wondering if anyone could help me please. My husband's elderly parents made contact with a local builder to construct a concrete step (eventually to be tiled) to enable them to enter their property safely. Yesterday the builder arrived and constructed a wooden framework which was then filled with concrete. Six hours…

Can anyone clear this up for me? We had ceiling insulation installed below the polycarbonate roof of our conservatory 4 years ago. We did not get this signed off by Building Control as it was not raised and we didn't know it was necessary. Now we are selling our house and the buyer's survey says we have changed the roof so…