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  • Advice on painting over bright colours

    I'm going to be painting over an intensely bright orange coloured wall and want to change it to a duck egg colour. What recommendations can you give to go about doing this? (primers/coats/wall prep/etc)

    Asked by Dean on 5th Dec 2019
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    Priming a wall for tiling

    My partner is planning to prime the plaster wall with PVA before tiling. I think he should use a proper primer but he says it's a waste of money as we already have some PVA in the house. Who's right?

    Asked by Karen on 13th Nov 2022
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    Joining Oak Beams

    I am building a lean-to car port and have installed the 3 uprights in 100mm x 100mm x 3m in oak. I was planning to build the roof structure in softwood using 75mm x 50mm with a 5m long cross member on the top of the oak uprights. Due to an ordering error I have 2 extra 100mm x 100mm x 3m oak pieces. How could I connect these on the top of the uprights, I was planning to use 150mm timber lock through the soft wood cross member but if using the oak would have to abut the 2 ends of the oak beams on top of the centre upright. Is there a special bracket/connector for the centre column? Thanks in advance for your comments. Andrew

    Asked by Andrew on 27th Aug 2024
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    Damaged roof under solar panels

    We had solar panels put on our roof a year ago. The installers have cracked tiles and subsequently we have a leak. The roof hooks have damaged the tiles and we’ve seen they tried to fix them with silicone. The company has ceased trading, have changed the name but there is no way we can contact them. We realise we have been customers of a rogue company. We have tried really hard to contact a solar company who may do a lift and fix for us with no success. Does anyone know what we can do. Thank you. Sue

    Asked by Susan on 28th Sep 2026
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    Door frame and door

    How much would it be to replace a door and the architrave around it, providing I buy the materials.

    Asked by Warren on 9th Sep 2020
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    Wall panelling tradesperson

    I want the bottom section of my hall, stairs and landing panelling with MDF but unsure what’s tradesperson does it - painter/decorator, joiner etc?

    Asked by Joanne on 5th Jan 2022
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    Suitable shed base on a slope

    Hi, I need some help with a shed build. My garden is sloped. The garden is approx 9/10m long and I would estimate the drop off at the rear of the garden to be about 2ft. I was thinking of putting the shed here at the bottom of the garden, would it be suitable, if yes , which type of base would be best suited?Thanks

    Asked by Darren on 8th Jan 2026
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    Frozen condensation pipes

    What can lead to a frozen condensate pipe? How can I fix this issue?

    Asked by Cheryl on 19th Feb 2021
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    How much to remove and make good a fireplace

    I would like an idea of price to remove a decorative fireplace and make good the wall to potentially mount a tv in place

    Asked by Marc on 24th Oct 2023
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    Which job first ?

    My bedroom has no door frame at the moment and 2 walls need plastered they are down to the brick /masonry Do I get a joiner in first for the new doorframe/architrave or get the plaster work done first ? Thanks

    Asked by Ayesha on 8th Mar 2021
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