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Best paint for interior doors?
Painting & Decorating  •  2127 views  •  9 answers

Hi there Wondering if anyone can recommend best type and brand of paint for interior doors? The current doors are modern wooden fire doors - flat no panelling. Would you recommend sanding this first? Thanks

Replacing Flat Felt Roof
Roofing  •  2121 views  •  24 answers

Hi, We have a leak coming through to our living room ceiling from the flat roof/terrace above. The terrace is currently covered with felt and water pools. We have had a number of trades come around to quote to resurface the terrace, most have said they wouldn't replace it with …

Can I use washing machine with a broken sink waste pipe?
Plumbing  •  2103 views  •  4 answers

The kitchen sink waste pipe has broken away from the sink, at the sinkhole. under the sink. Having cleaned up one flood, would I be able to use my washing machine whilst waiting for a plumber?

Best self levelling door paint?
Painting & Decorating  •  2100 views  •  6 answers

Which satin paint brand (self levelling) is the best to paint doors and skirting boards?

Landscaper or Bricklayer? Quote?
Bricklaying & Repointing  •  2084 views  •  9 answers

I have a 10m long 2m tall brick wall that is need of tearing down and rebuilding. Normally I would look for a bricklayer but the wall is being pulled down by masses (8ft thick) of 10+ year old ivy so I need someone to clear that too. This will …

Used gloss paint instead of undercoat - how to rectify?
Painting & Decorating  •  2073 views  •  7 answers

just fitted a new pine door and instead of using an undercoat a gloss coat was used. How do you rectify the mess?

rough cost of a custom wardrobe
Carpentry & Joinery  •  2063 views  •  8 answers

want to be able to fit everything in and have a full length mirror on the outside but have a small budget. would need designing as well. dimensions(roughly): 2m high and 4m length

Cost of fitting a chimney cowl?
Roofing  •  2030 views  •  1 answer

What should I expect to have to pay to fit a chimney cowl? We have never had an issue in 20 years in this house, but the last week we had a trapped bird, which was not so nice.

Painting Artex walls?
Painting & Decorating  •  2027 views  •  6 answers

Can you paint Metallic silver lustre paint on top of Artex?

Bath mixer tap
Bathroom Fitting  •  2020 views  •  0 answers

Hi my bath shower mixer tap it only works on shower but when I turn to get water out the tap it's self the water don't come out what can I do

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