Improving your bathroom: Repairing or replacing tiles
How to replace cracked or broken tiles. It’s cheaper than having to re-tile a whole room.
Read entryReplacing cracked ceramic tiles
How to replace a cracked ceramic wall or floor tile – a straightforward DIY task, if you had the foresight to keep some spare tiles when you originally laid them
Read entryTypes of roof flashing
A look at the commonly used designs of roof flashing: apron flashings, abutments, chimney flashings and valley flashings.
Read entryFitting new plastic guttering
How to fit your replacement uPVC (plastic) guttering, step by step.
Read entryChoosing new guttering
Some of the most important considerations to bear in mind when buying new rainwater goods.
Read entryRemoving cast-iron guttering
How to remove old cast-iron guttering from your eaves. A heavy and sometimes awkward job, so you’ll need help!
Read entryRepairCare
Problems with an out-of-warranty domestic appliance? Why not give RepairCare’s fixed-price repair service a try?
Read entryCovering a fireplace
What to do with the gaping hole in your chimney breast after you’ve taken out an old fireplace.
Read entryRemoving a fireplace
How to take out a fireplace if you want to replace it with a better one, or if you want to free up the extra floor space.
Read entryCuring creaky stairs – working from underneath
If you’re able to get at creaky stairs from underneath, it makes for a much better and more lasting repair.
Read entryCuring creaky stairs
Even if you don’t have access to the staircase from underneath, you can still fix creaky stairs – here’s how.
Read entryRepairing a Rayburn Regent
What can you do when your ageing Rayburn’s firedoor is on its last legs?
Read entryAsbestos – be careful, very very careful
Is it safe to continue using an old Nissen hut-type shed made out of asbestos?
Read entryWalls and cracking
Cracks in walls may reveal shifting foundations – you should get them checked out as soon as you find them.
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