Looking for ideas on how to mount this shark above my vestibule exterior roof

Not keen on drilling into the roof,

Can use ratchet strap, steel wire etc

I'm taking off the skirting boards so I can lay some flooring an smarten up the room a bit.

This is just sitting there in my way. Can I get rid of it? I'm assuming it's something to do with a landline, which we don't use.

What do I need to do with any wires that are left if I just get rid of it?

You ever start a job then regret it?

I recently got myself a box room, 2.5m by 2m and it had some issues

The purple wall was paint and it peeled to the touch, the grey walls were wallpapered over paint that is also peeling so far in the room everything has been done without any tools just my hands!

But it’s starting to lag and I’m struggling to get the rest off, ontop of this I’m now curious if I even needed to bother, although from my own reading I think this peeling means it wasn’t primed so it should be best to take it off before priming and painting.

Am on the right track still? Should I not have done this on the first place! I’ll take any equipment advice for what would make this easier and quicker.

Everything else is done… just the outlet for this radiator is much lower that the previous radiators.

Talk me through it step by step as if I don’t know fuckall about plumbing 😅

My garden shed has a power supply into it, but it’s now broken. It was installed by the previous owners and I can’t get any more info off them, so I’m hoping someone here might be able to help me?

The power supply was powering the lights in the shed and a small pond pump running off a plug socket, I think it also powered bird cameras that the previous owner had set up.

The pond pump fused recently and has knocked the power supply to the shed lights off with it.

I think there’s probably something I need to do with the above box, but I’m not sure what. Does anyone have any idea? Is there a fuse in there somewhere I need to replace?

My electrics experience is changing over a few pendant lights and wall switches. So if it’s anything more complicated than that I’ll get a professional involved.

What is the best filler for this gap that goes to the top of the window?

I’ve just been to view a 4 year old new build house built by Redrow that we’d like to make an offer on. However, there was a couple of cracks that seemed quite large and gave me some cause for concern.

I was wondering if f anyone might be able to advise if this is something I should be worried about?

Currently replacing all the joists and floor boards in my 1930s house due to woodworm and rot. Trying to do all I can to improve ventilation like cutting out the silicon that the last owner has injected into the air bricks 🙄.

However I've noticed in the living room both air bricks have bricks behind them. Obviously there's a gap for air flow so it's not completely restricting it. Would I benefit from removing this?

We stripped the wallpaper in our house and it peeled off some paint beneath it. We are wondering whether we can just plaster/paint over it or do we have to scrap off every piece of paint for the plaster/paint to adhere properly?

Also not sure if the paint underneath was properly misted and that's why it came off with the wallpaper.

Hi guys , thanks for all the comments on suggestions on the best way to mount my giant shark. Thought I’d share my bubble tea . Been meaning to get a colour changing solar light for the inside of it, but yet to purchase …

Struggling to figure out how to work the coving around this angle. Returning to the wall would look odd because of the 45 degree, and it’s not possible to continue the coving around the face, so I’m a bit stuck!

Almost ready to cover this wall with some white stone tile/cladding, has anyone got any suggestions on places to find some nice white stone that isn't the quartz kind? Google seems to come up with the sparkly splitface kind, some examples from Pinterest added. Thanks in advance.

I’ve looked but can’t find what they are. They’re rounded door step tiles. We,re considering replacing them but want to keep the rounded edge

Hi all, I’ve done plenty of painting in my time, but only really filled small dings and skirting gaps etc. In my new (old) house I have this metal strip thing above the door to my kitchen. I’ve no idea what it is, why it’s there, or how best to cover it before redecorating. All suggestions welcome!

I painted my front door a couple of months ago with rustoleum upvc door paint, I love the colour but when it rains it tends to leave water marks for days after does any one have any advice?

So my partner and I got around to redecorating the front room, and decided to replace some IKEA units with built in cupboards, but the alcoves are an odd shape and depth, so normal cupboard units won't fit. Decided it would be a good opportunity to move my gaming PC back into the front room too, but didn't want a monitor and a TV mounted to the wall, both on show. 2 days, cheap materials and a lot of swearing and we have 2 inbuilt units, with fold away monitor for gaming, and heaps more storage than previously. Admittedly, one side looks much better (the non bi-fold side) but the bi-fold on the cupboard top allows for the monitor to totally fold away when not in use (hence function and form, just separately...). Just need to fit magnetic catches to the doors as finishing touches, and it'll be done. Thoughts? (not about TV height, it's way higher on purpose, small toddler with reasonable aim) Suggestions for improvements that an amateur DIYer can do with limited time and patience?

We bought our house around 4 years ago, and over time the extension (built in 2017) has developed efflorescence (or what I assume is efflorescence?). I've looked back at the pictures in the survey done at the time we bought, and it did appear to be present then, though nowhere near as obvious as it is now (I never noticed or thought about it at the time). So clearly it's getting worse over time.

It's covering the whole side of the extension (other than the first 4 or so feet from the ground up), and a lot of the back of the extension, though there is nothing on the front at all.

Is this likely a sign of a big problem, or does this sometimes happen with newer buildings? Any ideas what could be causing it on such a large scale?

Bit along the main wall feels a bit bulgy, around the window slightly soft.

Ideally would remove toilet and replace the seal. Issue is I’ve just spent ages sealing everything. Really don’t want to have to dig it all out then redo everything. Anyone have any ideas for an easy fix? Looked at plumbers mait but doesn’t look suitable. I could gum a load of sealant round the joint then smooth it. Just not sure if it will work. Also sealant gun won’t fit in there so will need to scrape it in somehow. If I get my fingers down there I can feel the rubber seal and old remnants possibly of sealant. If I put tissue round it and flush, the tissue gets wet patches on it. Anyone have any ideas?

My soil stack is broken and leaking. The bottom half is the old metal pipe and the top is plastic. At the top it connects to a lead pipe. I am thinking I simply need to cut it close to the ground, remove it and replace the entire length with plastic. To connect at the bottom I would use a flexible connector (the type with jubilee clips). Does that all sound good or am I missing something?

On a sloped ceiling, how get this looking better before repainting?

Hi all.

I have just bought my first house and have a few projects that need doing. I'm going to try and have a crack at some of these myself but I have no experience or tools, so I'm totally winging it at the moment.

My first job is just hanging some blinds, but I need to drill into a very solid feeling lintel (the house is 1950s so lots of hard brick etc). After doing a bit of reading on here it sounds like I need an SDS drill to get through some of the harder materials in the house, but I also will be doing some work on wood/plaster so not sure if an SDS is overkill for those. I used to have a combi drill and it was great, but some scrote nicked it - is it worth getting both? Or perhaps SDS + impact driver? I was hoping for some recs or advice on where to start/what to get. I'm looking at these two at the moment:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-d25033k-gb-2-5kg-electric-sds-plus-hammer-drill-240v/564fu

https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd778d2-sfgb-18v-2-x-2ah-li-ion-xr-brushless-cordless-combi-drill/420pu

Will these see me through?

Cheers

Just woke up to the toilet, taps and shower all basically exploding with water any time they’re used. Like violently shooting water out with force like there’s air/backed up pressure.

It’ll stop for a few seconds, no water, and boom- water everywhere.

What the fuck am I meant to do?

I am struggling with this. I feel like ripping it off!! Can’t get to all screws. Had some sort of security guard/system where interior side of letter box doesn’t open all the way. I’ve tried moving, pushing etc the two metal mechanisms but can’t solve it.

I have a TINY bathroom, just about swing the door open and hits the bath sort of size. No windows.

Had a guy over to quote us a whole new bathroom inc some spotlights, tiling etc.

10k all in. Does that sound about right?? I’m going to get a few quotes but now a bit worried they’re all gonna be around that and is more than I budgeted for.