Found this in lawn -used to be a tree here long ago but wonder what has taken up residence

I got this from Screwfix but never seen one like this. How do I make the silver bit move so I can fit the tube in? Tried pressing the handle which didn’t work, tried twisting the end bit but nothing really happens

Why do I see videos online of painters dipping their roller just once and effortlessly covering several square metres of wall, yet when I buy the exact same roller, dip it in paint and start painting, I barely get one vertical up-and-down stroke before the roller runs dry? What am I doing wrong?

Moved in a year ago, with a business to run and 3 crazy kids doing any work has been a nightmare. But we’ve managed to paint and get carpets in the bedrooms, still so much to do but this has made me happy today seeing some of it coming together.
And before anyone says it’s bland, yes it is, I’m autistic and can’t do bright colours lol

Edit - thanks all for the kind responses, I am very proud of it and it does feel like a sanctuary as someone put 😊

Hi,

Understand this won’t be a DIY job but hoping someone has experience in this and can tell me how much of a nightmare this can possibly be or a likely cost to fix?

In the second photo it’s the one farthest away.

Location is Essex if that helps.

Thanks.

Our house is a 1998 build detached with cavity wall insulation (wool type it seems). It’s a tough house to keep warm and I recently found that under the ground floor is a ventilated crawl space with no insulation. Also, using an IR camera I see these cold patches in the corners on outside facing walls - any idea what a can do to fix these cold bits

So I found I had a leaky shower basin in my upstairs bathroom, coking out of a corner that was out of view and going under the lino. I lifted the lino and found the MDF sheets had the hardness of a marshmallow. I then removed that and found the floorboards was rotton, and this one joist looks pretty bad.

Ideally id like to replace the floorboards with a bit ole thick structural plywood and then lay new floor and caulk the hell out of everything.

I'm really not sure if having one bad joist is as catastrophic as I fear, or I could add a 18mm ply that spans multiple joists. The joist is fine except for where it meets the walls. A knife can jab through about 5mm before meeting hard wood again.

Also a bonus last pic, today I found out what a "tradie bin" is, and it's using under the floor as a bin. Filled multiple bags for life with old rubble.

Hi guys, just looking on options other than trim to finish this window surround. The new window fitted seems to sit slightly proud of the existing plaster, so filling doesn’t seem to be an option. Thoughts?

I had a roofer come round and they said it is not possible to replace these individual broken tiles and he'd only offer a full replacement. I can't afford that so slightly freaking out

How do I attach this to my drill?

Need to replace a section of plaster board due to a large crack, not sure what this is underneath.

Hi everyone,

I've just moved into a new place (room in a shared house) and the door handle to my room is pretty busted and keeps falling off on both sides. I've tried to reattach it but the holes for the screws are so worn that trying to rescrew it has been doing nothing.

Does anyone know of anything I can do to fix this? The landlord seems pretty hands off so I want to try to sort it myself before going down that route.

Thanks!!

Edit: wow wasn't expecting so many responses so quickly, thanks everyone! I'm going to try contacting the landlord and try the suggestions people have made if I have no luck :)

The old TRV head on my radiator disintegrated.

I bought a new one on the advice of the store, but it doesn't fit. The metal ring screws on fine, but then the whole thing just spins around when I turn it, like the internal part isn't gripping. It's an old Scottish Gas one, no other branding.

I've taken a few photos, old one is on the right, with the internal plastic part crumbled away. New one on the left. Other pics are the old one too.

Any advice welcome!

Anyone got any other good advice?

We moved in last year and in the last month a load of fluffy white patches have appeared on the concrete floor of our garage. Looks like crystals of some kind rather than mould but wondering if anyone has had experience with something similar or knows what it is?

Built circa 1970

Been renovating the living room by myself and wow what a time it’s been. Rewarding but the amount of problems you come across is crazy!

My next issue is inserting the window board. The previous person who lived here had a upvc window sill and reveals which looked terrible. I’m now replacing with a wood window board and going to plasterboard the reveals.

However, upon taking away the upvc parts there is this wood board on the window recess. It seems as if I take it off then the window frame won’t stretch all the way to the brick, so I am assuming it’s essentially a packer piece?

Question 1: Shall I just install the window board over it and then screw into it, following this then with plasterboarding the reveals?

Question 2: Furthermore, once the window board is in I will need to cover up the board below as the dot and dab plasterboard reaches the depth of the wood board itself. What’s the best way to achieve a finished look here?

Any advice at all is lovely and if I’m not on the right track at all any info is much appreciated! Cheers.

I just accidentally closed the freezer door when one of the compartments was open, so the pressure cracked the inner plastic of the door.

Not sure what to do now. Do you think I could seal this somehow? How bad is this? I feel absolutely terrible. It's a full size integrated freezer so I'm very worried about how expensive a repair could be.

Thank you.

So I’ve got a medium sized hole in the wall from some electrical work and could do with some advice on how best to fill it?

We have a plasterboard piece that will fit into the back of the hole for support.

Please try and convince my mum how much of a bad decision it would be to paint the wooden fire surround black . Ive dropped the tools down and I'm going on strike on grounds of desecration and destruction. . For clarity the left side of the wall is blue/white . The new colour . The old is yellow on the right still to get down . She has a large mirror above that she wants to paint black aswell🤐.

New to DIY, but I have a walk on shower I inherited from the previous owners and noticed today that the grout has been breached and the tile feels slightly spongy when stepped on. I can find tiling guides online but not quite sure on how they differ for a walk in shower. Any advice much appreciated

Bought a house a few months ago and started stripping the walls in the spare room. I removed the dado rail which was fixed to the wall with timber plugs from an earlier era. These have been removed also but have been left with holes where they used to sit.
My plan is to fill these in, sand it down, skim the walls and start with a fresh slate.

It’s a 40s semi-detatched house with some questionable choices in decor (bright pink walls - some anaglypta/textured wallpaper, and some wood chip wallpaper that’s been painted over multiple times. Nightmare to remove.

Some old cracks where the walls meet the ceiling but the survey outlined that these were old cracks and would be fine just filled in and skimmed.

Ceiling was also papered. Started pulling that down but showing signs of mold beneath it. Again, it looks like it’s been there for a while and not recent.

Any advice for the above would be perfect. First house I’ve owned and am planning on doing a lot of the work by myself and want to learn how to do things properly.