Hi all! A few years ago, I installed a basic loft ladder. The mechanism allows the ladder to he pulled down with a stick. Like most loft ladders, the weight is balanced in such a way that it slider out easily. However, in the summer months the balance goes 'off' (presumably its expanding) and the ladder can unexpectedly tip past the tipping point,...

Finally on trying to sort the outside of a house I’ve just moved into. Has a driveway. The top end has sunken a little bit in addition to the lots of other sunken bits interspaced throughout. The house was rented before I moved in and the driveway was allowed to just rot. I imagine it’s not be touched for circa 10+ years. My plan as silly as it probably...

I am planning to replace the pipes and clean the area. From my limited knowledge, there should be a p trap there to stop the gas/smell from the sewer however, I don't know if that changes when there's a grease trap. I did check if there's any installation manual for the grease trap and it looks like the picture above without the 2 90 degree corners....

Hi there I need to repaint the walls of my house. They are very textured so I don’t want to just paint over what is there currently. What do I need to do to remove the bumps and texture and prepare the wall for a smooth paint job? submitted by /u/officiallygood [link] [comments]

I have a large slab of pebblecrete where my old shed was. I was planning on laying a concrete slab over this and beyond to have a larger shed. This was before I found out it is pebblecrete. Can I slab over this and use rebar as i intended? Many thanks submitted by /u/MrKrockbottom [link] [comments]

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