A complete, step by step, guide to fitting standard architrave around an internal door in a stud wall. Fitting architrave around a doorway properly is not the most difficult of DIY job, but it important to the finished look of any internal doorway. Architrave not only hides the joint between the door lining and the wall, but it also makes the doorway look complete.

A guide to fixing a loose baluster in a wooden staircase. The Balusters on a wooden staircase are fixed in one of two ways: either with a nail driven through the baluster into the handrail at an angle, or they sit in a groove on the bottom of the handrail with fillets of wood between each one to hold them in position.

A complete DIY guide to lifting floorboards for replacement, or to access the cavity beneath. Several DIY jobs might require you to lift one or more floorboards. You might need to reach a pipe or cable beneath the floorboard or you might just need to replace a warped or damaged board. In older houses the floorboards will be straight edged and lifting them is no problem. Simply insert a chisel into the gap at one end of the floorboard and prise the board gently up until you can insert a claw hammer into the gap.

A complete DIY guide to fitting classical-style architrave around a doorway or opening. Classical-style architrave consists of fluted upright sections which butt up to decorative blocks at the top and skirting blocks at the bottom of the door. This style makes the fitting of classical architrave easier than fitting standard architrave as you do not need to mess around with mitred corners.

A DIY guide to making a footlifter, to help when fixing plasterboards to a stud frame. Plasterboard is awkward stuff to deal with, especially if you are working alone. It is heavy and cumbersome and even holding it in place against the studwork is tricky at times. One of the ways to lessen this problem is to make yourself a simple tool called a Footlifter or Rocking Wedge.