#upvc repairs

We’ve all experienced it: you come home after a long shift, lift your uPVC front door handle to lock up, and it feels incredibly stiff or makes a worrying clicking noise.

Most people ignore this warning sign until the worst-case scenario happens—the internal gearbox mechanism strips entirely, leaving you locked out in the cold on a rainy evening.

If your keys are stuck, your lock is sticking, or you’ve had a key snap clean off inside the cylinder, City Locksmiths Monmouth Services is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to sort it out across Pontypool and the local region.

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There are never any guarantees that things won’t go wrong in or around the house or the office where we work. Repairs to broken windows, leaking pipes and ceilings often need our attention.

The same is true for tiles as most of us have them on walls in the kitchen and the bathroom, or on our floors inside the home and often around the swimming pool, for instance. Things go wrong in bathrooms too: taps leak or break, mirrors get scratched, so do the bath, the shower tray. Looking at, for example, the shower tray with a crack in it, or a worn out patch is an example of those household issues and maintenance we always have to be aware of and keep our eyes open for.  

If we do not act quickly, this could lead to other serious problems such as, for instance, leaks. These leaks can lead to other unwanted situations such as permanently growing mould, it could lead to damage to walls and the foundation underneath the shower area. The same is true for a cracked bath or basin or sink. In fact any hard surface where water is often present may be at risk of greater damage than simply the crack or hole – even a small one – in it as water seepage leads to other serious issues.

The shower tray, for example, needs to be looked after and any repairs carried out the moment you realise you are dealing with a potential disaster, because that is exactly what you may have on your hands if you do not act swiftly. Start by cleaning the affected area properly so you can establish what the problem is and allow it enough time to dry out as repairs are not effective when the area is damp or not dried out.

If the crack is not all too serious and will not require a replacement job then you simply make sure you get the necessary materials to fill the crack or holes with, such as a repair kit you buy at the home store. This should include a filler, an epoxy putty, stabilizing foam, that go into the crack or hole; you allow it to set and add whatever brightener or polish is included in the pack. Of course care has to be taken that you follow all the appropriate steps from the manufacturer to ensure you do a proper job, a job that is guaranteed to make the repairs last  so that you do not, at a later stage, have to repeat the process.

Prepare the filler as per the instructions and apply immediately to the hole or crack. Once you feel the filler has been applied well you will let the area dry or set overnight. When it has set you will take sandpaper to smooth out the area and to remove any build-up of the filler. Afterwards you will use a polish to make the area shine and look great again then allow the shower to settle by not using it for at least 24 hours.

This is a typical DIY job which, for some, is a challenge they are happy to take on as they actually enjoy such tasks and they may be practical to begin with as they may have been exposed to this kind of repair work in the past. However, this is certainly not meant for everyone.

Firstly, you do not want to take on a job and find you are left with a shoddy result, or a shower tray that will soon leak again. Also, finding the appropriate resins, fillers and tools may not be everyone’s idea of getting ready for a job that may be best left to the professionals.

Most would probably prefer to call in the services of a well-known repairs or maintenance company that can take care of this – and other repairs in your home – quickly.

Almost every homeowner, apartment owner, tenant, manager of commercial premises such as hotels or guesthouses understand that things break, and if they do not necessarily break, they get damaged.  

Think, for example, of the frustrations we have to deal with when we notice scratches and other ugly spots on those surfaces that we look at every day, such as our windows, our bath tub, sinks in our home – or floor tiles, or wall tiles. Tiles, no matter what tiles they are, can get damaged: they get scratched by shoes and other objects, bits at corners may break off, cracks can develop anywhere. So what does one do?

Of course you may try a replacement, but that causes its own frustrations as you may not find the exact tile you are looking for. It may be an older type or style, or in a colour that may be hard to find. The next solution may be to remove all the tiles in the area and retile everything, but that could be a very costly process. So you start thinking of repairs to sort it all out. Of course it would depend on the exact problem you are faced with.

If you are dealing with a large area of brittle tiles, tiles with huge holes and missing bits and pieces, tiles that are truly past their time, you may have to be creative about how you want to fix the problem if replacing is not an option. However, for other issues that could be more easily fixed there will always be an answer.

Various DIY methods prompt owners and tenants to look for an acceptable way out of the problem, for a so-called quick fix. Many of these rely on quick, easy methods to make the immediate problem go away, even if it is only a temporary solution. For example, wherever you see really small chips in a tile you may use, say, a small amount of nail polish in the colour of the affected area of the tile: simply drop a bit of the nail polish onto the tile and dab it till dry. This could work for tiny chips.

For bigger chips you may want to try filling the hole (if it is relatively small) with a ceramic filler that you buy at the local DIY store and try to blend colours until you have the right mix. Afterwards you sand it till smooth and use a lacquer to protect the area.

Another tip, in the case of cracks in a tile would be to apply a silicon caulk to fill in the damaged area then paint over it so it blends in with the rest of the tiles. Using caulk, incidentally, is also a good way to fill other gaps that may appear in brick work, cement or other wall surfaces. How you finish it though will make all the difference to how it looks in future.

When tiles are loose you would try to very carefully remove them with a chisel or putty knife then clean off the old adhesive and reapply adhesive for the tile to go back into position. All of the above are mere tips to give an idea of what one could do in the short term. Not all of these methods will make the real problem go away forever.

And even though the quick fix may be, in the short term, your answer, it may not be good in the long term - it may not be the answer you were looking for. So, for most the best solution would be to get in touch with a good, recommended repair service in the area where you find yourself.

These companies are often the ones to speak to as they do this all the time and assist customers quickly, and often at a fair price. This is true for all those smaller breakages or damaged areas on most hard surfaces in your home or other areas. Best is to speak to a well-trained person to advise you.