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UK Home DIY: Safe, Practical Everyday Fixes
Learn to do common jobs around a UK home safely, from choosing fixings and hanging shelves to sealing a bath, bleeding radiators and fixing a dripping tap. You'll also learn which work UK rules leave to an electrician or Gas Safe engineer, and when to ask your landlord.
Capable · 18 levels · 2 free · Created Oct 2026 · Professionally curated by levelupwith.com
What's inside
- Level 1: Building a Basic UK Home ToolkitFree
Learn which hand tools, power tools and consumables cover most small household jobs, and how to store and look after them. - Level 2: PPE, Ladders and Asbestos AwarenessFree
Learn to choose the right personal protective equipment, use stepladders and ladders safely, and recognise where asbestos may be present in older homes. - Level 3: Finding Pipes and Cables Before You Drill
Learn where pipes and cables are likely to run in UK walls and floors and how to check before drilling or fixing. - Level 4: Wall Types, Wall Plugs and Screws
Learn to tell plasterboard, solid masonry and other common UK wall types apart, then match plugs, fixings and screws to the wall and the load. - Level 5: Hanging Pictures and Mirrors Securely
Learn to measure, mark and fix pictures and mirrors level and secure on different wall types. - Level 6: Putting Up Shelves That Hold
Learn to install bracketed and floating shelves that carry their intended load safely. - Level 7: Filling Holes and Cracks in Walls
Learn to prepare and fill nail holes, old fixing holes, small cracks and larger dents so the repair is invisible once painted. - Level 8: Painting Walls and Ceilings
Learn to prepare a room and apply emulsion to walls and ceilings for an even, professional finish. - Level 9: Painting Woodwork and Wallpaper Basics
Learn to paint skirting boards, doors and frames, and understand in outline how to strip and hang standard wallpaper. - Level 10: Renewing Sealant and Grout
Learn to remove failed silicone and grout around baths, showers and sinks and apply a clean, watertight new seal. - Level 11: Bleeding Radiators and Repressurising a Combi
Learn to release trapped air from radiators and top up a combi boiler's system pressure using the filling loop, following the manufacturer's instructions. - Level 12: Fixing a Dripping Tap
Learn to isolate the water and replace a washer or ceramic cartridge to stop a dripping tap. - Level 13: Fixing a Running Toilet
Learn to diagnose and fix a toilet cistern that keeps filling or flowing into the pan. - Level 14: Unblocking Sinks Without Damaging Pipes
Learn safe, escalating methods for clearing blocked kitchen and bathroom sinks. - Level 15: Draught-Proofing Doors and Windows
Learn to find draughts and fit the right seals, strips and excluders to doors and windows. - Level 16: Fixing Doors and Building Flat-Pack
Learn to cure sticking and squeaking doors and assemble flat-pack furniture square, secure and anchored. - Level 17: Plug Fuses, Light Bulbs and UK Rules
Learn to change a plug fuse and a light bulb safely, and which electrical and gas work UK rules leave to an electrician or a Gas Safe registered engineer. - Level 18: Final Challenge: Rights, Professionals, Review Exam
Use everything from the course to plan and check jobs safely, decide what a tenant should ask a landlord to do, and judge when a professional is needed.
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