Mrs B has a full length fly screen for a door that opens inward to stop the little bugs flying in during the summer months. During my last visit we determined that the velcro holding the screen in place had lost its adhesion, so Mrs B had got some new velcro, and I in turn arrived with a tube of glue. Conveniently, the screen had been removed this week to allow the windows to be cleaned, so it was a case of doing the DIY on her living room floor.

The challenge was in re-attaching the screen to the externally facing door surround, as pressure needed to be applied from the outside, and there was no way to access the outside once the screen was in place - so I did my best to apply as much pressure as I could on all the velcro strips from inside through the netting (without damaging it), and hoped that would hold.

I asked Mrs B how the screen had originally been attached, but she couldn't remember - we agreed it looked much better and seemed to be holding fine, but that there was a risk of it coming loose if the wind does pick up...