Recent content by Kaydee

Very technical guys! Eeeek! Could someone tell me what an SDS drill is and how it differs from just an ordinary one like mine please? Mine's just a cheapie from B & Q, which replaced the Black and Decker my Hubby burnt out trying to drill a hole in the wall whilst the thing was in reverse! lol...

Thanks Deluks - Doh! H99! - yep you were right, it is HSS - thanks so much for your help. Kaydee x

Thanks Guys. Unfortuntely, just like my Hubby, my Dad was no good at DIY either. Hence having no good teacher I'm shooting in the dark here. Instead of a drill maybe I should have a light-sabre? My house was built about 1900. Stone to the front, very hard non-porous bricks to the back with...

My hubby should come on this site! I encourage, persuade and attempt to exercise all my feminine wiles, all to no avail. He is simply not interested. Hence, I end up with the DIY jobs! Can someone please recommend a good website which could take me through the simple steps of drilling...

Our brand new kitchen was installed two weeks ago. The chemical smell inside the cupboards is just awful. The odour even permeates into our food and we can taste it when eating. I've been in touch with the company who supplied it and they said "open the cupboard doors" and "cut an onion in...

Dear Diyisfun, Alpcon and Masona, I couldnt leave without a note of thanks to you for your replies. Just to confirm: Firstly we have enquired at our local planning office (my hubby actually works for the council, so we obviously had the best advice, thank goodness!). We are advised...

Nige F - wonderful! You hit the nail on the head - I looked up 'Parapet Guttering' on Google Images - loads of pics! Now I can imagine what it will look like. Thank you!

Thanks for your replies. The drawings show the building line so that the outer skin of the extension wall will replace the inner skin of the party wall. Bringing down the party wall will mean our neighbour gains a brick width of extra garden space. Potentially the gutter will overhang on his...

We're about to have a new kitchen extension built. The roof will pitch downwards towards the party wall which will form part of the extension. Fixing guttering in the usual way will mean it will overhang on our neighbours property and we'd rather not get into that. Any ideas please?