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I’ve discovered....Wait for itsorey. I’ve discovered Eurovision Let me defend myself please? The women are HOT The tunes are spot on. I never knew it was this good . Nowt like when Abba did it And countries like Ukraine & Moldova have done consistently great over the years. Also the women...

Sony 4K Ultra led tv, KD-55XF8796BU. It looks like the mid, bottom area of screen has had a knock maybe Or more like pressure than a knock at bottom of screen, as there’s zero damage on screen to 100% be certain. The lines etc are all located bottom central, flowing to the right of screen. What...

Concrete coming , Let’s see ?

The outhouse is block built with I beams supported across roof span. Between beams are blocks again . Just like a house foundation .. Then dpm sheet over the blocks & 8mm mesh supported on 40mm stand off blocks. So we’d like to know about the weight of concrete and load acceptable to finish the...

A relatives house I’m helping with kitchen remodel , we kept hearing water dripping down the outside downpipe. When I looked it wasn’t runoff from the roof but the condensate pipe was discharging a substantial amount of water then it would stop , then start again. I don’t know how long it runs...

Has any had experience with this gun? What...if any benefkts will i get if i use lime based mortar? Or lime & cement,? Or should i use cement & yellow sand? Around here we also have Darlingtin soft sand. Its browner colour & drys nice. But a friend said he noticed the joint ckukd be rubbed with...

Fitting a 1800 tall decrotive rad & it didnt have stickers on it to show the Fmow return back front and qll that crap. So i fitted it & guess what? Yep...No flow, no heat ,just a crap fest. So i had to remove rad & just my look , a new solid wood floor was fitted & Custard was watching my every...

I'm replacing 2.bell boxes. The existing boxes have connector blocks with no markings. Although I realise it's not hard for you guys to identify the wires. The complications for me is there are 4 panels , 2 bell boxes out the front & 1 out the back of house. I'm just not sure about the links &...

The small gap filler for facia boards and plastics. What is best to use, to get a clean finish? Its a completely differant consultancy to silicone. And it seeps/sinks into small joints/cracks. But any overspill.....what's best to clean plastics with? Without making a mess of the job? Solvent...

Has anyone covered 40mm worktops.in a vynal wrap ? The corners ,I've said to get 40mm end caps . As I'm guessing cutting corners will be hard and won't stand test of time. Also there's a bellfast Sink ,so it has 3 worktop edges within the sink area to cover. Once again I said I will square off...

I've been siliconing for many years. And when it comes to removing the old silicone to make good a shower enclosure etc, I've never found anything better than hard graft & many hours. But I was told that Brake Cleaner actually brakes the silicone down, which then can be easily removed with zero...

CalChem vs x800? Whats peoples thoughts? Potterton combi, hasnt been looked after & theres signs of corrosion & crud on most internal parts. Also boiler is cycling on/of f due to overheating. Most probally down to restiction in pipes. If c/h thermister wires are removed & connected to a...

What's people's.take on cleaner? I've really only used the "Trade Save" brands. Apart from when I worked at BG and it was X100,X200 etc Is there any preference in brands? I want to clean a Potterton Primed combi. Previously I would have sorted issues out by cleaning specific part or...

Two chimneys in house arn't built the same. Both builders openings are within MI's, but 1 chimney has larger opening area inside the builders opening. Im concerned when the fitter installs DFEF fire, the products wont immediately go. So i need to brick up sides, but as i get higher , just...

Does anyone know of a additive to stop salts permiating through dab? DRYZONE sell a damp system but wot about a diy approach

I've went in circles regarding approach to solving damp internal brick walls. Should'nt it be simple? But there's conflicting answers on every site. People saying, there is'nt such a thing as rising damp? That cement mortar screed is wrong? Then next post online will say, Cement render is...

2 Windows were installed. Strongly numbered out and secured. Flashing correctly installed Tiles.cut back to edge of VELUX. And finally a membrane fitted ,protruding at least 2foot in all directions. So water is getting inside and dripping from.very top of VELUX. On the horizontal top frame...

I've had a while now, but hesitate to use it, as I'm uncertain of accuracy. Checking C/h flow/ret temps, I was very unsure from the range of temps I got. And the temps didn't sit well with me. I had no other thermometer to do a comparison, so I'm left non the wiser. But I just had a feeling the...

What is best to buy? Web sites say conflicting things. Like Velux has poor light efficienvcy? As low as 5%?? That sounds crazy? Also it looks like Rigid is better than flexable? And Flat or Domed termination? Which is best? Also i just seen that Wicks sell a few sun tunnels also. Has...

What flashing is needed.for a pitched tiles.roof? Looks like double Roman or similar. Tile 16length x 13 width Universsl type - 6 to 120mm Tile type - 16 to 50mm What's that measurement?