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Thanks for all the help so far. Any further advice welcomed. I am going to go off and take a look at the various items you have mentioned in your posts and try to come to a decision as to which I should buy.

I totally agree when it comes to being scammed into buying something that is not fit for the purpose for which it is described. I don't want to buy something, however much or little it should cost, only to then find it won't do what I expected it to, and then have to buy all over again. As to...

I am wanting to buy a memory stick suitable to record television programs and am uncertain as to what I should be looking for. There are a whole host of sticks available, but will they all work properly when recording tv without suffering from data bottlenecks causing choppy playback etc.? I...

Thank you for clearing that one up for me. Yes, as you say, it'll probably be best to just replace like-for-like.

I have a Worcester Greenstar Ri Wall Hung RSF Fired Condensing Regular Boiler with Danfoss FP715Si Programmer. The programmer has become unreliable due to what appears to be a faulty manual hot water button. I need to replace this faulty Danfoss FP715Si Programmer and currently have the...

To further highlight my point as regards how confusing making a choice of set can be for someone with no technical understanding, I found this 40" set: http://www.johnlewis.com/samsung-ue40h5000-led-hd-1080p-tv-40-with-freeview-hd/p1461311 then I found this, which is a 42" version...

I've been doing a spot of Googling for Samsung and Panasonic non-smart 42" full hd with freeview hd. There are so many different retailers to choose from, with each of them often advertising several sets of the same make and screen size, with what appear to be very similar specifications. How...

Thanks for the advice, which is very helpful. As for additional speakers, I already have a home cinema amp, including 4 satellite speakers and a sub woofer which I used to use several years ago and which is currently living in a box somewhere. Also, a currently unused set of Videologik...

Please can anyone help. I am considering purchasing a new tv set and could really use some advice as to what make and model I should choose. I have been looking at 40" and 42" full hd sets with freeview hd, in both smart and non-smart versions. I'm not really sure whether I need the smart...

Thanks for the info. I used Wickes solvent weld pipe a couple of years ago when I needed to add new waste pipes from my kitchen to an outside drain. I reckon that a solvent weld system looks more streamlined and neat compared to the more bulky compression fittings. I now need to add some new...

Can anyone tell me whether Wickes 40mm and 32mm solvent weld pipe and fittings can be mixed with Floplast pipe and fittings purchased from B and Q. Basically, are both systems made of the same material and will the same cement weld them all together. To summarise, is it okay to mix and match...

Well, what do ya know. I found the downward cutting blades for Black and Decker http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-AND-DECKER-A5193-WORKTOP-JIGSAW-BLADES-DOWN-CUT-FOR-HARDWOOD-LAMINATES-ETC-/170859755829?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item27c808f935

Well actually I was searching for downward cutting jigsaw blades on (dare I say it) e--y! Shame on me!! Hey, but joking aside, its possible to find most things advertised for sale on there. The jigsaw I used to cut worksurface many years ago was a Black and Decker (I still have it and it...

Thanks for that. Appreciated.

Hi. Sorry for delay. Went offline soon after posting my message. The wall is made of breezeblock with a pretty old plastered finish. The floor is fairly standard 22mm tongue and groove floorboard. The tiles are bog-standard 150mm x 150mm white Wickes specials, and the shower tray is stone...

I have read that some plasterboard can be directly decorated, but have then read that unless skimmed prior to decoration, all plasterboard regardless of its type will ruin if wallpaper is applied and then later removed. So, which is true?

I need to tile quite a large proportion of my bathroom from scratch, with next-to-no previous knowledge of tiling, save for a single line of about a dozen tiles around a previous bathtub which I struggled to complete about a decade ago. I have read quite a lot about the best ways to go about...

I need to cut out the sink hole in a length of high-gloss finish work surface, or counter-top, and am hoping someone can give me some tips as to the best tool to use to make this a clean and easy job. I have had to do this same job a couple of times over the years, and previously used a...

Seriously, though. I have some serious DIY woes and hope that being a member might help me improve my knowledge.

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