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Hello guys Hoping to get some advice. I want to paint my garden fence an autumn gold colour, however the fence is currently stained Dark oak. Is it possible to get an autumn gold paint that can go over and cover dark oat?

Hi all. I am looking to build a playframe by building a wooden raised platform 1 meter off the ground. I then want to place a playhouse on top of the platform. The playhouse height, into the center of the roof will be about 1.6 meters. So overall, it willbe 2.6 meters high. Would i be allowed to...

Hi all Was hoping to get some advice on garden fence heights. I want to fit a 6ft (1.8 meter) high fence on my left hand side of garden. House is inner city type small house. The issue we have is all the gardens are raised up about 500mm from the floor level of the houses. I believe your...

Hi all Was hoping to get some advice on sound proofing. We are looking to soundproof our bedroom, just one party wall with our neiughbours, as when they speak in normal tones it sounds very loud and clear in our room, and its causing me to wake up whenever their baby cries at night or the...

Hello, i would be greatful for some advice. I purchased a DeWalt drill driver about 3 years ago, 14v. It worked perfectly fine until about 2 months ago when it gradually began losing power. Now even after a full 1 hour charge the batteries only let me drive in 5 or 6 screws until it loses most...

Hi, hoping for some advice. I want to connect an expansion vessel to my sealed central heating system, as expansion vessel on boiler has gone. I will tee into the return pipe near the boiler using a compression tee. What i am unsure about is can i connect the expamsion vessel to this tee...

Hi all Was hoping someone can help me on this. I believe the diverter valve on the boiler is sticking. Its the fertech 31c. The heating will work but stay on, even when the room stat is not calling for heat. But i wont get hot water whilst the heating is on. But when the heating is off...

Ferroli boiler is rattling. Two years old, worked fine u til now. I noticed when i turn the room thermostat off, the heating stays on. Could someone advise what the problem may be?

Hiya lads I have an unusual request. Ive been asked to give a quote to a local garage to get some work done but Im a bit unsure what to quote. Ive done some work for family and friends doing up bathrooms and want to try this stuff of a more regular because I lost my job in Phones4u recently...

Hi all, is it possible to get a seal strip for a shower door which has a ftame around it? Ive got a shower which leaks beyween the base of the door frame and the surrounding frame. The door is similar to this...

Hello guys. We are renovating a flat (above a row of shops) and our flat is the only one which has the kitchen waste pipe going into the rainwater gutter. The rest of the flats have the kitchen waste pipes run internally and going to the soil pipe (which incidently is literally right next to...

Hi, I'm trying to find a suitable expansion vessel for a borehole pump, the grundfos 4Block pump 4" model. Could any of you guys recommend a make and model?

Hi all, im getting no hot water at a mates home, they have an old system tank, system boiler etc. Boiler is well old as it has a lottle flame on all the time. But it seems to be running ok, however no hot water. But ive noticed upstairs in a cupboard theres a pump on the pipework, the pump gets...

Hi, my thermostatic bar mixer shower needs changing. But its connected to an unvented cylinder. How do i stop the hot water before changing the shower? Thanks.

Hello. This may sound a very silly question, but I need to turn of the water. I want to change my bath and basin taps, but I have a tank system, with a hot water cylinder in an airing cupboard. There is no stop valves on the pipes near the taps. How do I turn the hot water off? I have...

Does anyone know whats the latest you can do DIY until? the morons next door who moved in recently have been using the hammer drill until 11:30 for the past few days and its getting really annoying. Kids keep waking up as do I.

Hi guys Im looking to purchase a P shaped panel for a bath. The one i am replacing is cracked. However im not sure if P bath panels are a standard size, in terms of where the curve starts et ? Thanks in advance

Hello, we had one of those fancy upright radiators fitted a few weeks ago, and today the radiator and pipes around it started rattling and radiator is wobbling when heating is on. System is a combination boiler. It has two valves on radiator, same as towel radiators have. Please help!!

Hi, car stalled today, and wud not restart. Electric were ok, battery ok. RAC came out, checked car and said fuel pump sensors or injectors are problem, and they towed us to a garage they recommend. Does anyone know what they mean and possible costs involved? Corsa is diesal.

Hello, can someone please help. We have a problem with our neighbours having noisy sex, which is clear through our thin walls. We can even hear the neighbours conversations. Not sure why. Is there any way we can soundproof our walls? Is that Celotex board any good? Or anything else u guys can...