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I think your queries are best directed to the council as they would have dealt with onerous neighbors like this all the time. They should advice decisively. The branches do need to be returned back to them. I would strongly advise you not to dispose of them yourself (throw or sell or give away)...

Thanks for that. I think I will follow the trend and use Blanchon HardWax Oil, then. I would gladly tolerate smelliness, if it is a trade for decent protection. I do not remember it being remotely smelly when I did 60 (!) sqm of oil with a little hand scrubber.....If I tried that now, I would...

Hi all, I refurbished a house in 2010 with advice on specifications from this forum - NOT ONE THING HAS FAILED. Thank You. Time has come to refurb the place. The lovely engineered Oak wooden floor needs TLC. Now we not only have an option of using oil but we have well designed HardWax Oils too...

I would probably buy a secondhand older, good-quality ratcheting screwdriver - my Snapon SSDMR is about 30+ years old it is an animal. I think the older Britool and Facoms might see you right. These are engineering screwdrivers, though. They may not respond well to crowbarring.

4 years later, this thread helped me get my poor old mums heating, bCk p again (16.5 degrees by the time I got to her). Thank You. Another reason why fora should not be migrated onto FaceBook.

Thank You, I was hoping there would be a cheaper option now Dustsheets are just giant human-flypaper, in my life. I am hoping to get a decent HVLP or airless to do this, if I learnt to tape and shield properly.

Hi all, Time has come to refresh paint. The walls are Vinyl Silk and I would like Acrylic Matt for the future. I remember old advice to paint over the Vinyl with ZINSSER 123, before Acrylic. Is still the case? Is there a cheaper option than Zinsser, nowadays? I don't want to sand, if...

You may be able to get exact matches at the local reclaimers. Just take a sample of yours with you. When I did mine, The new replacements look distinctly new and didnt feel half as strong as the originals.

Thanks, I dont have a clue about these things so I will probably cough up a premium to get the very best from a decent builders merchants.....I know that sounds a bit dumbass but I dont think I should be experimenting with stuff I know nothing about!

Ta Chris, they look quite easy to use. I will have a look around for stainless versions and decent plugs. Regards Udhi

Thank you for that. I think it would be all together less destructive to use steel ties as Woody describes. It's not a point of being lazy but I'd trust myself with doing this properly. These wall ties that you mention, any chance of a reference link? I am aware of the stainless wall starter...

I would not trust nibs....I assume they are timy bits of wall left to carry the door? I honestly thought that I needed these piers to stabilise everything and carry the ends of the roller shutter which is bound to be heavy? The walls are all single skin brick. At the moment, this part of the...

Hi all, I have a lean to store room of 3m x 10m by about 2m height. I want to install a garage size door on the 3m wall. It will probably need piers. Can piers be built on their ow and simply TIED into the walls using those metal wall ties? Thank You.

Ok thank you. I had a feeling it might be standardised but when I do some internet shopping, there did not seem to be any dimensions given for these peaks and troughs. Good thing I asked!!

Thank you. So the size of the peaks and troughs is standard on all wavey rooves?

Hi all, I have a pre fab garage (a rare watertight one!) with what could be an asbestos currugated roof on it. There is a single ling panel of clear plastic roofing actung as a fixed light. The asbestos/cementitious stuff is fine but the plastic has broken up to let water in. I want this...

Structural Engineer, got it. I knew there was a specialist of some kind for this job but did not know the title. I will find one. Thank you. I will stick some pics up tomorrow, there are cracks appearing to about 10mm and the wall is misaligned along these cracks by about 5-8mm already. I would...

Hi all, I hope someone could point me in the right direction with this: Our house is built on the side of a slope. We have a road at the front, we are downhill of it. There is a "stage" of earth at the road's height paved in brick. This is our car parking area or "drive" it is surrounded on...

Hello, The timber windows in my house are about 100 years old. It has been painted lots of times and the layers are blowing off the pine substrate in many places. Can I rub down and get rid of the flakes, then give the windows a few licks of Linseed oil or linseed oil based paint. Do I HAVE...

I have always got better advice here and from posters who have tried a variety of products and have a good, balanced, practical view. I will leave the post out for a wee while, if I don't get any answers, I will contact BAL. Thanks