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Hi guys We are in the process of putting our house on the market. Aafter doing a bit of research and viewing a few houses the ones that seem to sell quickest are the ones that have been painted/papered in a magnolia/cream colour. Especially the ones that builders have bought renovated & put...

Hi guys I am looking to have the exterior of my house and garage repainted. I have had 2 widely varying quotes so far and I am waiting for a third. Each one though has recommended a different paint and critised the others. One saying use water based the other oil based the third a...

Hi guys I hope you can give me some advice. I recently purchased a IntA VUE exposed shower. I have just fitted the shower and need to increase the temperature. Unfortunately the instructions in the installation book do not relate to this shower valve. I have been in touch with Inta...

Hi I hope some one can give me a bit of info. I was just about to refelt my garage roof when I was offered some used decra? metal tile effect roof sheets approx 14 ft long which I will have to cut down. Can some one please tell me are they easy to cut and if so what is the best thing to...

My wife needs to be able to record her telephone conversations for her work obviously with the permission of the person on the other end of the line. I purchased a phonapart telephone recording adapter lead which I plugged in to the phone socket and connected to the mic socket of a recorder...

Hi guys I have just removed a old hot water cylinder which had a single immersion heater fitted. I am going to be replacing it with a larger water cylinder that has 2 immersion heaters fitted. I don't have cheap rate electricity so wondered if it is practical just to wire both heaters...

I am going to be fitting a new vented hot water cylinder. Someone told me not to use ptfe tape on the connections. I can see that I wont need to use it on the immersion heaters as these have a washer. What about on the other connections though (1 inch-22mm male connections) I would have...

Hi guys Just a quick question. I need to insulate my porch (which is of a single skin block construction)and I have a few sheets of 50mm kingspan & foilbacked plasterboard which I intend using. My question is does there have to be an airgap between the external wall & the kingspan, or can...

Hi Guys I have just replasterboarded a room and have got drylining boxs to replace the old light switch boxes (which where broken when stripping off the old plaster) the old boxes had earth terminals in them but the new boxes dont so what do I do with the earth wire?. Cheers Jim

Hi Guys I am in the process of making a hearth for a cast iron multi fuel/wood burning stove The hearth is going to be concrete. I was wondering iof there was a specific type of tile I had to use for the hearth and wall behind the fire or can I just use any standard tile that I like the...

Hi guys I have just papered my first ceiling and was very impressed with my first attempt. Now it has dried though I have quite a few long bubbles in it (I have looked through the site and it appears I never left the paper to soak long enough). Has anyone got any suggestions has to how...

Hi guys I have a problem with hot water pressure. I live in a single storey cottage so the immersion cylinder and all pipe work etc is on the same level. The water flow to the bath is fine to the bathroom sink it is slightly slow and to the kitchen sink it is mearly just above a trickle...

Hi Guys Hope this is in the right section. I have 2 bathrooms where I have to decorate the walls and cover the floors. THe only thing we have found so far we like is some vinyl flooring and I got to thinking is it possible to not only put vinyl flooring on the floors but also to put it on...

Hi Guys I could do with a bit of advice. I am in the process of renovating an old cottage and I need to know which plasterboard to use. The building was originally timber which sometime in the 70s had a 4inch thick block wall built around the original building. The room I intend...

To use a indirect hot water cylinder as a direct cylinder do I have to blank off the 2 pipes for the inner coil or can I just add an immersion heater and connect the cold water in pipe and hot water out pipe. Cheers Jim

Hi I am currently renovating 2 old cottages turning them in to one large cottage. There is a cold water supply in the bathroom of one of the cottages but no hot water supply. There is no where in the cottage to fit an immersion heater (which I know would be the simple solution) so I am...

Hi Guys I need to lay some concrete over an old concrete step and along the edge of a pathe thats broken away and cracked in places. Can any one please advise me as to if the new concrete will bond with the old or is there something that I can do to make them bond. Unfortunately I cant...

Hi I am knocking down and moving an internal stud wall and have to obviously move plug sockets switches etc and extend the ring main. I intend to run the cables through flexible 20mm plastic conduit. http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=A331822&ts=89884&id=11310 I would like...

Hi Guys As I mentioned in my previous post I have just bought a single skin block built bungalow with an internal timber frame which is in need of plenty of TLC I am on a very tight budget so I am doing as much of the work I can myself. The previous owner hacked off the bottom 6-8 inches...

Hi Guys. First of many posts asking for info so please be gentle. :) I am in the process of buying a singleskin blockwork with inner timber frame bungalow in need of quite a bit of work. I am on a very tight budjet (arn't we all) so will be doing most of the work myself I am fairly...