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Okay well I got the front all stripped off and sanded down. Just the two sides to go. Wood seems pretty sound although there's a few knots and one or two small pieces I will need to fill. Any recommendations welcome. Should I be using nitromors/chemical stripper? Or stick to sanding down...

Hi gang, I'm looking for recommendations for an exterior wood finish/woodstain. My house is a typical 1970s end of terrace with a small downstairs WC/Porch on the front which is clad in pine boards stained dark. We have recently had a new driveway and the woodwork is letting down the overall...

Thanks guys. To be honest, I hadn't thought of asking Marshalls because until this afternoon I didn't know that the 'budget' paving sold by the suppliers I mentioned was actually made by Marshalls. They obviously don't like to shout about it so maybe there's a reason? I live in a 70s built...

Hi Gang, Anyone experienced with the different types of Marhshalls paving available? I'm looking for about 40-50sq metres of concrete block paving - probably going to be using the standard 200x100x50mm blocks in brindle. Had a couple of quotes from local suppliers (Travis Perkins and...

Hi there, If your panels are similar to mine you could bolt some timbers to the tops and cut notches out for the joists and skew nail them. Mine is absolutely solid - I used some old 3x3" fence posts for the tops and 4x2" for the joists. I then used the offcuts from the joists to make noggins...

Yep - and also more likely to cut myself than any intruder to what is currently an exposed area :wink: All I'm looking to do is make neat/permanent solution to securing the boundary and allowing a side area to be gated off to keep the wheelie bins etc in. It's generally a pretty quiet area...

To be honest I'm not too worried about removing the tree roots - I took a few down from the front in the past and just did one a day after work in the spring. They seem to tap down mainly which isn't as bad as I first thought. If the soil needs compacting I've got a wacker plate and a large...

Hi gang, I'll try and keep it short and sweet! Got a hedge that's planted along the boundary running beside the house from front to back - it's about 8 metres long. Current hedge has to go as it's overgrown and unmanageable. Rest of the back gardens are walled up (6ft tall) to where...

Hi Gang, I have some plain MDF doors in a utility area to cover washer/drier etc. Am thinking of painting them the same colour as the walls so they disappear/blend into the room. I have a good amount of the same emulsion paint left over. Would I be able to use this on plain MDF? It's...

Okay, so it sounds like the pressure is normal :-) Thanks for explaining the operation of the flow switch. I think it's worth ordering up the rest of the servicable parts for the brass water block - diaphragms, valves and seals etc. Any feedback regarding system cleaning or flushing...

Anyone else able to help? :-) The boiler is still running but has had the occasional hiccup where it's taken a bit longer than usual for HW to startup. Questions please: 1) Is there any way of knowing what the flashing 'safety lockout' light would have been for - it was just slowly...

Cheers Tony, So how is the pump proving switch expected to operate - I take it you'd expect the pin to be down at first then does the boiler look to see it rise and click the switch after how many seconds (?) once the CH or HW demand comes on? Or just for CH? Any recommendation for the...

There is a second microswitch on the top that Halstead refer to as a 'primary flow switch' - is this it? The microswitch buzzes out at under 1 ohm and I'm pretty sure it was clicked in place when the boiler was cutting in/out earlier. Unless it's stuck on and needs to be seen 'off' first (?)...

Hi guys, I have a a Halstead Finest Gold Combi boiler - around 10 years old. It's mounted in the loft on an outside wall. Once in a blue moon (perhaps once or twice a year) it has been a bit sluggish when responding to demand for hot water, usually in cold weather. Usually after closing...

Hi Thermo, Location is in Surrey. Garden is pretty much south facing, so it gets a good amount of sun throughout the day. Not sure what the soil is known as, but it seems averagely good - not too clay like or anything. I'm basically trying to think of a few plants to stick around the edges...

Hi everyone, Been trying to tidy up the back garden over the last few weeks. Was completely overgrown when I moved in a year or two back. Managed to get it all cleared out. Sorted the shed out, new path and cleaned the patio up etc. Thinking of levelling the lawn out a bit and re-turfing...

From what I've found with palms (I'm no real gardener to be fair..), they like well drained, but moist soil. So if your soil is clay-like, mix in some sharp/grit sand with it. Water well after planting, and use some palm fertiliser (or whatever suitable fertiliser you can find) - they seem to...

If you were re-turfing/seeding a smallish lawn (50m2 - ish), what's the best way to go about things? Basically, the lawn where I am is all over the shop at the moment - parts of it are dead where they were left covered by stuff for ages, a pile of soil has been moved from where a shed base...

Cheers for the replies guys. Just had a double, double check. There's definately no markings for hot/cold or anything on the tap anywhere - visable or hidden underneath, nor where the tails go in etc. There's no mention of hot/cold orientation in the instructions etc either. Blowing...

Cheers for that - much appreciated. My guess of hot on the left only came from glancing at the kitchen tap (mixer), but that has the little red/blue disc thing that could be fitted both ways round I assume! It won't be used a great deal, I can put non-return valves in (but not tonight -...