Recent content by Col_Buendia

I hope I'll be forgiven for "resurrecting" this thread, but I wonder if I might get a few opinions on the quotes I've been getting for this job? The first one came this morning and quite took the shine off my breakfast. We're talking about a room that is 5m x 3.5m, re-plastering all the walls...

PM = private message. Most other boards (not many!) I've been on allow the option of contacting other board members privately. I'm not a frequent user of DIYNOT, so I assumed that I would be able to contact you privately, and then realised that there doesn't seem to be this option here. Not sure...

whoops. :oops: I've just discovered that this forum seems to have no way of contacting other members... well, short of me posting my email addy up here, which ain't gonna happen and is in contravention of the posting rules, I can't see how I'm gonna take you up on your offer, brist!

PM on its way :)

Nice one! Thanks for the PVA tip. I'll give that a go as it is the sort of low-tec inexpensive option that I can manage. As for 10 grand and moving out for a month, I think my 3 month old little boy might have something to say (scream) about that. In fact it is his fault we're redecorating in...

Hi folks. I've just stripped the wallpaper off our bedroom, and revealed quite a variety of crumbling plasterwork underneath. We have a 100yr old terraced house, and the most recent plasterwork seems to have fallen off in places, leaving a grey layer about 10-15mm thick which I can see lies over...

I know it's an obvious answer, but have you bled them? Mine were like that for a while, and I thought 'it couldn't need bleeding, I did that only... err... a year ago'! And hey presto, all radiators now radiate equally :)

Dunno how damaged your bath is, stove, but we have one that had a huge ring of something corrosive thrown round it, leaving a big hightide sort of mark and big dirty looking drip runs all around it. Three years we've been here, and nothing seemed to want to scrub this "hightide mark" off the...

Well, I'm not sure this episode has done his reputation any good. I called a friend here this afternoon to ask if he knew any plumbers, and he pointed out to me that he had originally put me in touch with this bloke. Then my mate recalled that the same bloke had charged him several hundred for...

Thanks all for your help! These are for you... I'm just off the phone from the technician, and he spluttered with amazement (hmpf!) when I told him that I had turned up several websites offering the valve for under £50. He tried to argue that it was the retail price he was quoting me, and...

Hi - I found your boards after being quoted a scary price for repair of my boiler, so I wondered if someone could answer a quick query. I have a Ravensheat 820/20 T boiler, and I see that they have already been the subject of some debate here. I inherited it with the house, and am quite...