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Its plasterboard, and the radiator is pretty big so i'm not too shocked that its coming off. Also the people that owned the house before us seemed quite "cheap and cheerful" so again, its not really a surprise.

lol You know that way that I was sure he was talking absolute balls, but it just put a bit of doubt in my mind.... Anyway, i'll give a plumber a call later on today. And the TV reception is still fine (although if it does go, do I call out a builder to sort the ariel?????) :D Cheers

That was my thinking as well, just wanted to check before phoning up. Cheers.

Hi all, I have a radiator coming off the wall (you can see the wall plugs being pulled out of the plaster). I have turned off the supply to the radiator, and put a tv unit against it to keep it up. I was going to phone a plumber to try and sort it, but I have been told by a work mate...

Sorry to sound like a moron, but how would you go about fixing the timber battens to the wall? :D

Hi all, After discovering someone has been prowling around in our back garden, we have decided to install a steel gate between our garage and house (its only 95cm wide). The problem is the garage is made of brick and the house is roughcast with brink on the underside. The gate has 2...

Thats fantastic, thanks for all your help, I'll give it a go over the next few weeks! :D

The couple that owned the house done everything on the cheap and cheerful financial plan. What has happened is that they knocked a wall down, making the living room and a siting room into one big room, so they have obviously just added in one massive radiator to heat the 2 rooms. It is the...

Hi, Sorry if this is in the wrong section. The previous owners of my house installed new radiators, however the one in the living room appears to be too heavy and is pulling away from the wall. Any idea how to shore it up? Thanks!

Hi all, I bought a few small test paints from my local store, and I tried to use them on my bedroom wall. At first it was going on well, but as it started to dry it seemed to be flaking off. I found a tin of paint in the garage that the people who lived in the house before me must have...