Recent content by Eccles

Seeing as you can get a brand new one in The Range for £15, why bother?

I have no idea how their email got hacked they did not tell me except mentioning Whatsapp but when the first message arrived, every detail of their address which appeared on my PC was correct as were the subsequent ones and the one specifically requesting me to obtain an Amazon voucher for £250...

This one almost had me: Got a request from a good friend to help send an Amazon voucher for £250 to a sick friend of theirs. "We will reimburse you later". It looked totally genuine and really did come from them (correct email add, etc.) £250 seemed a lot to me so I suggested that they come to...

I always used to use oil based which of course always eventually develops cracks then one day decided to go for acrylic on the barge boards a few years ago which I got from Wickes. OK it's not as shiny but it doesn't seem to crack, been on their now for 8 years.

I don't doubt you, they are OK for the first few years then the trouble begins. Usually around the 12 - 15 year age as those rubber? seals deteriorate, possible from sunlight , I am not sure. You must know as well as I do that it's nearly always in the same place i e the bottom LH corner and of...

Poor design of course,perhaps you are not aware of the fact that they are forever re-designing their stuff - at least four or five times in the last twenty years to my certain knowledge. Mind you there do seem to be quite a few brainless cowboys out there who don't know how to read installation...

Well they maybe he market leaders but they are very leaky market leaders, I have heard of dozens of complaints of leaky Velux windows and got a couple in my present house which I had to attend to because of poor design.

Don't assume as many do that Velux are the dog's whatsits. There are other and better products out there - do a bit of research.

LEDs are so much better and last for ever. I just put one in to replace an old under cupboard job in our kitchen.

Yes of course they do.

Ahem, it took me less than an hour and I am not a "tradesman" in fact a decent tradesman who I watched on Youtube took about 15 minutes. As it happens my local garage charges £52/hour and they do a lot more than washing machines. This bloke was trying to charge me £100 for an hour's work tops...

Try talking to the local small claims court, I have had some useful help from them in the past.

Recently it got a rip in it so it started leaking from the bottom of the door (the cat is a suspect LOL). Anyway, unusually for me I decided to get a quote from a local (checkatrade) trader. He wanted £130 and as one can get a new one for about £25 mrs decided he was having a larf and told me to...

I had similar in the bathroom ceiling of our last house. Bro (who knows more than you and me) came round and said "Sand it well then spray on some HG anti mould spray like Wickes sells and let it dry. Then repaint it of course. He was right the mould never came back.

Don't worry about weather spoiling it, if it was done with the correct materials, it won't happen. At my last house the previous owner left it undecorated for over a year then I left it for another six months before painting it with Wickes own textured in the late spring. When I moved out 14...