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heres hoping that in summer when everything heats up the smell wont come back to haunt you lol

Sounds like a job for my dad, I've seen him take off and change light switches before so he should be able to check whether the wires are in place. And if they are he probably knows a qualified electrician to come and help if it is something more serious like the conduit you mentioned. Thank...

Hi John, I was sitting with my bum very securely on the floor, havent dared do the heights bits yet and am only working on the lower halves of the walls for the time being. The steamer has been PAT tested recently as it is one that my father used at his place of work and it had to be...

When i had a new front door put in they thought they may disturb part of the artex to fit a new frame and cut the old one out, they checked it before they did any work and it is asbestos-free. Although i am still using a mask. The records that the previous owners left stated that the whole lot...

Hi Well i am in the middle of a project of taking artex off my walls in my landing/stairs/downstairs hall. anyway, today i am working on the bottom half of the wall that is inbetween my bedroom door and the second bedroom door. I am using a steamer to get the artex off. when i touch the...

I think i'll get my brother to do the test run of that!!!

It gets worse!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today whilst removing the artex off of the bit of wall between my bedroom door and the second bedroom door with the steamer i find that I cant do anymore until i get the top floor looked at by a sparky. There i am sitting rather ungracefully on the floor, steamer...

Thanks, i'll look into that! probably should have mentioned that i have a dog, but i'll check how toxic that concoction is and how long i would have to keep him off the garden.

have the doors got intumescent (sp??) strip on them? We have some doors (although they are double doors) on perkos and the intumescent strip inbetween them doesnt allow them to bang shut. Maybe that might help

i have decided on looking at getting 32mm georgian spindles which are fluted. so i will have to measure from the thinnest point in each. Is that correct?

Well ok it seems that stevie wonder decorated my house, and not only put on appalling paint choices *shudders* he/she covered the entire front hallway stairway and landing in artex. (I appreciate that it may be a perfectly good choice to some people, but lil clumsy me is fed up of slipping on...

dont tempt me lol

No matter what i do this rather large bramble keeps rearing its ugly head every couple of months. Its too deep in the ground to dig out (believe me i have tried!!!!!) and i have to take a hacksaw to it when bits sprout out. Can anyone suggest something that will kill it once and for all??

Ok a couple of weeks ago my combi boiler in my airing cupboard started making horrid nasty vibrating noises and was so loud i thought it was going to blow up. Looked at the water pressure bit and there was no water presure at all, is there anyone who can suggest anything else i should check...

Hi Found this forum through google and it looks really informative so here goes. My staircase in my house needs something doing to it, it is sturdy enough but needs a refurb. The stairs run along a wall (straight up, no turns spirals etc) with no handrails or banisters( just an open...