Recent content by Freeman3030

Hi all, We have been living in houour newse for just over two months. We're saving to do an extention to have a large open plan living area. However were a few years off of that yet and it really doesn't feel like our house,so I've decided to do up the lounge diner. We have a stair case coming...

Thanks for your help! I think you're right, I'll use an oil based undercoat. I think I may even have some left over from my last house to get me started!

Hi, I've just bought a new house and all of the interior doors/skirting are a pine coloured wood which feels like it's been stained as it's got a kind of glossy finish. In my last house, the woodwork in places turned yellow, particularly if I had stood something on it. I read that water based...

Ah Graeme, well done on your triumph so far. Well there is a large valve near the boiler to turn off the mains water so maybe I'll look around the boiler to see if I can turn the hot water off from there and turn the kitchen tap on to drain the water between the valve and the tap that way. Great...

Hi, I'd like to replace my kitchen worktops, sink and tap. I've been watching YouTube videos and all seems simple enough (famous last words!) But I don't know how to turn my hot water off. Neither of my hot or cold pipes have isolation valves. The only thing I can do is turn the water off that's...

Haha! I like the hammer response... I've solved the mystery! There's a little white tab you can pull off and there's a switch to the built in battery! Crisis over!

Hi all, I'm so frustrated!! I've got a Yale easyfit alarm which connects to my router so I can't arm/disarm the alarm remotely. Today my broadband went down and the control panel just keeps beeping every 30 seconds or so because there is no network connection. What makes matters worse is that an...

I'm happy and confident to install it myself (I say myself... More like my builder dad!) but I'm quite technically minded and am confident with good instructions I would be able to give it a good go. I'll have a look online and check it out. I'm new to looking for burglar alarms so really trying...

Yeah, I thought about adding some trek lace ontop of our existing fence to make it difficult to climb but would also break quite easily if someone tried to climb over it causing a bit of noise... I haven't considered some prickly plants though, so will be sure to plant some! I'm defiantly going...

I'm new to the forum so would like to start by saying hello! My partner and I recently sold our flat and have bought a 3 bed end of terrace house. We're so glad to finally have a freehold property! We're in a completely new area about 15 miles from where we used to live. We knew we weren't...