Recent content by grizzlebear

I helped a m8 do some and trust me its horrid. You have no idea how heavy and hard it is. Infact by the time he had done it and got it passed he was months behind and so knackered he then paid to get work done he had planned to do himself.

I have ordered some sandstone paving to lay. I have preped the area and have come to order the "mix" for laying them. I know they need a full bed of mortar so have ordered soft building sand and intend to do a 4:1 mix. However the bloke who i have enlisted to labour said he thinks it should be...

Its had its life. Just keeps breaking down. Engineer says its had it.

Thanks for the imput guys. May have noise issues now as its fitted in bedroom. Any other options??????

Thanks for the imput guys. May have noise issues now as its fitted in bedroom. Any other options??????

we dont have a bath we have a big shower

We have a glow worm 24cxi thats old and needs replacing, we have a 3 bed semi with 7 good size rads. Having looked around we have decided on a Baxi combi. The question is do we go for the 24 duo or the 28? Are we going to get any benefit from the larger boiler when the 24 seems adequate. My...

The builder that did our extension wore gloves on a couple of days and its left cement smudges on the bricks. Ive got some brick acid but how do you use it. Will i dilute it or just brush it on. Its been built 3 weeks so shouldnt be too set?

Hi, ive just finished building the shell of my new porch (brick/block) and im ready to get the inside done. Firstly do i need to leave it to "dry out" before i start plastering. Secondly im going to plasterboard it and then skim it. Will i still PVA the new plasterboard or do you just skim...

Hi we have renovated and landscaped the front of our house. Now the tarmac looks awfull. Has anybody used tarmac paint and are there any good brands. Or bad brands? Does this stuff work?

Im doing some gravel borders on my drive which im flagging in a row of block pavers. Firstly ive dug for a 75mm thickness of concrete, is that enough bearing im mind its not trafficed over. I was thinking of using up some building sand i have in the concrete and thought 3ballast 1building sand 1...

Last year i had been collecting the bits to build a small (2mx1m) porch on the house. Just after xmas i decided it might be fun to have an accident at work and severed my foot at the ankle. The foots been grafted back on and i have a nice new steel ankle but im going to be out of action for...

bad fitter in the first place. he should have got it up to the plaster. you said he thought the plaster should be done AFTER the skirting. Well if he is that stupid then he has probably just bodged the skirting on with blobs of no nails and caulked the top in. He should have got the skirting...

second that , the spax are top quality and will last a lifetime. Also about the only ones that will come out easily after a few years. :lol:

The question was . The cheeky cow wants to rip the fence out down our driveway. She dont want a fence but we do. Its our fence and if she ever gets it out i know it will never go back in. Trouble is then that you have them bashing our car when they open thier car door. It became clear yesterday...