Recent content by JonnyG

There is a place just of the north circular by the turn off for Park Royal (By the Ace Cafe) they have a large selection and are well priced. don't know about returns policy

My plumber is using copper pipe to contect my gas hob up. He isn't Corgi registered, but is this illegal? (the choice of pipe that is) Once again, you collective wisdom is appreciated.

Hi, the person who sold our flat obviously watched to many of these "paint your house white before you sell it" programs and went wild with a tin of white emulsion. unfortunetly, they covered the doors and door frames in the process. I would like to get a nice gloss finish on them what should I do?

After spending £60 m2 on some tasty mosaic tiles, I decided that rather than take on the job myself, I would get a professional tiler in. He has given me a price of £300 for about 8m2. He has been doing it on evenings, and hasn't quite finished yet. Thing is, In some places, you can see where...

The construction is a bit shoddy. A dry-lined wall is built of a floating floor. I am going to add a lump of hard wood underneath as I take the adjoining chipboard up.

I need to make a cut through 18mm chipboard flooring that runs under a wall. I need to make the cut as close to being inline with the wall as possible. Obviously, the guard on my circular saw means there is a 3cm gap. Is there a drill attachment that turns it into a mini circular saw, or can...

Thanks for the advice lads :D :D

Does this not work then? I was about to go and get some after seeing it in another posting.

Thanks for your reply Salem. I will certainly be taking your advice about doing the wall under-pin in stages. Have you got any advice on how to deal with the floor in general? I have lifted a few more boards and discovered that the concrete floor underneath varies in height by approx (1.5 –...

I incorectly posted this in the projects section before. I have just bought an ex-local authority flat that is in need of substantial modernisation it is in a West London brick-built 16 floor block. Having a limited budget, I am going to undertake the renovations. I have very limited...

Hello everyone, firstly thanks to the people who set-up this site. I hope that you will all be as generous with your advice to me, as you have been with others. Please forgive me if this a bit long, but I want to try to explain my problems as completely as possible. I have just bought an...