Recent content by peterh1967a

Thanks for those suggestions. It would need more than polishing as the colour is irregular and it'd need a few small cracks filling. Epoxy flooring is probably well beyond my DIY skills but will weight that up in terms of cost.

Hi everyone, just moved into a townhouse with a ground floor garage, which I don't intend to use to park the car as I also have off street parking. The garage has got the washer and dryer down there, plus it'll be the space I store tools - but I want to turn it into a man cave too - with a...

I am hoping I haven't made a schoolboy error here .... I've built a seating area in the garden out of wood (photo attached) and have stained it with decking stain (No Nonsense Anti-Slip Quick Drying Decking Stain from Screwfix). Pretty pleased with the finished job, but then my wife asked in...

Thanks everyone for your helpful responses. Took note of all of them and the light switches are sorted and working fine. Particular thanks to Jackrae and JohnW for the practical advice.

Hi everyone, hoping someone can help me to fit two new 2 way light switches in my hall and living room. Current set up is that I have a light switch with 2 switches in the hallway. One of these switches operates the hall light, and the other operates the living room light. I have the...

Thought I'd post an update. Got a refund and bought a decking kit from eDecks online. Had the perfect size for the area of decking I needed, so saved me the hassle of buying timber separately and having to cut it all. Great service from them, and good quality decking. It's now laid and looks a...

Thanks very much for the reply. Some good advice there and I appreciate the time you took over some research. Luckily I paid by paypal. The seller appears to have begun the refund process and has apologised, blaming a backlog of orders. Fingers crossed I'll get the money back and will source the...

New to the site. Planning to lay decking this weekend and ordered a decking kit from Timber Decking Warehouse based in Lutterworth. Paid for the kit on Saturday, no contact from them. Have sent 3 emails and left 5 voicemails on their customer service line. Wondered if anyone else had any...