Recent content by sammyjammy

:( I think I'll have to get a plumber, I have no idea what you are talking about, thanks anyway Sam

I think my electrician has screwed a screw into one of my heating pipes leading to/from a radiator in one of my bedrooms. I obviously need to look at the problem before I call a plumber but he has screwed the floorboards down, if I unscrew and its one of these srews thats the cuplrit I'm just...

Thanks, I will give it a go. Sam

Sorry guys, lazy woman here, I have a varnished wooden bed which I would like to paint white, I'm planning on using satin paint (can't remember its proper name but like gloss but not as shiny), do I need to sand down the bed until there is no trace of varnish? Its a really detailed bed and will...

My house is over 100 years old, not sure how old the wiring is but the fusebox definitely needs replacing, my dad says if I unscrew a socket point and the wires are covered in plastic then I don't need a rewire, just a new fusebox so that i can increase the number of sockets in my house...

Just reread my post, sorry I shouldn't have asked about cost, I didn't mean it to sound as if I was going to do it myself..... god forbid, but are you saying you wouldn't rely on a builder to tell me what was ok and what wasn't or is it a requirement to get a structural surveyor in for this...

Masona, that sounds like my ceiling except to add insult to injury mine is covered in polystyrene tiles as well, I am assuming that in trying to get the tiles off the ceiling is likely to "fall" down anyway given the state its in, wouldn't taking the ceiling down solve the problem of the...

I have a chimney on my Victorian terraced house which goes down through the attic, back bedroom and down to the kitchen (obviously!!!) anyway, there are no fires in place and i would like to remove the chimney to make the space in the rooms bigger and more practical. Would it make more sense to...