Recent content by tomredsky

I tried the soda and vinegar. I did it twice on a small section to be sure but that made no difference. >Is it grout or an excess of adhesive? I don't know. It didn't starting out looking like. The tiles were laid about 3 months ago. No one recalls spilling anything on them either. There's...

Hi, We recently had these floor tiles laid and I am trying work out what's wrong with the grout. I hope it's clear from the picture, the grout is beige but some parts look grey and I suspect the grey is the cement. Beside getting the tiler back (I expect that would be fruitless), what is the...

What do folk use to knock up and hold their filler? I've been using this old biscuit tin lead for the last decade but I suspect there are more appropriate tools out there.

I had the same problem. I've just laid a laminate floor and I noticed a small pool of sap on it from the door linning. I scrapped it off whilst it was wet. I was trying to sand that door lining today but my sand paper stuck to that part so thanks for the white spirit tip. I've ordered aluminium...

I read this thread https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/caulk-around-window.403697/ And I have a similar issue. I had already put a bit of polyfiler in the gap before I thought it wasnt right. The walls are freshly plastered and need a mist coat. When is the right stage to do the caulking? Should...

What's a two part filler? I just ran the hoover over an knot hole I'd filled and the polyfiller got sucked away

I used to like timber for skirting and architrave but now that I've got to prime and fill it myself, I wished the chippy had bought MDF. I've got pine sap running out of this door linning and there's a ton of knots in the skirting that I know will bleed through unless I get my prep right. I've...

We moved into an old terrace house. We share the sewer with our neighbour. There is currently a conservatory at the rear that wraps around the kitchen. In the conservatory is a manhole but it covered over with laminated floor so it's exact location is not known. We plan to convert the ground...

No. The 2nd picture is the house opposite.

I could ask the builder to re-lay them but I'm pretty sure he'll get the labourer to do it and he's a bit slap dash for my liking and that's besides the charge and VAT. If I can muster the guts, I should be able to do this. There a make shift roof ladder in place. Is it a 4:1 mix? I have a bit...

I have some scaffolding up because we're having a loft conversion and I noticed these coping stones that separate our house from next door. They look loose and I'd like to get them repaired or stabilised. But I don't know what the right name for them or what the process is to repair them. Any...

This is the way to go. I had completely overlooked covering the timbers. Maybe use expanding form on the back of the plasterboard to pack the board out so its flush.

We bought a bay window rad before we did the plastering. That was the first mistake as we put 50mm insulated plasterboard on the walls so the shape is slightly different now. The plumber fixed some 4x2 on the wall for the brackets before the plastering but it still short by about 5-12 mm. Any...

At the moment, I don't know what type of driver I'll get. A small flex outlet or architrave seem like the best options. I don't want to make a feature of it. However the cable runs vertical, the backboxes I've seen have a hole at the rear so the bottom fixing be very close to cable. Can I offset...

I've pulled some cables from a light switch to some alcoves. The idea is to have LEDs on the shelves in the alcoves. At the moment the cables are just poking out of the wall. I could connect them straight to a driver but it feels a bit unfinished. I think a socket or something would look better...