Recent content by Twist1972

we receive an electricity supply by way of a shared single cable. The cable comes in to my neighbours house from the street and is then looped to my property. I've once suspected him of stealing my electricity as we had eye watering bills for the last 10 years, but apparently in order to steal...

It wouldn't be the first time, he was a bit of a Jimmy Saville in his time. I keep well away from him.

Hi all, The other night, I looked out onto my flat roof from my 1st floor bedroom window and saw a heavy bird bath knocked over and leaning against my window sill. I knew that it was too heavy for a cat or bird to have moved it, so I phoned my neighbour who also has a flat roof which adjoins...

Hi all, I have a lean to/conservatory attached to my kitchen and some of the windows frames have become rotten, and some disappeared completely. I'm not sure what I will do with this lean-to in the long term, so don't want to spend a lot of money repairing it. A couple of the window panes are...

Hi, I have a bathroom wall which is composed of brick and flint, (old house) the plaster was taken off during a re-fit. I've successfully used Gyproc to patch up other rooms in the house, so I wondered if I could use this product on the brick/flint walls?

Hi, Does anyone have any advice as to whether if I would be able to plaster/fix over this myself using over-the-counter products? I had a double glazed sash window put in and this has left a gap and damage to the wall. Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks - much appreciated.

Thanks, I went into Homebase and Wickes and they only sold the ready made wall grout. That's brilliant, thank you. Regarding the tiler, I had told him upfront how much I needed tiling, so he knew it was a small job. He literally took all day to lay them. He really spun it out. Then charged the...

Hi, I recently paid a tiler to lay an area of 6 x 2 feet with slate floor tiles as I had removed the old kitchen cabinets, and the floor underneath them was bare concrete. Luckily spare slate tiles had been stored underneath the kitchen cabinets, so we used those. He took all day to lay the...