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Hi All, I need to create a 2.4m x 2.4m perimeter inside my block paved patio for a concrete slab to be poured to support a hot tub. I'll be removing the patio blocks along with the sand and using 600mm x 150mm x 50mm concrete edging around the perimeter and getting these level in readiness for...

Yes. We have a Dunelm not far from us. Didn't think of them. Thanks!

That looks great but I was hoping to pick up something tomorrow from Ikea or somewhere so I can fit them this weekend. Bloody freezing in our living room!

Yes, the frames are wooden and am perfectly happy to screw tracks to the top of them.

Hi All, We have a bay window with a door leading out to our garden. I want to install some curtains which I can get pre-made from Ikea but am unsure what track things I need. Could anyone advise please? I've attached a picif that helps. Many thanks Darren

Hi All, We have a small (2m x 1m) hallway porch which has some old carpet on top of floorboards (no underlay) and I want to lay some new carpet on top of this. Basically using the old carpet as an underlay. There's no carpet grippers apart from at the end of the run as it meets the inner...

Hi All, Our kitchen ceiling needs to be repainted. It's only small but we've had a leak above a couple of years ago and I need to scrape some of the flaky paint away, put some Zinsser BIN on it, etc. The issue I have is that once I've scraped the flaky paint away they'll be a slight difference...

why would I need to replace the corrugated plastic with plywood & felt Mottie?

Thanks Mottie. When you say flat roof, what do you mean? The corrugated plastic roof (which isn't entirely waterproof by the way) is sloped for rainfall.

Here's a pic of the rubbish dump!

either side are two brick walls yes, one wall is ours, the other is our neighbours wall.

I was dreading that to be honest. Don't mind having a go but am crap at design. Don't suppose there's plans I can get that I can resize showing me what I need to do or a company I can call without it going to cost me a small fortune?

Hi All, We have a narrow space down the side of our house which currently has a portion of it covered with plastic corrugated roof sheets so we can store a bike and other bits of crap (out of sight out of mind right?). What we're looking for is a slim shed (no more than around 90cms external...

Hi All, Very long story short. 7-year old fridge freezer stopped working. Engineer tested the standing pressure of the compressor which read 1 bar. Said there is a refrigerant leak and advised us to replace the machine rather than the compressor. He said the standing pressure (couldn't check...

Hi All, We have a small 6m square front garden which will be completely cleared of all life this week and a weed barrier put down. We want to have pebbles / stones with perhaps a centre circle feature. The problem is we're not very creative and was wondering if any designers out there could...

Thanks again for the reply. If you look at the pics you can see that the main patio steps down a little. The curved perimeter was formed from a single course of house bricks, some of which have crumbled (not completely but enough to allow the sand to wash out over time). Is bedding sand...

Thanks but the fact that it's sitting on house bricks which have started to crumble won't that just cause the sand to seep through again does bedding sand contain cement too?

Hi All, Our block paved patio is suffering with a few partially sunken blocks. You hopefully can see from the photo what I mean. The step has been formed from house bricks which over the years has eroded and let the sand holding the pavers to leak out. Again, hopefully you can see from the...

yes, understand that but in the morning his room is like a sauna!