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Our loft conversion is coming on and so the attention has turned to replacing the egg box doors we have currently. For the 2 new rooms in the loft the builder is installing FD30 rated doors (44mm, intumescent strips etc). For the doors on the middle and lower floor though he has given me a...

We are two weeks into a loft conversion and the main dormer structure has started to take shape. When I went up at the weekend the roof has been covered in what looks like the flooring chipboard with some fabric over it held down by battens. I am assuming this is a temporary covering as the...

Cheers for that - worth getting one of those wire / springy things to poke down to agitate it all as well do you think?

Not sure if this is best in appliances or plumbing : We have just had a new machine delivered today due to the last one being written off with collapsed drum - it's an integrated machine (Zanussi ZWI2125). The waste plumbing for the w/m that was put in when the kitchen was done consists of...

I know what you are saying but it would be a nightmare as the floor obviously went in before the partition walls so the boards go into 3 other rooms! Would rather go over the top if possible.

I want to laminate our dining room floor which has a chipboard floor which I know has a very shallow void underneath which has at least gas pipes in (maybe electrics / water also!). This chipboard floor is a bit springy in places and so rather than just using thick underlay, I was going to...

Is there any product you can get and plug inline to an appliance perhaps that would sound an alarm if the mains goes off - thinking mainly of the fridge / freezer? Thanks.

Or do what the private hospitals do - week before an op get the patient in for pre-op - test them then and give them solutions etc to clean in for that week - most Bupas round this way never had a single case.

Someone else had - that's why he's gone. I don't think he liked Ukranian centre forwards that can't even run.

Cheers guys. Is "sandy loam" just some sort of topsoil? Should I get a few yards of it for levelling purposes only? Should I put down the fertilizer also as mentioned (i.e. one or both approaches together?). Good to know it's not too late - don't really want to leave it as mud for next 6...

Only major job left in the garden is the lawn - but worrying it's getting a bit late in the year - when is the latest the experts would recommend for laying? I'm at least 2 weekends away from being ready. Also with regards prep I plan to get as many stones etc off the top as I can (most of...

I bedded them on semi dry sand/cement mix really just to level them. With the overall weight and right angles in both directions (if you see what I mean) it's all really solid. Yeah I used something similar - Timberlok - from a site called Bunnys Bolts about 65p each. Beware though as I...

It's just treated softwood "sleepers" from local timber / builders merchants. I have slapped on some extra coats of perservative also and put in a bit of gravel drainage / geotextile behind so in theory it won't be sodden earth behind most of it. I did look at hardwood but they were either...

I get this from all sides. My day job is building e-comm websites so I get to see some of the emails and listen to some of the telephone calls that are fielded. One classic was a customer rang in asking for a cataogue - when told that all products were on the website and there was in fact no...

Thanks Amanda Actually trampoline is perfect to shut the kids in while we try and get on with garden!! They are 2 and 8 and it turns into a cage match no holds barred fight in there sometimes - usually the 2 year old coming out on top as he is an aggressive little so and so!! Got...

Here is a link to some pics of garden before and during - no after yet as still not finished!! http://picasaweb.google.com/chilluk7/StarredPhotos Thanks to all who have answered my many questions - especially Thermo and Noseall - still got to finish deck (going down thin side bit you can...

This might be a slight hijack but just after some advice on building a frame. The deck I will be building is a thinnish area out the side of the house. At it's widest it's less than 4m, narrowing to less than 2m, over an 8m length. I want to lay the deckboards across the gap - I know it's...

If you don't mind paying out a bit more then the new Panasonic Li-Ion are the best around I am told by someone who is a complete and utter tool snob - good power / weight / longevity package.

Nice fella then!! That was supposed to read "With a name like yours..." Did it come off?

Also on my American Fridge Freezer - some hex heads at front to wind castors in and out. Didn't know about them for a few months after getting it though so moving it was a bit tricky at first - only when a mate saw me struggling to move it before new kitchen fitted did he suggest it might...