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Ah.... but were enjoying ourselves :-) I sometimes do work for 'customers' and i hate them because they ask you to give you a quote for some work and then never reply. Thank god I'm self funding! On a total tangent, got some old people down my road and I do things for them for nothing. I...

I had a bloody heavy door to hang a year ago. I bought some sawn 2x6 and sanded it down... Just built my own lining out of it... The door (56kg) still pulled the bloody lining away from the door, until I put some 6 inch screws through it into the brick work...

I'm about to refurb a house. part of it is the electrics. Now, I've got a friendly part P guy. I'm going to rip out all the stuff already present. I will then get his advice as to what height i should put sockets/switches and app. info when drilling holes in joists. Then I will do all...

before taking it to a scrap yard, determine what metal it is. Then call a couple of yards and get a price per kg. you usually get more if you clean the metal - i.e. you don't have glass in it or any debris.

check gas check battery level strip down again. clean out and re-oil (not too much) try again. still fails ? You could either get it serviced/fixed or buy a new circuit board for it... I think they sit inside the handle

place timber on wall. mark and drill holes through timber at 1m on timber then mark wall on marked wall drill holes then clean holes out spray a little water put resin bond into hole put threaded bar in (cut to app length) leave to set then put the timber on but washers then bolts and...

I've borrowed my mates Leica and it's great. He's scottish, researches things until you ready to stab yourself to death, so based on that.... ok. my girlfriend has some Leica binoculars and they are stunning. Leica are the best for optics.

I thought the construction was celotex between and OVER the roof joists. This would be up to the required amount to achieve app. U values. You then have an air gap between the celotex and breathable membrane, then tiles. Can't remember if it's 25mm or 50mm gap - sorry, it sat. night and I've...

That's one long, dry day :-)

£250 sounds reasonable. Just to give you an idea (sorry roofers) what it costs ME to get my flat roofing done. 4m x 3.5m. 60mm drip edges formed (all the way around) + 2 sides arris rails. 3 Layer torch on. It takes one man, one day and cost me £140 ex. materials & scaffolding. I supply...

I used a wickes self adhesive system on a shed in the garden. 6 years on, it's still in perfect condition and has NO leaks. So, if you want to be cheap and save some money, it can be done and systems are available. Just keep in mind it should not last as long as proper systems. OSB3 Paint...

I can see why you want to do what you want to do... But my gut feel suggest this is not a good idea. Due entirely to the fact, after this is done, no one will know the pipe is present. You might need to seek advice. *IF* I were to do this I would encase it with a metal plate sitting infront...

I had a ferroli fitted in a refurb 2009. It broke down (DHW) within the warrantee period. It took them 2+ months to fix it, in the end replacing the whole unit. It was the biggest pain in the arse I have ever experienced. 1 service engineer in an area of a million square miles (well, not quite...

what did you pay for those screws and where did you get them from ? I know whenever I buy stuff for cedar it's expensive !

It must have been hard to move, but good on you for extracting yourself from the stress of it all... The rules of karma do apply... You will be happy and well enough said about next door...

I usually tend to leave a 4" gravel / soak away area rather than paving directly up to the brick/block work. I do this where I am a little close to the DPC and also to reduce spash back from paving to brickwork and potentially through cavity - as you know your going to have muck in their. Did...

squeaky, I've worked all over the world. And you can't beat the English sense of humour !!

Jo-90... Yep a painter and decorator told me about car body filler.. Next time I need to do any filling I won't but that rather expensive ronseal two part mixer stuff I'll spend my money on car body filler. Big old tin for I think £24 ish... He said he gets through two of those a year and saves...

I did a plumbing course (sorry painters) at my local college as I was bored and had some spare time. Their was a pound shop around the corner, I could not resist going in a lunch time and taking things to the counter and asking how much things cost. Is it wrong if I find things like that...

If you can REALLY be bothered... sand between coats and put two coats on. If I'm doing a quick refresh on a rental you can get away with a sand and a single coat. As they are my own refurbs I get away with it, not sure what a 'customer' would want - or if they would actually stipulate within...