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? £85 from dixons

thanks just been reading a load of reviews and am concerned at how we have managed to get by without one for so long? Getting one ordered tonight I think

After hammering our upright vacuum for years with cleaning up after DIY, I've finally decided to get a cylinder vacuum cleaner justfor cleaning up after diy and for attatching to power tools to (and for cleaning the car). I haven't done much research but was looking at something like a numatic...

think he probably meant thistle bond-it which is a primer you paint onto the plasterboard before you skim it. After you've put your skim coat on, you wait for while for it to go off a bit and then with a brush, flick a bit of water (or you can aply water straight to the trowel or use a spray...

thanks for all your help and advice Maxsys

well its a victorian house so presumably whatever they use to use for undercoat plaster

I'm doubling up the plasterboard to make the wall more solid as it runs the length of the room (3.5m), only 900mm of it will be in the shower. As the aquaboard is 1200mmx900mm would I be better off laying them down on the 1200mm side and going over into the non-shower bit? Can you skim...

Thanks for your response. Yes, I'm aware it been covered many times before, have read loads of posts. If I use the aqua board, do I need to tank the 2 solid walls that make up the shower that have plaster on them or can I just tile straight over these? What do I use to seal where the...

I'm splitting a large room up with a stud wall to create a bathroom and an en-suite. I'm also going to put a new ceiling up. The stud wall will be made from 3x2 and i'm thinking of putting 2 layers of 12.5mm plasterboard on and skimming allround and then using a shower tanking kit on the 3...

if you don't use the drill all the time, what you will find with ni-cad batteries is that they go flat even if you don't use them. Li batteries last longer and re-charge quicker. +1 vote for get a bosch-blue drill what do you want the drill for? drilling into wall for putting rawl plug in or...

thanks everyone for the advise. I'm just going to get some easi-fill and hope for the best. like I said it should only be for a year

not got experience with drill batteries but once bought a immitation laptop battery and was ok for a month or 2 but after that it was absolute rubbish. you get what you pay for generally

if aldi have jet washers in these are normally debranded karchers and seem pretty good

can only echo what everyone else has said: keep digging to clear main stop tap outside so its clear and accesible. you can buy a tool for turning it off or you can cut a notch in the end of a plank of wood...

thanks for info. As much as I'd love to, I won't have time to do either of those options as we need to move up there asap due to losing half the house to the builders. Its only a tidy-up job until I get time next year to rip the lot out and start again. Would using a good quality powder filler...

yes, will be skimming it to match the old stuff and then painting it

have had to replace some plasterboard in our attic conversion, unfortunately the old plasterboard is skimmed over and I can't put scrim tape where the old meets the new otherwise there will be a lump on the join. What is the best way of joining the old to the new so it won't crack, is there...

sounds like either damp if the plasterboard is swollen. I'd be tempted to take it off and investigate the problem and then replace it with new

Thanks for all the replies. So the 40kw worcester or the 35wk veissmann will be too big then. would the 30kw boiler in either be better? its a fairly big house(4 bed, 2 ensuite's, 1 bathroom, 1 large reception rooms and a large kitchen diner with a small downstairs toilet and util room and 2...

We are having a whole new boiler/system/pipework and am after some advise with regards to the type of setup we need. We have a largish 4 bed victorian semi which is going to have 2 bedrooms with en-suite, a family bathroom, a downstairs toilet. Going to have 14 radiators, 2 possibly 3...