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Hello, I have a refurbished concrete built house - I am not sure of the type, but it had all the outer walls removed and rebuilt with bricks and motar in 1995, by the previous owner. The local County Council had given the house a BRC (Buildings Regulations Certificate) at this time. But it...

Thanks for that - good observation re lack of chimney bits and looking for possible reasons why the Terraced house's "companions" were taken down. It was just academic interest about buying this kind of weird house that brought up the question - thanks guys! Udhi

Hi all, There are some odd looking houses coming up for sale near a friend's house; Basically, it looks like a row of terraces had been knocked down, leaving one of the mid terraced houses standing on its own - looks like a really odd, skinny, detached property. The house is from about...

This is just funny, I stopped using English tradesmen because I thought they overcharged! - I can see the logic, however odd it seems. Paid £240 for a, English Roofer to reset ONE ridge tile, English Plasterer: £300 for a single 10'X20 wall skimmed (base plaster perfect condition, no...

Hi all, I am thinking of renewing a small bathroom - 9' x 9'. Floor to be covered by large 400x600x12mm Travertine tiles and possibly the walls too, to ceiling height. Due to the type of tiles to go on the walls, I hear I need to to remove all the plaster, right back to brick and...

So just to confirm: I CAN use 12 or 18mm WBP on a concrete floor to tile on? Seems dead simple compared to pouring screed/levelling etc. Would I need to prepare the floore beforehand in some way or install those vapour barrier sheet thingies? Application: Plan to stick down some...

With the engine stutter, I bet the messager gets a fuel injector fault light coming on. Do not worry about dragging crap from the bottom of the tank in - the fuel pickup is near the bottom anyway, where do you think the fuel comes from, when the tank is full? certainly not from the top. Run...

I had marble floors in my little first floor, loo, laid on 18mm WBP. They were freezing to touch on days when the GCH had not kicked in, sometimes so cold that they caused a headache (!). I never considered it a real problem, but would in the future, consider installing Underfloor electric...

Is this a male or female socket? I would take it to someone who can tack-weld a bolt, rod or nut to the rounded doo-dah so it looks like a "handle" and then you can tap around wiith with a hammer to unscrew and bin it. Obviously keep a new replacement handy while you remove old one. Works on...

Superb motors. Love em to bits! For problem 1, you could try running the fuel near empty - and I mean less than a gallon. make sure engine is nice and warm, remove the fuel filter, replace with one filled to the brim with Millers diesel + or Forte cleaner. Then screw the car around for a few...

tip from Udhi's school of muppetry: Use a blow torch or similar to burn the wax off? mebbe alternately heat and dab with some cloth or tissue - keep some water and a sponge to douse the wall/cat/dog/pet/child should the inevitable happen. YES it has worked for me b4. udhi

Can you actually use a leveling compound on top of the WBP to level it? Does something need to be done to the ply before the leveling compound is put on - like a PVA coat or something? Is there a particular type of leveling compound for use on wood/WBP?

Thanks for the reply. Is there a particular type of paint that I should use - I understand that there is Water and Oil based. Trade means better quality than retail? Is it worth using a primer or something to a: stop the colour of the borders coming thru b: stop the water or...

Hello, My ground floor walls are covered with a textured wallaper that has been painted last year. The first floor is also covered in painted vinyl or that type of plasticy wallpaper with raised patterns in it (Anaglypta?). I want to repaint them all to sell the property. Can you suggest...