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Hi, I have a fibreglass garage door that needs repainting. I have done some Googling to try and work out what paints I need, but I'm a bit confused. The general message seems to be to use an Acrylic Latex paint. Most paints I have looked at obviously don't mention fibreglass in their short...

Thanks to you all for your input, the fact that mowing will eventually kill the brambles is great news. r896neo the area I am looking to turf is about 200 square metres. I am happy for it to take a couple of years (the whole house is a work in progress, so I'm looking for less effort over quick...

Thanks for the quick reply. SBK isn't glyphosate is it? As said, this seems to have had much more effect on the brambles. Is it ok to keep applying that every few weeks despite what it says on the SBK label or should I go back to the original glyphosate I used and hope that doing it regularly...

Hi, I took on a new garden last summer which had been neglected for many years. It was covered with brambles of approx 8ft in height. I cut them down and then tried to dig out the roots last summer. This year, more than I had hoped grew back. Based on advice on this forum, I have tried using...

Thanks to you both! I am very grateful for you taking the time to help me. I now have a plan, which is much more than I had a few days ago, and it also sounds like less work than I expected and relatively low cost too. Ideal. Thanks again!

Thanks for the replies. Final questions I promise... I assume, based on instructions I have read, I need to let the weeds grow back a bit having dug them all out again? (based on it killing the individual weeds rather than treating the soil?) Any reason, other than convenience, I can't...

b3taman, thanks for the reply. I won't give up, I just want to avoid working all summer not getting anywhere. Is the following product what you are referring to...

Hi, I took on a garden last year that is about 10m by 10m. It was badly overgrown with brambles (approx 8ft) and stinging nettles amongst other things. I cut it all back in the summer, then put some SBK down (after letting the brambles grow back to a few inches) which didn't seem to work...

Hi, I have recently taken on a new house that has a garden which was massively overgrown with brambles and nettles. I have manually cut them away to just above ground level. I was planning to then use SBK to kill them off completely. Having done this and bought some SBK, I now get the...

Firstly, thanks to those who have taken the time to read this post. Having not had any suggestions on here I took to trying to take the machine apart to see if I could locate the source of the noise. I was able to remove the top and back part of the machine. From there I couldn't see...

Hi, I have an Indesit WIXXE 127 Washing Machine which has begun to make a clicking sound during the cycle. It seems to have started since washing a bath rug (on its own). The machine tried to spin the rug and I think it must have still been heavy with water as it caused the machine to...

Thanks to you both for your replies. Regarding the lamp holders, I regularly have to change these on all of the lights as the wire nearest to the bit where you clip the lamp into burns away. I have to do this on all of the lights. Sometimes this seems to coincide with the lamp needing...

Hi, I have very little experience of working with electrics, but am keen to do basic jobs myself in order to teach myself something and to avoid paying an electrician for jobs I really should be able to do myself. As such, I apologise in advance for what is probably a very badly explained...

Thanks for all your advice on the topic. As a first time poster I am very grateful for the number of you willing to share your knowledge and experience with me. I did the clean up suggested, and am a little less concerned that I was, but certainly won't be doing this again and hope I haven't...

Hi, I am a new member to this site, but hope that somebody can help me out. I am about to get some artex celings skimmed. The guy doing it for me has said in order to make it easier for him to chip off the bigger bits. I did this at the weekend and have since heard (and now read) that this...