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Hello all. I am about to lay some new turf for my sister and I was hoping for some advice as I've never done it before. I have ripped out the old grass, and dug up the soil and chopped it up a bit with a fork so it is not so flat and compacted. The thing is, there are a lot of stones in...

Thanks a lot ladylola, that makes perfect sense. Appreciate the help.

Hello all. I have the last of the architrave waiting to be installed. Just measured up and one side is about 5mm higher than the other. Obviously a 45 degree mitre isn't going to work here. Can anyone give me some tips on how I can achieve good joins? I have a chop saw, but as far as I...

Thanks Vitro. I thought as much, once it has cured fully it should be hard enough anyway.

Hello all. I've recently ripped back the carpet on my stairs and plan to install a runner. Therefore the side treads and risers need to be painted. I was planning to do it using the same paint on the skirting (Sikkens Rubbol BL Satura). However, I want to know whether this is...

Thanks for your help Dcdec. Straight edge, didn't think of that!

Hi all. Recently I have plastered two corners inside my house as they were in terrible condition. Having no experience with this sort of thing, I applied a metal corner bead and used Easi-Fill to plaster the corners. However, after building up the coats and sanding, there is still a...

Thanks for the tip Mac but I wanted to use fibreboard underlay this time so had to get the DPM as well. Thanks all.

Thanks Crazydave, I'll just get that one then.

Hi All. I am going to lay some engineered wood flooring soon over some concrete. It's actually some form of tiles but it has concrete underneath. I need to know what type of DPM to lay. I plan to use fibreboard underlay, would a regular 'builders' DPM be ok to use or do I need a special...

They were insulated in a sticky, greasy tape (Denso tape?). Just remembered my dad broke my kangol so I might not actually be able to do it now unless I can borrow one. I guess I will just ring a couple of local plumbers and see what they say, ask for two quotes, there is no way I'm faffing...

I wouldn't know the difference to be honest. I actually did the room in question when the central heating was originally installed. It wasn't overly difficult with the kangol when I got used to it. If I remember correctly, this is how the piipes were laid out. Radiator A is being moved...

I'd probably do it myself, although I don't mind either way if the difference in price isn't huge.

Excellent, thanks again. OK, one final question. I'm not expecting 100% accuracy, but what would be a rough quote for such a job? It's basically, radiator 1 moved two metres right (pipes would have to be buried under concrete), radiator two removed, with the two stop ends put on and filled...

Thanks for the reply. Is it 'do-able' though, what I'm suggesting?

Hi all. I have a quick question hopefully you can help with. I have two radiators in my living room, one which I would like to move to other side of the room and the other which I would like to get rid of completely. The pipes are buried under concrete. What I want is, the pipes that are...

Hi again. OK, I've read up on this a little more and it would appear there is no real consensus on what the best method is for burying copper pipes in concrete. I am thinking a wooden box within the concrete channel with a plyboard lid in line with the surrounding floor (again, I've read...

Right, thanks again for the replies. A lot to mull over. The floor is actually concrete so I've no choice in that matter. I will think this over and update when I have made my mind up but it's beginning to make more sense to me now.