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I'm a terrible DIYer if i'm honest and on trying to fit a curtain holder to the (plasterboard) wall I was recommended the following fixing http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/hardware/screws/specialist_screws/-specificproducttype-self_drilling_screws/Rawlplug-Metal-Self-Drill-07105-One-Size-9281500...

Hello. I need some advice in relation to capping off some electrics in the bathroom. AS you can see from the pic below I have one of those torrid bathroom lights and i'm hoping to rip that out and cover it over with a wooden bathroom cabinet. Could you please advise on the best way to...

Hi all, I'm looking to renovate rather than refit a new bathroom and things are pretty much in order but I have no idea what to do about the boxing in of the pipework. It frankly a mess. AS you can see from the pictures below the boxing includes an access panel to the toilet but on the...

Thanks for the response mate. Would clean white spirit on a rag be worth a try first?

Just the green scrubber side of a sponge. No scratches. Wood is dark perhaps teak and is maybe 60 years old. I know I've gone overboard with the cleaning etc but just want to try and revive? Matt finish.

We recently bought an antique book case that is a beautiful dark wood. Unfortunately we weren't to know that it was invested with moths and xtheir eggs. We had no other choice by to do some intense cleaning which included scrubbing with well dilute bleach and adding a powder killer to the...

Hello all, I bought me place from new four years ago and as I have been decorating the place over the years I've never failed to be surprised at how poorly fitted out the properties were with the cheapest materials and the shoddiest workmanship. Anyway I'm onto the bathroom and about to...

Any ideas on getting the lamp unit out?

I've noticed over the last couple of years that every couple of months the lights on the cooker hood will blow. I went to turn them on tonight and not only did the bulb blow clean off the fitting (which was a pain to get back out without the glass attached) but it fused at the main circuit...

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I have a type of flooring in the bathroom of my apartment. It reminds me very much of that hygenic flooring found in catering kitchens. The kind that has quartz crystals in it. Anyway i'm looking to have it replaced with exactly the same but in a dary grey colour and I don't know where to...

Is there any chance of getting a sample of the 300 white metro? As an aside I did wonder, if I went for normal grout with a sealer and started to get staining issues, is it a case of removing the grout and re-doing? Is this easy enough to do?

Thanks for the response mate. We do have a shower of the bath that is used twice a day so yellowing will be very quick i'm sure. In terms of using a coloured grout - will the colour stop the yellowing all together? Because the metro tiles are so small there will be quite an area of grout...

Im crap at DIY but I'm about to get stuff cracking in our bathroom and want to get things right. I'm buying materials and getting in trades separately to manage costs. I understand that a general rule is to try and use large tiles to minimise the amount of grout and therefore maintenance...

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I have a combi boiler. Why do you say that Maggs? Personal experience? Is there much that can go wrong with buying a ceramic wash bowl and tap?

Sorry I really should be more clear in my posts. I want this style of tap or similar. The main point I am making is that this company is very cheap and I wonder if that's for a reason. Something along then lines of, "if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is" Or am I just...

Online isn't that important but value is. Here is the item in question http://www.tapsuk.com/v999aweb-dream-tall-waterfall-bathroom-basin-mixer-tap-v999a.html Loads cheaper than anywhere else I can find. At first I thought it was a scam website but it's not. I just don't want to have any...

Yeah that's not a problem for me. I'm just concerned that I can actually have someone remove this one and replace it with another. It may sound stupid but other thatn the ceiling lights I wasn't sure lights would be fitted so close to the bath directly to the mains. I thought this crappy...

They seem to have wash bowls and taps at much more reasonable prices and whilst I'm trying to keep the budget manageable for my bathroom refurb, I want to make sure I balance cost with reliability. Any experiences good and bad with these guys? Or perhaps some suggestions on trusted retailers...