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Thanks TM and WD. I sort of have the feeling that it should be fine, but I've not put plaster cove up before. I definitely don't want it coming down around my ears or, even worse, a tenant's! (I'm playing with the idea of sub-letting). If it all goes wrong look for the "How do I put my ceiling...

Hello I've decided to put up some nice 100mm plaster coving in my living room. Not to hide cracks or anything, just get rid of the "boxy" look. (It's got to be plaster btw cos I carried it a mile from B&Q, due to being car-less, so that's definitely what's going up on the wall :!: ) I recently...

Yeah, I'm sure Brillo pads are at least as good as the old face flannel!

Thanks for the tip; the logic has a certain elegance! Had to try three plumbers merchants (and B&Q) to find the right washer (it's a bit of a weird one apparently) then had to buy new mixer taps anyway cos it still dripped as the seat required recutting (cheaper to buy new taps than the...

Hi! I'm a flat dweller who likes to ignore problems and now has no hot water in the kitchen. :cry: The hot tap has been leaking for over a year and I've been tightening it harder and harder to turn it off. Now (quite suddenly, as in yesterday) when I open the tap (which spins freely) I get a...