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Well i had it out with the builder when he finished today. He told me that it is normal to leave woodwork with screw / nail holes etc and that is a decorators job, thats fine, i accept that. I put all my other views to him and will now move on and prepare the rooms and decorate them.

He has been paid around 25% of the job and i will pay him no problem. To me it is about the finish, the attention to detail and this is where he has been lacking. Is it normal to make a door frame the same size as the door and rely on taking some off the door. Is it normal to leave woodwork with...

I have had my garage converted to an office and a utility room. There are a few things that i want to raise with the builder but i'm not sure if i am being too picky. He brought in sparkys and plumbers and bricklayers who were really very good, it's just a lot of stuff that he has done that i...

I like the look of that, thanks

I have had my garage converted to an office and utility room. The partition was made of a wooden frame, celotex placed in the frame and then plasterboarded, then plastered. What would the best type of fixing be for hanging kitchen wall units on the wall ? toggle ?

I finally move the old shed off the base today and had a good measure up of the are the log workshop is going. The workshop is 4.5m x 2.5m, over the width of the area there is no more than 1/2" height difference in the base, over the length it is about 1/4" although there are a couple of dips in...

I have a large cemented base for which i have ordered a 4.5m x 2.5m log workshop. I would say that the concrete base is not all that level but not overly bad. I have realised that the workshop comes with bearers that are actually part of the floor base, unlike my shed, which has a floor base on...

There is no concrete base in this area where the shed is going, thats what i need to put in place. I have thought about bricking up the manhole cover, but as i can't lay a brick and i need this down ASAP, hence i thought about a frame. As i said, i would extend up from the frame with marine ply...

I have just removed a summerhouse from my back garden that has been in place for 25 yrs. Upon removal i have found a manhole cover, 625mm square. I had planned on putting a concrete base in this are in order to move my small shed there. I have a slight slope running across my garden and this is...

At the bottom of my garden i have a dog run and garden shed, prior to that i have a small patio area, this area is around 4 inches lower than the dog run / shed area. I am planning on buying a much longer shed which will cover the dog run area which is all concreted, due to the extra depth, it...

I never said it would.

Thanks, already have a guy lined up to come out but just wanted an opinion. If everybody just phoned an engineer every time then you will not learn anything and also it would make this site pointless, is also sometimes weeks to get someone.

Getting back to the issue, the boiler is a Vokera Syntesi 29e. It does have a slight drip from the pipe outside which i assume could be the vent line from a PRV ?, guess this could lead to a drop in pressure. As i said before, a guy did look at it and said a fair bit of crap in the system as no...

Thanks AGAS

There you go Terry, that is all that was needed, to ask for a model number. As i can see, you don't like flippant remarks either. it's a 2 way street of which i have never seen on this website before. Best we leave it there i guess. You are correct AGAS, i have not had anything other than great...

Why is that AGAS ?, i ask a question and get a flippant remark back. People register to this site because you can ask a question and get an answer from someone in that specific trade to which you are not an expert yourself. Many questions on here have hundreds of views and a few answers so...

I don't expect you to be a Psychic but a lot of people who know plumbing with give a general view, rather than a specific diagnosis which i know is not possible, your flippant remark is not appreciated so don't waste your time making it, move on. I was merely asking about this boiler losing...

My brother has a Vokera combination boiler that keeps losing pressure, a chap did look at it and said there was a fair bit of crap inside. He cleaned it up but still keeps losing pressure. Does it look like the end of the end of this or fixable ?

I am preparing to paint / decorate a room. From the photos you will see that the corner edge metal strip has sprung out a little bit. How is the best way to get this back flush with the wall, was thinking of something like araldite on it with constant pressure until dried, the metal is quite...

Need to get the final little skin of the old silicone off as the no nonsense stuff does not seem to get it off. Need to get it off as new shower cubicle sides are slightly narrower. Have tried scouring pads but they dont do it, a fine sandpaper might, would that scratch the tiles ?, i don't...