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I've informed the potential installers of our burner that I can source twin stainless liner at a much cheaper rate than they have quoted. They say their liner is twin wall and twin insulated. I cannot find a product which claims to be twin wall and twin insulated? Does such a thing exist...

I know that as far as part P is concerned that the bathroom is a "special" area and i'm not supposed to do any DIY electrical work in there. However, our current family bathroom has 3 wall mounted lights which as well as being ugly (previous owners choice) are probably also unsuitable for their...

Thanks Zampa, think I'll buy a Hamilton (these were the expensive brushes I was referring to) and give it a try this weekend.

Bit of a cheeky question. Can anybody give me an indicative cost of supplying a 6 inch class 1 stainless steel liner for a wood burning stove. I have a quote that I'm happy with with one exception, I'm being quoted £74.17 per metre, plus VAT to supply the above. Fitting is extra but I'm happy...

I normally buy what I would call mid priced paint brushes (about £3 for 25mm) which seem to do the job perfectly adequately. I have noticed that you can pay a lot more for a brush. My question is, what is the benefit, if any, for a DIYer in purchasing such brushes when on the face of it they all...

We recently went through a similar decision on a slightly larger shower room. The conclusion we came to was, the larger the tile, the larger the room will appear. In the end I tiled floor to ceiling with 270mm w by 370mm h and the end result is great. I think smaller tiles would have closed the...

I've just had a look at the Sky web site and it still seems ridiculously expensive to me by the time you add Sky+ multi-room bla bla bla. All I really want access to is British Eurosport. Is there a way to get this without having to sign up to Sky. I do not have the option of cable TV where I...

Well, thanks for all the advice and ideas. We spent 2 days cutting/digging it all up and taking it to the dump. Looks like we'll have to spend some time now considering what to put in its place, at least that should be fun. It's also interesting that I hated this stuff and my wife loved it, just...

Yeah I thought that but there are absolutely no draughts with the skirtings removed. Also the carpet covers the bottom of the skirting where it meets the floor. The floor boards have their original "rough" finish so I think the room has always been carpeted. So I'm still not sure why they were...

The bullet has been bitten. Bit of a long story but here goes. Tried the leak sealer without success. Leak got progressively worse until the system was losing about 0.8 bar pressure in about 12 hours, maybe another fractured fitting. I was not comfortable with this level of leakage and turned...

I've just removed some skirting from a bedroom. Oddly the skirting was silicone sealed all the way round where it sits on top of the floor boards. I'm confused as to why it was fitted in this way. I don't think this room was a bathroom at any time (it has an en-suite). Will it be necessary to...

Thanks for all the ideas and quotes from RHS web site. What we have I would guess to be about 15 years old, ie planted when the rest of the garden was landscaped, and it is VERY woody. If I were to cut this back to a more appropriate size I would probably be left with nothing but wood about 1...

I moved into a house which has what can only be described as a lavender hedge. It has been planted between the edge of a patio and the lawn to a length of about 40 feet, supposedly to soften the transition between patio and lawn. The patio is approx 30cm higher than the lawn. This lavender is...

I've also just used Fastflex and confirmed with BAL technical support that I did not need to prime prior to tiling.

So if the grout lets water through so quickly, why not put a thin "slither" of bath and shower sealant in the gap between the tile and top up with grout for that perfect aesthetic look.

After fixing a number of tiles to the wall I've noticed that one of them has a number of relatively light scratches on its surface. They can only really be seen at the right angle but I find it very annoying. The tiles are ceramic. My question is, what could I use to polish out these scratches...

Hi arni, roughly how big was the job and which part of the country are you in? There is obviously a hoge difference in what you paid and what I'm being quoted.

In answer to some of the questions. The house is approx 3,300 sg ft with a total of 8 raditors to be replaced downstairs. Replacement radiators are not necessary but the ones I have are old and have been painted by hand and therefore look a bit naff. The thinking is to go for a modern, more...

We've been in the house for just over a year and experienced 2 leaks in the central heating pipes buried in the concrete on the ground floor. Not wanting to be forever disrupting the wooden flooring etc etc I have been looking for a solution. A local heating engineer worked out a way of...

I don't think the T&G is glued so may make the job a bit easier if necessary. The reseal was quite recent so hopefully easier to get apart. If there is damage to to resealing and subsequent disassembly, what's the course of action? Thanks