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Did you ever see that Father Ted episode in which he tries to get a small dent out of a car and ends up doing more and more until eventually the car is ruined? Doing a little bit of grout removal is a bit like that (well, in my experience anyway.) Before you start getting the stuff out, try a...

At the top of some stairs, I have a wall on which the external corner has been chipped and damaged, probably caused by furniture banging against it during delivery and removals over the years. I could put on a metal corner strip to repair and protect the edge from future damage, but then I'd...

As a matter of interest, jcr, which bathroom suite did you buy from B & Q? I quite fancied their Winchester package but the bath panel looked so peculiar and didn't fit together properly that it put me off. I also looked at their showerbaths but their curved screens didn't seem to have any...

I second what Chrishutt says. If your letting agent drags its feet, tell it to expect a reduction in your rental payments until the matter is sorted.

I know nothing about gates except the need to do it properly. There's a 'gated' development opposite where I live and the gates never close. They used to, but one day they failed. A man came and dug up the concrete and they worked for a time. Then they failed again and have been open for...

Great. :D

I like cats but I don't have one myself and I don't enjoy having to scrape up their poo from my garden. Having read through this thread, it seems clear that cat owners understand the problem but because they do not have to deal with it themselves (their own cats do not do it in their own garden...

When clicking on 'Your posts' it used to come up with a list of posts to which I'd contributed with latest at the top but showing who was the last person to post in that thread. That was useful. Now it just comes up with a list of my own posts with no indication of who was the last person to...

Just as a matter of interest, did you get a structural survey on the house before you bought it? That should have highlighted any major problems. If not and you're really worried (and old houses do often have problems like this) you could get one in now and ask his/her advice.

They buy cast iron baths. I've seen some on ebay. As to the rest of the stuff, unless it really is quality period stuff I would doubt it. Would you want someone else's old lavatory? That aside, the sheds sell this stuff so cheaply - I saw a whole suite plus taps for around than £300, all...

I like Quality Street but only the purple ones.

Well, Mr Fix it, I'm not a plumber but when you said the wastes had been painted, I knew what you meant (large diameter plastic pipe behind lavatory and also plastic waste behind washbasin, right?) so unless your plumber is trying not to understand, he'll probably get it. If not, show him when...

Hey, thanks, Chris :D .

Good point but I'll be living in it for a while myself and you never know. But yes, I am probably being very silly. You might say the same about avoiding the sheds but I bought a kitchen tap from one of them about 6 months ago and the handle bit is already loose. Likewise a plug for a basin -...

Thanks, Chris. Actually, I cheated just a little because the basin I originally saw came from one of the sheds (and it was completely flush with the wall) but because I'm not convinced of shed quality, I searched out another that looked the same. Btw, the reason I like the look of these...

Aah - thank you! I didn't realise they just rested on top :oops:

I found this bathroom basin and pedestal online: http://www.ukbathroominteriors.com/rangecode_product.asp?RangeCode=43&Manufacturer=Vitra%20Essentials I like it but . . . the pedestal fits close to the wall so I'm wondering how it's possible to reach the trap if it clogs up? Is this a...