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Hi! Here's the image i have so far. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k285/MrTickleBucket/KitchenWinOutTop.jpg The red cross i marked shows the nail head - the wooden beading above it has been pulled out. It was already broken, i assume it was done at the point of installation. I can...

Appreciate the help John. I've got a bit of the wood surround that i can take - it's been pin nailed into the surround and has split at the point the nail was driven in. There isn't any putty in the windows at all - not like 'regular' windows, where a big bead of putty runs around the...

Brilliant! Thanks John, will do. Mr. T.

hi board, Some advice on the paint would be great!

Anybody got any ideas on the paint? i've done some research at local DIY stores and no one seems to know anything about breathable paints or wood windows. Everyone just goes 'uPVC is what you need, mate'.

'ello! I need to put a path down in the garden - we've thought about a wooden set of steps. I did notice, in my parents house; their decking can get slippy when wet. Any ideas as to how to stop this from happening? The path would run down an incline, in steps. Other than applying...

There is an actual bit for this. Not a router tool but a drill bit. Look harder, they are available. My mate does kitchens and has confirmed this for me before. He kept saying 'Don't bother, the lads have got a bit for that!' but out of context, it's perhaps moot!

Hi! Thanks for your reply! The draught excluding is the plastic extrusion type stuff that has a sticky backing - not the caulking gun type that goes around the acutal window frame. I will be very careful with the putty - thanks!! I thought there may be a 'trick' to removing it, but okay...

Hello Board! I posted this in the Windows forum, but i'm sure you chippies will have some advice for me! We live in a 7 year old house with wooden window frames + double glazing. They need some attention - bringing them back to top condition really. Some of the parts just need...

Sorry, but this is easy. If the people who organise planning permission are telling you that you need planning permission, then you need to get planning permission. If the people that are TRYING TO SELL YOU WINDOWS are saying that you don't need to go to that hassle; just sign the order...

Hello Board! We live in a 7 year old house with wooden window frames + double glazing. They need some attention - bringing them back to top condition really. Some of the parts just need sanding down, priming and painting. I am going to replace the draught excluding foam that is stuck...

It is solvent based i beleive - will double check! Thanks for all your input. The painting is going to take a couple of days really - can i leave a paintbrush in White Spirit over night / 24hrs and it be ok to use again? Is there another way to avoid cleaning the brushes all the time? I...

Hello Board! I've just finished painting the walls to a room and am going to do the Skirting boards. I've got some high gloss trade paint and a really nice brush. I've prepped the woodwork by sanding it down. Less than a year ago they were taken right back to wood and fully prepped to top...

Are these elbows like the ones for smaller 22m (for instance) piping? Or are they big cast, heavy thick walled units? I think that we are moving beyond the realms of possibility here - maybe Stainless Steel would be cheaper to source? Thanks for your input guys. Mr. Tickle.

Well yeah, it's not that kind of art project. I think she wants to see if she can get all the parts that she needs and then buy it - but i guess if i know that she CAN get it, then she can go on a scrap finding mission. So just scrap merchants and keep an eye out? Mr. Tickle.

Hi guys, Thanks for your replies. I did mention that i thought China were buying all the copper for cable so she'd better be quick - i suppose if she can price it up before she starts, that would help. The more 'remote' stuff she's after is: about 1-2ft of 3" tubing (I'm not sure if i...

Hello Board! A friend of mine is doing a very odd art project. Do not ask me. She needs some large bore copper tubing and fittings - like 75mm, 38mm 25mm tubing and fittings. She came round for dinner on the weeknd and said she can't find any of it. So I've been to a few plumbers merchants...

Cool, when you say DIY shed, are you talking about the large warehouse type stores? 'Cause i've been around all of them in the last year and never seen one or spoken to anyone that's ever heard of them! I suppose they would look cheap - or they'd be too expensive to get a nice one - i...

These all sound like great options! Where do i go and get these sorts of plants? I've been to loads of garden centres and i can't find anything like this - am i looking in the wrong place, should they be available in garden centres? Is there a time of year i should be looking?

HI board! I'd like to plant some brambles or other spikey-nasty-mean plants along a boarder for security purposes. It is a piece of ground by a carpark about .5-1m wide and maybe 10m long and is backed by a fence. What plant can i use that will grow but not take over the whole place in 2...