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Is there any way of doing it without having to buy special tools?

Is there an easy way to measure the water pressure (bars?) coming into the house and in the pipes?

Anyone know where I can get some nettle bush seeds to put in the ground. Something small but heavy duty to stop people and animals coming through.

Cheers and1145 but I've already put an order in. Thanks for the offer though. In case anyone wants to know I found the right sizes at one place only, the gbbulbs place that ban-all-sheds (thanks ban!) suggested. At 93mm long they seem just perfect.

I found some "micro" lights that were tiny and 7w but they weren't bright enough. I need something thats producing at least a 60w light output.

Anybody know where I can get some low energy (11w or 15w) lightbuld thats 9cm long end-to-end (i.e. including the bayonet) with a BC fitting? I've tried a few of the compact low energy bulbs but they're all too long.

Is that better than the ready mixed polyfilla stuff?

I had some internal plastering done just over a year ago and some cracks have appeared in the last couple of months, some hairline and a few bigger ones. Any suggestions why they've appeared?. The surface was cement rendered (and bone dry) before plastering but it was done in the middle of...

Yep, Combi so theres no pipework in the attic. Saw a reply to a question on water hammer from Danny Davies (Tech Officer at the IPHE). Had a look round and go a rough idea of what they are and how they work. But do they really work and whats a good one to go for?

I've got mains pressure plastic plumbing and a combi boiler. Whereever the kitchen taps are turned on there is loud noise (water hammer) coming from one of the upstair pipes. I can't get to it to clip it down, if that would help. Saw something in the papers about a water hammer arrester...

Normal low energy lightbulbs run at a temperature of 2700K to produce a yellowish light. You can get low energy daylight lightbulbs (www.yourlights.co.uk) that simulate the light of the sun at noon but they run at a temperature of 6000K. If I fit a daylight bulb will I need to replace my...

ms2004 - they've got them in oxford street is you want to have a look. Philips are there but you can get much better ones from the Far East (LG and Samsung I think), they come in a 32" and 45" sizes. You can have ones that double as a mirror when switched off or ones that look like a picture...

>>Guess what we bought last month Yep, thats what I've been dreading as well. Theres so much conflicting advice around, I'm just trying to figure out which is better? The longevity thing is an issue because I remember seeing a Phillips plasma in Barkers a couple of years ago and after...

How do (large screen, 30+ inch) LCD TVs compare with the new HD Plasma TVs? I think theres two types of HD - 760 and 1070 lines. (I want to get my request into Santa early!)

Its on the outside so theres no joists to hang it off. Its all upvc cladding on the outside.

Certainly did, tried different brands and even tried selotaping it in place to give it extra time to bond. Was going to try out the LookNoNails stuff today but on the back of the tube it says that "At least one surface must be porous" so I'm not so sure now. There must be some industrial...

Is there a glue out there that can attached two pieces of (u)pvc? I'm trying to hang a pvc conduit (to carry some cables) to the underside of a upvc roof cladding. Tried various silicones/glues but the conduit keeps falling off after a couple of days. I'm trying to avoid screwing the conduit...

Zampa, just a short note to say "Thanks". I took your advice and went for the three coats as you'd suggested. The painter's just finished and it all looks smashing. Cheers!

I spoke with the blokes in B&Q and Wickes and both suggested sealing it first. The painter didn't say what he wanted to seal it with but the bloke in B&Q suggested thinning down Unibond Exterior PVA, said that he'd just his place the same way. Apparantly you can thin down the first coat of...

I had the outside walls cement rendered about 9 months ago and want to paint it with some (Dulux Weathershield) masonary paint. The painter says that its all got to be sealed first otherwise the paint'll peel off in a couple of years. The Dulux people say that you can't seal new render...