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You must have done this before... it was exactly 3 times what I thought!! (£300). As this is ridiculous to move a bit of pipework i'm going to do it myself but could do with a bit of advice on the wall fixings. Ive got thermalite inner blocks which the plasterboard is dot and dabbed to (so i...

And a rough price for cash, labour only?

So am I in the ballpark with a plumber doing the following: Cut out sections of plasterboard and install new piping. Batten out area and affix new plasterboard Wait for plasterer to reskim and wall to be painted Come back and fit radiator Collect cash

something like this http://www.bestheating.com/milano-windsor-traditional-26-x-2-column-radiator-cast-iron-style-white-300mm-x-1193mm.html

My lovely new forever house has hideous 10mm piping to all radiators: The radiators are all basic and 20 years old, a lot of them are siezed onto the radiator tails and are all imperial sizes. As every room has to be decorated (and all cielings skimmed) I'm going in to replace the lot. My...

Ok. So with my new Makita sander I gave it a going over with 180 grit paper and filled in any imperfections with toupret. After this i sanded again and wiped down with a damp cloth. The surface seemed fine so I didn't seal, simply used a watered down coat of emulsion for the first coat. With a...

My sander gave up the ghost so i've got another one on the way today. I've already filled with toupret so i'm going to sand, fill, sand, seal and then paint. I'll let you know the results

Wouldn't you sand/fill first then use Gardz?

I've taken off the wallpaper in my dining room and in patches the adhesive has pulled off some of the paint underneath. There was only a thin coat of magnolia onto the skimmed coat underneath the wallpaper. How do I get a perfect finish on the walls as i'm going to paint them all? I was...

I'm probably not explaining it the best. Starting from the tree: into this into SWA cable, into this: and finally into this:

I was going to use this https://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-external-gland-kit-20s-ip66-pack-of-2/25996 to connect the SWA to the conduit - does it need to be earthed at both ends? I've also got the earth from the cable that i'd terminate at the steel box.

Hi, I'm planning on extending a current garage lighting circuit that puts on 3 LED lights from dusk till dawn. I want to light a silver birch at the bottom of the garden (using a 3W LED bulb) so i'm planning on running 40m of 1.5mm SWA back into the garage for this job. Would I need part P...

I've got a wind tunnel in my lounge for the existing gas fire (I'm replacing with a stove so don't need an airbrick) I want to block it up but what's the best way? The pvc tube is pretty well fixed inside the breeze block, is it better to remove it and brick over or can I fill the hole with...

Great info, thanks

Hi all, I would like to replace my current wired alarm with a Pyronix Enforcer V10. I'm struggling to find an installer that will do it (they're all trying to push their own, monitored systems). How easy would this be for a newbie to fit? I'm pretty handy with DIY but don't know much about...

Hi All, I've just moved house (20 yr old property) and want to get the artex skimmed and some new spotlights added. I always thought it was the way to skim first and add spots later. The two plasterers I've had in to quote so far say to add the spots first and then skim so there's no chance...

Hi, Just moved property and unfortunately there's nowhere to hide all my AV equipment like the last house so most will have to be on show. The power leads to a lot of the equipment are significantly longer than they need to be. Is there any disadvantage to shortening them and adding a plug so I...

It is the D20RF. I can't select 'timed' or 'once' mode, only off or on. Is there any way to 'unpair' it to stop looking for a thermostat? I would like to select 'timed' mode if possible.

Hi all, I've a greenstar junior 28i with a DT20 programmer fitted to the boiler. I'm moving house so I've unwired my TADO smart thermostat from the boiler. After putting it all together I can't seem to find the old worcester wireless thermostat. At the moment I can only turn the central heating...

This is what it was like Can't think of anything worse than PVC to be honest, I think Safestyle have ruined so many good looking buildings! It's a wooden door (not sure how old) that I've stripped and painted. Since the pictures been taken I've stained the fascia and plugged the drill...