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Hello everybody. We've been in the process of moving the bathroom around a bit such that a new stud wall (made of MDF) will now support the over-bath shower. The head of the bath will be butted up against this stud wall. We've also put up new (unplastered) plasterboard for the side of the...

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Hi I have searched but cannot find any information about this, so hoped someone could help please. Some old mortar landed on top of my integrated d/w which is not yet fitted, but is operational. As I was trying to retrieve it some fell down the side of the d/w between the inner and outer...

Hi Thermo Just to let you know I have now finished the path. I did as you suggested with the base, laying and timber shuttering. It went down really well - the timber worked brilliantly to keep the falls accurate and I've had loads of complements. So thanks again Amanda :D

Hi Thermo Thank you for your reply, the timber sounds like a good idea. I will do as you suggested for the base and laying. I'm hoping to do it tomorrow. Thank you again Amanda

Hi Thank you for your reply. My 3 inches of bedding will be going on top of well-compacted soil. Many thanks Amanda

Hi I hope someone can offer some advice please on the best method of laying a mixed material path. I'm planning on using victorian blue pavers and cobble stones in my front garden path. The path is about 90cm wide and 3.3m long. Pedestrian use only. I'm using these materials because this...

Hi Texmex Thats brilliant advice thank you. I had no idea about laying the blue bricks differently so I'm glad you told me. Its also useful to know about the vacuum effect, so I guess the mortar needs to be reasonably moist for this to happen. I did notice that, when I couldn't get...

Hi I had pale pink carpet downstairs and paid to have it professionally cleaned and scotchguarded a few years ago. It did come up really clean but got dirty again very quickly, (within 6 months) so for me it wasn't worth having it done. However, I don't remember it being as expensive as...

Hi I hope someone can help please. I've just had the front garden wall rebuilt in Victorian reclaimed bricks, and would like to finish it off with decorative creasing tiles and blue capping bricks. (I'll be doing this part - the wall is only about 8ft long). I'd like to keeep a...

Hi to you all Thank you very much for all your replies - you've answered my questions brilliantly. I feel like I'll now know what the electrician is talking about when I ask him to come. Thanks again Amanda

Hello I hope someone could clarify this for me please. I'm not planning on doing the work myself, but I'd like to know more about it. I've been reading these forums and an electrics book but I cannot find the answer to my question. There are two sockets in my kitchen that are over 12...

Thank you all very much. These are all good ideas. I'll try them. Amanda :D __________________________ post locked please note 17 which is here

Hi I hope someone can advise me about my drill problem please. Its a 2 year old keyless Dewalt 505. I was using it on hammer action to drill into masonry, but when I open the jaws the drill bit will not come out. The jaws are fully open, and the drill bit will turn and wiggle about...

Hi Thank you both for your replies. As you said masona, there is a barcode on the machine which exactly identifies its year of manufacture - in this case 1993. Thank again Amanda

Hi there - I hope someone can help me please. We've seen the above semi-integrated machine for sale in the local paper and wondered if anyone had an idea of how old this machine is? Unfortunately the seller doesn't know as he's selling it on behalf of someone else. Also I'd be interested...

Thank you both for your replies. Amanda

Hi I agree with the above, also there are some brilliant books with garden designs suitable for every size and type of garden. I saw some in WHSmIth for example. I can't remember the exact title, but there were two where each page had a different garden design. Some of the garden design books...

Hi Jaffakake In my mum's house which is quite new, there is a concrete lintel above the window. This is VERY hard to drill into. I used a good masonry drill bit, one of the ones that are sold separately and say they are 'super good'. You'll also need a drill with hammer action and good wall...

Hello With the advice of the helpful guys on here I did plasterboard the ceiling and partition wall. And will get a plasterer to skim. I read that you should leave 5mm gaps between the plasterboard. Even though I was using small boards it was difficult to do the ceiling, and in some parts the...