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Thanks, no not solid base, just a footing. I think I will be planting some sort of perennials. Will I need to line it at all? Just worried about the render.

Hi all, I’ve read lots of conflicting information so I’m not sure what to do with my new flower beds. They’ve been built on my old lawn with a concrete footing and are now in between my new lawn and patio. I will be having them rendered. The lawn at the rear of the flower bed is about 15cm...

Unfortunately that’s above the shower so ideally I need to be in there. I’m wondering if I remove the bathroom ceiling grill, could I attach new ducting to the old and some bow pull it through? Would it then be possible to connect the ducting to the grill and refit the grill?

The gap to fit though is 15cm, so although I can get my hands and arms through I can’t then see, plus that section of ducting to the ceiling is around 2 meters.

That might work if I get a piece of rigid duct with a 90 bend on the end, I might be able to manoeuvre it over onto the vent cover. Just might not be air tight.

Thanks both. I now have another issue to overcome. The ducting from the ceiling grill in the bathroom to the in-line fan in the loft has a tear. My problem is due to a loft conversion I can see the ducting but I can’t get in far enough to replace and reconnect to the grill from in the loft. Any...

Thanks both. The reason I don’t want to put wire mesh there is I still can’t properly attach the ducting to the air brick, it’s just pushed up against it? I’m thinking JohnD’s suggestion might be a good long term fix? Am I ok to remove the air brick and just have the cowl and ducting? A full...

Hi all, The house we moved into has a bathroom ceiling inline extractor fan with round flexible ducting, it has an adaptor to make it brick sized then is pushed up against an air brick in the loft. I assume this is OK as all the other air bricks has been covered over with some sort of silicone...

Sorry to revive an old thread but I am looking to see if anyone has any long term experience of how these have turned out?

It's 1920's, not sure how old this paint is though.

I'm looking at Dulux Weathershield undercoat (water based) and Dulux Weathershield Gloss (oil based). Any opinions on this?

Hi all, I'm after some advice on painting some exterior wood on my house. It's an arch and lintel at the front of the house and a few window frames at the back. They are already white, looks like gloss but are flaking and cracking. I've never done a job like this before, so I'm unsure on...

I don’t have permission but I get on with both neighbors well, I’ll ask before I start but I’m not actually sure who owns which fence? It’s a forest green and I’m going to be painting it in a dark grey / silver.

Hi, Looking for some advice on staining my side of a vertical overlap fence. I want to do it a different colour to what it originally was and what my neighbours on both sides have. Will this cause me a problem? I assume as its vertical overlap and not horizontal then it shouldn't drip through?

Just an update. I spoke with Burlington and they suggest changing my cartridges for quarter turn instead of screw down. They sent me some out to try, I fitted them this weekend and its resolved my issue. No more noise! :)

My original aerator is like this Cache Honeycomb TT Flow Regulator / Aerator M16.5 x 1 M16 x 1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PQQ8JC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_EyGGAbQ3WC4P1 I don’t seem to be able to find a flow restricting one in that size.

Thanks Old&Cold, I should be able to pick one of these up from Screwfix, I'll report back. The tap did come with an aerator for for high pressure but that didn't seem to do anything. The tap seems to make the noise when you open it a little, if you open it all the way its normally ok but very...

Hi, When we bought our house the tap in the bathroom made quite a loud noise when turned on, both hot and cold, kind of screeching / vibrating. We replaced the tap and still have the same problem. I installed a PRV (this one) after the stop tap and it did fix the issue with the taps but it...

Thanks, I'll let you know how I get on.

Thanks Gerry, so can I used Zinsser BIN as a primer, then use it again as an undercoat? Should I sand inbetween this? Cheers