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I'm tempted to try replacing my old back door with a new upvc one. How difficult is this to do? Is there any websites that help explain how to do this? So far I've measured the opening and it seems to match the off the shelf door sizes. I assume its just a matter of prying out the old...

Anyone had the Bomanite people lay a patio? Is it any good? How much does it work out? They dont seem to list prices on their site. I'm prepared to do some of the ground prep work myself. Opinions please! Thanks Alan _________________________________ lynda, moderator please note...

Just opened a year old tin of non-drip gloss. There is a brown liquid that has settled on top. Is this ok? What is it? Seeing as its non-drip paint its a bit too solid to stir in. Do I drain it off? Or just ignore it? Thanks Alan

sweet, I'll get some at the weekend. Thanks for your help!

Yep, I am :oops: Is it possible to have too much fernox in there? Its just an average 3 bed semi with 9 rads.

Thanks for the fast reply. Ok, I'll get a sample from draincock and do the test again.

Hi, I was wondering how to test if my heating system has enough inhibitor in it. I though that I'd take a sample of the water from the header tank and drop some iron nails into it to see if they rusted. I did the same with tap water for a control sample. The tap water nails rusted over...

I've got a feeling its cats as there are loads round here. Mower is elec one. Thanks for the advice!

Hi, We laid a new turf lawn about 1.5 months ago. Spent along time preparing the ground and followed the advice given here. Put down compost and pre-turf fertiliser. However now we have some yellow patches on the grass. The patches of yellow are very well defined an. I spotted that some of...

Thanks very much.

Hi, I'd like to paint a metal garage door and was wondering how to prepare it and what sort of paint to use. Its currently painted with some sort of matt paint. THere are some rust patches on it that I guess should be removed. How should I go about all of this? Many thanks Alan

Thanks for that. Maybe we can save the skip hire and start a compost heap. So I wont get problems with things like dandilions and seeds from weeds that are mixed in with the turf? They wont start growing when the compost is used after months of sitting in the heap? Hope that doesnt sound...

Just dug up my front garden an have a lot of old turf that needs disposing. Obvious answer is to just hire a skip and let them take it away. Seems ashame to be thowing away all that soil. Can this old turf and soil be composted somehow? Or would the grass left in there be a problem when...

Hi, I\\\'d like to dig up an old concrete path in my garden. Really needs somesort of mechanical tool to do this. As a DIY\\\'er am I allowed to hire a jack hammer etc? Or should I be paying someone to do this for me. It not really a job that can be done by hand! Thanks Alan