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May be a silly question but.....do push fit radiator valves just push over the copper pipe ? Surely they need to be sealed somehow. I have put a valve on with an olive but just thought that a push fit valve sounded easier ? Thanks

I have had 2 plasterers look at my room that i want skimmed and one said to wait 2 days and one said to wait 5 days before I apply the water-paint coat. Anyone don it recently and have any comments. Thanks

I'm painting my living room at the moment and the bit between the walls and ceiling....I think u call it the cornice, could do with a paint job too. Do I just use emulsion as i would the ceiling ? Or do i need to use paint like I would do for my woodwork. Thanks Gary

I'm replacing my skirting boards around my downstairs. Some parts of the walls are concreate and some plaster board. Can I just use some type of no nail sor grip glue ? The ones I took off had really long nails in them. Thanks

I have 3 radiators to remove due to decorating and re-plastering. I have taken 2 of them off but the third is giving problems. While turning off the valve, it broke !! the metal top snapped.....so i'll have to drain the system and take the rad off replace the valve wont I ?? I'll have a go...

Apart from on-line, is there anywhere I can buy radiators from, for my living room and bedrooms, B&Q dont seem to stock them. Do other diy stores ? I live in Camberley Surrey. Thanks

Hi, I'm about to laminate my living room with new laminate thats about 12mm think. It will connect to old laminate in the hall thats only about 4mm. Are there connectors that would connect these two as they are so different ? Thanks

I'm re-decorating the living room and am replacing the skirting with skirting that has knots in, which my wife like the look of and wants to just varnish them rather than painting them white.......but the internal door frame is also white...........so i have to strip it bare. I'll get my...

I'll give it a go, what sand paper would I use for concrete ? Thanks

When I run my hand over the floor, in a few places there are bumps probably 2-3mm in a few places. Thanks

I am stripping paper off my wall, which looks like platerboard and its taking the plasterboard with it !! The idea was to get rid of the wallpaper - looks like wood chip stuff - and get someone in to make the wall smooth so i can paint it. What needs to be done to the wall so it ends up...

I have a floor to make level before I lay my laminate flooring, as I have pulled up the existing laminate and the floor is not 100% level. I know this is a DIY place but is there anyone local that wants to do this for me ? I'm in Camberley Surrey. Thanks

Thanks guys, I did the tape on wall and pulled it off, but nothing came off. Me and my dad did paint the room as quick as poss as we were moving in so we didn't pay a lot of attention to detail. Now I have time I'm going to re-decorate. So to start from scratch, before selecting a new paint...

I read many articles and although not great at DIY and doing a few things to fix my condensation problem. I have been getting mould on my upstairs ceiling in two rooms. In both rooms the mould appears above the window and along one side of the room where the outside wall is. I removed the...

I have taken on a house that has laminated wood flooring that goes throughout the ground floor. Near the back patio doors in an extention, there is a dip in the floor, which feels a bit spongy. How do i lift up the laminate floor, do i start at the edge near a skirting ? Doesn't look like...

I moved into a house and painted over this dark blue colour with white emulsion then painted over that with 2 coats of a peach colour. Used a roller for all walls. I noticed after drying that if you look closely at the wall they are full of a network full of cracks like the london...

Brilliant, thankyou very much for the links. Gary

I keep asking a question about my loft condesation but it has been deleted twice !! is this correct ? can we not ask posts about this subject ? Driving me crazy !!!! __________________________ Moderator, I have no idea :?

Can someone tell me please, do the soffit vents you purchase just fit into a holw you drill or do they screw in. I'm thinking of buying a hole cutter and some soffit vents. The vents are circular and are 75mm in diameter. Do i cut a 75mm holw or smaller ? would the vents just push in or...

I want to allow more ventillation in my house due to condensation but my upvc windows do not have any vents and I do now want to leave them open during the day. Does anyone know where i can get some trickle vents to put on them ? Thanks Gary