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Thanks for the reply. Sorry to be dim, but could you expand on what you mean by "concrete spurs"? My uneducated guess would say you mean effectively overfilling the holes with the postmix so that the concrete sets proud of the level my brick layer will be so the post isn't in contact with any...

Hi all you clever people I am planning on building a wooden gazebo on a flat area in the garden. I'm looking to put down a brick built patio on the floor using some nice old reclaimed bricks to keep a traditional look. My question is over the holes I dig for the verticals and the compacting...

OK - thanks for the answers. However, it turns out I have now lost the part to get an exact size match, along with the lever that turns it. Looks like it will be a new bathroom after all...

Hello I placed an order for one of these with "BathroomSpareParts.co.uk" earlier in the summer, but they've finally told me that the part has been discontinued with their supplier sadly. So I need to get one from elsewhere, but I don't know where to start. It's a part from inside a shower /...

Looks awesome! Well done

Hello all I moved into a new (old) home last April and now the winter is very much upon us, we're finding the house pretty chilly to say the least. It's a very old terraced house and listed, so we have the usual problem of poor windows (not double glazed of course). However, for this thread...

Hi all I've changed the rubber plate for a genuine new one but they're still just flying off. Should there be another layer between the rubber plate and the sanding discs? Looked all over online but can't find anything... Cheers

Thanks for the reply. I would have liked to have cut it closer but I find it so fiddly cutting large pieces and nothing in this house is straight so by the time I’d cut it and got it not quite right the first time, those little bits round the pipes would have all snapped off trying to get it in...

Hello all I’ve put a stud wall in and cut the plasterboard around a handful of pipes but don’t know how best to finish it around them. Rockwool that I’ve put between the inside and outside plasterboard can be seen at the top. The red pipes are (I think) both cold, and the two copper pipes...

I'll give that a wipe down too before I start serving... ;) thank you both.

So I’ve upcycled an old tired kitchen worksurface into a nice serving platter. Question: what can or should I treat the wood with that won’t poison my future dinner guests?

So I've just started measuring up for the stud wall timber now I have the sliding door details and the wall is 90% door frame! So I think this is the only solution I have available!!!

Brilliant - might try this too!

Thanks for all the input. I will definitely go with some of the recommended stripper then - sounds like it gets a unanimous vote in from you guys. What do you mean by "abused the retaining frame". That aside, my plan is to try and strip as much paint off as I can to the point where they at...

Any non-music-related comments that might be helpful here please?

Looking for paint strippers, I also came across discs for an angle grinder that are designed for taking paint off metal. Looks very easy and quick in the video (I know, they always look easy in the promotional stuff). Has anyone tried these and are they any good? OK to use with a mask to...

Thanks - will try this stuff. Have another room she can move to whilst I do this. Will it likely take several goes with the paint stripper or should it get through it all in one go? And presumably once I've got it back to metal, I'm ok to put a single new layer of paint on without blocking...

Hello all I have an older property with some windows that don’t close properly probably due in part to years of neglect (we’ve only recently purchased it) and maybe too much paint? Now summer (I know it never started) is over, looking ahead to winter I need to sort these out as they’re in a...

Thanks for the reply. I went ahead already and bought Dulux satinwood. Painted on with a varnish roller to get the best finish I could. Just not sure about the colour now - brighter than I was expecting. Shown here on a dishwasher front panel that I made up myself to match the rest of the...

Hello all Looking to refresh and restyle my kitchen with a new colour. What type of paint would be best suited to painting these? They are not modern veneer units but older handmade ones in pine that are already painted. Presumably to get the best finish I should invest in some sort of pain...