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Hi all, I'm trying to get the loft boarded and was going to use 3x2 wood across the rafters to support the boarding until I was told this would be putting a lot of strain on the rafters. I was advised to buy some more heavy duty wood (sorry for lack of technical terms but i'm a newbie to...

UPDATE: Bought one (there was only 2x left in stock) and got it home....... It managed to do...one...yes one whole bag before smoke came out and a grinding noise and sparks came out of it. Took it back but no stock - Luckily another store had them. Got replacement and it's done 1 bag...

Just saw this advertised and seems cheap: http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_19685.htm I'm skimming my entire house at the moment and have just finished the bedrooms so about 1/2 done. Was wondering whether the power on this thing is similar to the 'pro' one you guy use...

I've just tapped my caps lock key too and that sounds hollow...Looks like its gotta come off too ;)

I'd deffo speak to them before the council get involved - As others have said he may not know how annoying he is becoming. If you keep letting it slide you will just get more and more stressed and prob end up going round with a hammer one night. Best sort it out before it escalates. You...

Update: Cheers Steve, when I said thinner though I meant thinner than I had been doing (was laying on too thick to begin with). I have made a few 'adjustments' to how I do it now - I now only mix 1 normal bucket at a time 1/2 water 1/2 mf. (thanks to Prenticeboyofderry for this). I...

I've just skimmed over Knauf soundboard (the 36kg stuff) and didn't need to do any prep work, just skimmed over it and not had any issues. I just PVA'd the joint filler that I had put the skrim tape on with round the edges. I am a new DIY'er but this is what was recommended to me from the...

Cheers, I've actually just downloaded Sketchup and drawn 'plans' of each room with dimensions. It's quite easy to use - once I realised you can just type the sizes in as your drawing a line - A lot more accurate than my first go with it lol. Not sure how I will get on with the furniture -...

Does anyone know of any software I could use to help me to organise furniture etc and design a kitchen for my new house? I would like the ability to be able to input sizes of items and then move them around to see where they would fit. I'm also having an extension so this may help with...

I've built AMD systems for myself in the past and thought they were great at the time, but recently bought a quad core Intel and would never go back. In the past AMD used to be a lot cheaper and similar if not slightly better performance, like for like. But they used to run hotter and I'd...

Thieving Scumbags eh! Its the usual I presume, we work hard and buy nice things only for some scally that has prob never had a job in their life to think 'that's nice - I'll have that'. Had someone (well 2 someones) try to kick my door in to get my car keys and that felt bad enough - But...

Yeah thats the one lol - We obviously have a fan :)

Cheers Steve. I did a bit more today and improved my game I think - So thanks for all the input peeps! I started a larger room and did a larger wall (2.5m) and a couple of walls right next to the chimnet breast. Put it on thinner this time and the difference shows. Only did one coat...

After googling the name I discovered I actually bought a couple of these in a pack (only very cheap ones) a while ago. Will dig them out lol. Are they called a 'twitcher' for any reason? Is it the action you have to do or something? Is there a special way to use these or is it just a thing...

Prob not as extravagant as most the others but prob bout 8-9 years ago I used to work in a Computer shop in Halesowen. One day a guy can in for a quote and look around, we got chatting. It turns out for some reason I asked what he did for a living. He ends up being the lead puppeteer...

Unfortunately (for you) I prob wont have mine all sorted by then - I'm having to re plaster all the walls first before I get these up and running. I might try just partially set it up (just not sure how I do this yet, but might have a butchers in the manual). If I could just get a couple...

Just bought a Fugi too, bout £11 for the full kit, supposed to be real good finish with them.

As per minty really - The ribbon from the lcd scree to the mainboard may have come loose, but its more likely its damaged now. Could try opening it up (lots of small screws though) and have a look. But £70 dont seem a bad price. Or if portability aint a problem then you could use an...

yup the adhesive mesh skrim tape then the filler in quick succession. Ah good idea with the diff size knifes and credit cards lol. Shame Ive just desroyed one credit card - Looks like my old gym card can be sacrificed, maybe the blood donor one next. Ta.

Hi, Just replying as you have yet to have a response. I've not used Lightroom 3 - Last ver I used a while ago was 2.6 I think and I haven't used that for a while. My first guess would have been you had one of the filters enabled such as only show 'picks' or >4* or something. Then I...