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Sounds good! Funnily enough we had a cat last year but died in july, since then weve had the rat problem. Would get another but, im allergic to them, the one we had i was alright with, first cat ive never been allergic to. Oh well eagle it is!

Hi, I live in a terraced house with an extension at the rear with bathroom and kitchen in, only one floor. the roof isnt a flat roof but a sloping roof, so have loft space. Last year we had a problem with rats in the loft, tried everything to get rid of them eventually the noises and...

The electrical company who did the work came out on friday and fixed their mistakes. It was an older bloke who came out this time, he was a bit shocked when he saw the work that had been done!! Thanks for the advice guys Gaz

Thanks carrotjuice! Is this the stuff: http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/221807 Off to Wickes tomorrow, to get me some!! Cheers Gareth

Yeah he steamed the wall paper off. The wall has a dividing layer, half meter from ceiling down is fine, paint is not flaky, plaster was fine on that bit. But below that the paint was really flaky. Looked like silk paint, that was causing the problem. I take it I still use PVA after...

Hi, Plastering my mates nursery today, well tried to! The room used to have wallpaper up, when he removed it a few months ago found the wass to be very badly cracked, and crap. So I said I would skim it for him. Prepared it all yesterday, loose paint etc off the wall. Put a coat of...

Thanks guys will pass the info on, looks really dodgy with the spur curving into the box above the plaster :? Thanks again for the help, Gareth

Hi, Been up to my mates house preparing to plaster his nursery, when I discovered something im not happy with. He had his house rewired a few months ago by a company. Got the Cert, once a bloke checked the work out. The nursery has 2 plug points, both used to be on the ring mains, but...

Will have to, starting to do my head in now, other than that its a good boiler. Cheers

Its totally level mate

Hi, Got a Ariston MICROGENUS HE 32 MFFI, but for some reason when you put the heating on, can guarantee in 5 to 10 minutes an error code will appear and shut the system down, error CODE A 77, meaning the condensation trap is full. According to the manual, you need to have it 3/4 full...

Ah yes, that would be easier. Next question, which is best to use: http://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el015.php - extending from existing sockets or http://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el014.php - using Junction Boxs With there only being 3 current sockets in the ring and having access...

Hi, I live in a terraced house, re wired I think about 5 years ago. Two bedrooms up stairs, bathroom, kitchen, dining room and living room downstairs. Lighting on two separate circuits upstairs and downstairs as you would expect, but sockets 1 are front room and bedroom #1 and sockets 2...

Not sure what the damage is up there yet hopefully minimal. Will let you know how i get on. Thanks for your help. Gaz

Hi all, Sat down for my dinner last night and bang all went dark and quiet. hmmm i thought. No MCB's tripped but the Residual Current Operated Circuit Breaker had, flicked it back on and tripped again, so turned all MCB's to off, flicked it on and turned the MCBs on 1 by 1 until it tripped...

Cheers mate will check that to see before I take out, still need to take out to redo the silicone.

Hi, Had a problem over the past few weeks of the bath leaking around the edge as it meets the tiles and also from the plug hole area, so taking the bath out today to fix these problems, scrape all the silicone off etc. The bath is a Plastic fibre glass type, with the metal from and dodgy...

Thanks will be attacking it the weekend, at least now I have the confidence to do the job. Gareth

Hi, Done a search and cant really find exactly what im looking for. Currently were in the process of major decorating, and last year had a Ariston Micro Genus HE 28 MFFi combi installed and a central heating system. When the corgi man installed the CH he couldnt get the pipes for the...

Well i going to try scribed on my skirting this weekend, ive done mitred internals before and found it hard to make it look good, taking into account the angle of the corner and the plaster. But as this thread started out, like many others forums, it was just someone asking for advice. Got...