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Hi All, Need a little help. I have had a wooden fire surround especially made for my fire. Problem is, it was made slightly bigger than a normal one and i want to fit one of those marble effect laminate type backs. The ones you buy all seem to be a standard size. Does anyone know of a...

Quote "A friend's taking their builder to court, the builder said "building control was more trouble than it's worth" and promptly laid 300mm of concrete straight onto tarmac with no DPM or insulation. Then had the cheek to charge them for digging it all out and relaying it." carry on, He...

No mate ? Whats up, what do you need to know ? Edit: Nige Found your e mail. Let me know what you want and i will try to help. Mick

The bricks were the outside wall untill i broke through... I get your point about it being too thin though.. Cheers breezer.

Cheers Breezer I was going to bury the neighbours dog when i first layed the footings... One of those little rat looking things. It sh**s at my garden gate every morning... So the other method would be simply lay visquene in a U shape and fill with Crete ? Do i bring it over the...

Ok gang, Extension now all finished apart from a few minor things. here is the front room now its finished But how do i close the cavity left where i made the the door way ? One of the bricks was loose so i removed it. I assume i dont simply fill it with concrete ? down at...

Not mine mate, It is my beloved wifes bloke puller as she calls it. :roll:

Its Sandtex smooth cottage cream I left it at 2 coats just to be safe and i will give it another this weekend.. Thanks Mick

OK, i know you are all getting FED UP with me but here is the last picture, YES the exterior is finished :D OK rant over. Just to say, thanks to all who helped :wink:

Thanks guys, Another question, this time about exterior masonary paint. I have NEW render on the walls that has dried for around 3 weeks. I applied first coat and the render was very trhirsty. By the time i got to the end of the wall, i thought i would give it another coat as it was drying...

I have read many a thread on painting but it wasn't till this week when i was painting the new staircase that i remembered what i had read, Now i know a lot of you swear by OIL based paints for an high gloss finish, but what about a satin finish ? I have been using Crown water based...

Have to agree... If you don't fit one, you will kick yourself later once all the walls start growing fungus.. Then again, thats what they were used for back in Victorian times, to grow all the lovely new species of plants introduced by those explorer types. :D

I would be more worried with the size of the butterflys in your area :shock: I would hate to see the size of pidgeons. :)

Nothing to do with roofing, but those of you who have been following my exploits, here is what i have finished this weekend.. Sorry about the poor quality pictures

Pensdown, No i had'nt thought of that. To be honest, i prefare the idea of them on all the time BUT the PIR has given me a few ideas for another project a little later on :D Cheers mate Mick..

Cheers Adam, I have decided to take the feed directly from the rose. Means chasing the wall down the landing and all the NEW plasterwork i have just done, but at least it will be done correct then. Thanks mate.. Mick

Hi all, I have now moved onto our new stairs project and one of the things i wanted and have installed are those little LED's lighting every other step. I have installed all the lights, wiring and so on and i was simply going to take a feed from the light switch and the neutral from the...

Have to agree, MFI are tat.... I'm sure someone could come up with the REAL meaning of MFI M = F = I = I will give a FREE bottle of Lancashire air to the person with the best answer.. That's if i havent broken any forum rules by posting this competition :?

Hi Watchmaker, Once went to ikea and got lost inside. :shock: I do like some of their products, but to be honest, the only reason i used B&Q is because they are 2 mins from where i live.

Not sure how much they are to be honest. I just sometimes aquire them when doing warranty work.. :wink: Mick.