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This isn't really a disaster, but is a good advertisment for thinking ahead. I've been helping renovate a friend's late-60's flat. We've stripped off layer after layer of painted-on wallpaper (going through various style trends on the way), smoothed the walls off, lovingly given them 4 coats...

Don't joke. I've seen everything but the diagonal bit :shock:

Best of luck! I've noticed that, generally speaking, professional drivers are the ones still insisting on clamping a mobile to their heads instead of dropping £30 on a headset. I have to drive a fair bit, so I've got a fixed handsfree kit and pull over if I need to start a call. I'd have...

Frost-free fridges work by periodically melting the small ice build up on the back wall, guiding it to that tray (which is above the hot compressor), and allowing it to evaporate.

Thanks guys. The "electrician" who did that apparently hasn't bothered calling back to fit the socket faces. We've got another one coming to do the job properly, and if the first one never calls, he'll never get paid :D

Is it a requirement to have accessable isolation switches for kitchen appliances (fridge/dishwasher/washing machine etc)? My friend's kitchen has just been recabled & plastered in preperation for a new kitchen. There are unswitched sockets in the appropriate places for appliances, but no...

Having been here before, it's relatively simple - ask for copy invoices, if he can't supply them launch a small claims court action to get your deposit back (online at www.moneyclaim.gov.uk). The small claims court is geared to be relatively informal. Any reasonable judge would agree that...