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Well it's near xmas once again and the last minute DIY jobs are here once again.. SWMBO has complained over the last couple of weeks about how cold the living room floor is. Now it's carpeted but it was a cheap carpet due to the work going on in the room at the time. So now she'd like to...

Morning chaps, Quick question, some time ago I posted about my kitchen floor and filling in the gaps http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=219044 I've now been graced with some time off work, and SWMBO has hinted she'd like me to get my arse in gear so I want to check the mix...

Gah... Typical! Almost as bad as our usual "Turn it off.. And turn it back on again" (only our advice usually works :lol: ) Glad your getting it sorted though!

Whats the make and model of the laptop AJ?

From what you've described chippie it sounds like a loose connection internally, not as uncommon as it sounds... Had whole batches of HP "Elite" laptops come supplied to us like that. The thin ribbon cable that connects keyboard to laptop is only clipped into a connector removing the...

RB I have to say I agree with you completely. I too come here very often and actually enjoy reading the forums (ignoring the occasional sarcy/back biting topics) especially the sparks forums. Some may think us DIYers don't take in what you say, personally I do. I understand why...

After reading all this thread, thought I'd put my 2p in from my own DIY PoV (I'm in no way a trade, Motherboards and harddrives are my trade!) Personally I have no major problems with plastic and have used it myself and will use it again both for rads and general plumbing. I DO have a major...

You'd be surprised how addictive this site can be, both for general DIY advice and also "How/Why/etc does x,y,z work"

Personally I prefer Chrome at the moment... But I've been known to dabble with Firefox... :lol:

Hi Mack, Not so much unsure, just want to do it right and not cause any future issues. Just to confirm I've had a further look and can deffinately see plastic at the edges of the concrete that can be seen. Thanks

Just before I get cracking on leveling with the concrete first should I put another dpm under the patches I'll be doing or would it be counter productive to the existing DPM? Sorry if it's a stupid question, but want to do it properly first time. Cheers!

I did wonder if it was a DPM of some kind. Depth is approx 1" of Asphalt/Bitumen measuring where I've removed the cabinets. This covers the majority of the kitchen floor. And where I can see concrete I have spotted plastic at the edge's, I'm assuming thats a DPM under the concrete? I was...

Afternoon chaps.. I'm after some advice regarding my kitchen floor. Many moons ago when we first moved in all the old units were ripped out and temporarily replaced as they gave up (kitchen by that point was 20+ yrs old). What we found as we ripped them out was nice cabinet shaped holes in...

Afraid to say the chances are they wouldn't work too well.. Based on trying this myself (just to see if the kit I'd purchased worked initially), everytime it went to night mode the IR just reflected off the window making the images pretty useless. What I ended up doing was mounting them...

Just butting in here... At first I'd have said decking/patio sunken light fugly thing... But looking at it looks too large to be that??

Hi Mushy, From my own experiences, battening out was much easier than I thought it would be. Having a 1901(ish) end terrace NONE of my walls I've done so far have been straight! But 10-20 mins of messing about with a spirit level across the span gave me 4 near as damnit straight/flat walls...

I have to say (and I may open a can of instant flame here) but his use of the forum as a resource is just the same as myself the lowly diy'er. Would you treat a DIY'er the same way? Not from my experience on here most would ask to provide a bit more info before passing a small amount of their...

Flex comes with all 3 cores insulated, but Twin+Earth and it's brothers all come sans insulation on the earth? Sorry if it's a stupid/daft/dumb question, just had one of those "why don't they...." moments whilst I was fitting the wall lights last week. And if you don't ask you'll never learn...

Well I was going to order it thru them and wait.. But found out WF sell them and sell to the public.. so bonus! Funny I'd use the likes of WF or CEF (to name the two wholesalers I know of nearest me) more if they had a screwfix (alike) website, don't want the whole online ordering lark just...

Thanks, Just wanted to check, I'm quite happy to stick a jb in for neatness and my own peice of mind it's done properly. Now to find somewhere that sells these downlighter JBs... *sigh*! lol