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I know that Aussies are more regulated than the Germans (I lived there too) but I found this: "Did you know that it if you want to paint a wall and need to unscrew a power outlet or light switch, you cannot do it legally in any Australian state? Nor can you replace a light switch or power...

The builder has quoted for the whole job (despite being asked to break it down) - as they do. So £75,000 is correct. I think that skimming the horizontal sections may work - provided you can stabilise the current surface - but I tend to agree that it looks like modern paint over old paint...

The K in £75K is short for "thousand" - See Wilkipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix "The symbol "K" is often used informally to mean a multiple of (a) thousand, so one may talk of "a 40K salary" (40 000), or the Y2K problem."

I moved to Aus from the UK to be with my partner last year and, after 6 months of work, we've managed to sell our 5-bed house and are looking for an apartment in Sydney. My partner and I have a fortunate choice between two apartments in 30s art-deco blocks. Option 1 Is a 1 bed 75sq M...

I have a mains-powered dual spot security light with a built-in PIR unit that was working when removed from the wall (not by me) but I don't have any installation instructions and I'm unsure of the wiring to connect it to the mains. It has two wires to each light and three to the PIR. The...

Thanks for the tips - we're preparing the place for sale so the maintenance issue is not really a problem (or not OUR problem :wink: ).

I am renovating a 70s house and have used a pressure washer to clean the concrete driveway. While the result is an improvement it's still a bit patchy and you can see the aggregate mixture (top mix?) is different from one section to the next - also the aggregate/top mix stone is black which...

Sorry, incorrect syntax http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Vacuum-cleaners/Other-vacuums/auction-143643461.htm

I am now in Australia where I have a Hoover Conquest canister vacuum cleaner (probably sold in other markets under a different name) which had intermittent power problems (solved by yanking the power cable) but it has now stopped working completely. The cleaner has been replaced and is out...

I have recently moved to Oz where I am renovating a 70s house which has "orange" stained varnished woodwork everywhere including 30 identical flush doors on wardrobes, storage cupboards and between rooms as well as facings & skirting. I intend to paint all the exposed wood in a low-sheen...

I am helping a friend to renovate a 70s home for sale. It has light-wood varnished flush interior doors, flush cupboard doors, pelmets, door frames and skirtings all of which I plan to paint in an off-white satin finish. There are 30 of these doors all told and I thought of outsourcing it to...

have recently moved to Australia where I am helping a friend to prepare his 70s-built house for sale in 3 months time. The 2 bathrooms (including the inside of the shower recess), 2 toilets and a couple of other rooms (which are exposed to sun) have 70s 8" white/green patterned glazed tiles...

I have recently moved to Australia where I am helping a friend to prepare his 70s-built house for sale in 3 months time. The 2 bathrooms (including the inside of the shower recess), 2 toilets and a couple of other rooms (which are exposed to sun) have 70s white/green patterned glazed tiles...

Well I took the plunge and bought a can of the Homebase Marble spray and tested it by spraying on a piece of scrap ply I had painted with white gloss. Three issues: - The colour of the blue is far too light against a white background - The marble effect is not particularly convincing and...

I have an ugly wooden fireplace surround which I was going to paint over with white silk. However, I noticed a can of marble-effect spray in my local Homebase. I noticed there is the Homebase version ( like this stuff) which has a "web-effect" you spray over a plain background or the...

I'd look on eBay.co.uk - there are a number of bargains that come up - far cheaper thean the DIY stores - as well as reclamation merchants. You can also search by distance from your location. B&Q (www.diy.com) have some end of season bargain deals if you're quick (mostly in-store) but...

I want to lay 4mm ply over the old floorboards to get a smooth surface and then lay the laminate over. I haven't used a cork expansion strip anywhere else - just laid it so the edge finishes under the floorboards with 10mm gap to the wall as recommended. Door trimmer may do the job and I...

I want to lay laminate in a room which has recently been decorated and want to avoid removing the skirting board if possible. I believe I recently saw a TV programme where they were laying laminate flooring and instead of removing the skirting boards they used a power tool (router? grinder?)...

I have a Victorian 16" fireplace with a Type 1 brick chimney, which I would like to convert to a gas with an inset. The dimensions of the inset area are W40 x D13 but (as you can see from the picture attached) the firebrick reduces the aperture considerably. There are also two lugs...

The coathanger technique worked! Regards Paul