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Everywhere you go in the Cotswolds you see external doors and window frames painted in a muted, greeny grey which looks great against the honey stone. What paint is it and where can I buy it? Thanks

10 year old 'estate' house. On the walls, low down either side of what was an open fire and is now a wood burning stove there are two dirty, overpainted plastic grilles. I unscrewed these to see how big the actual vent holes beneath are with a view to replacing them. (Holes are 150mm...

I am thinking about getting a light/sun/sola tube fitted. I want to bring some light into the middle of the downstairs living rooms of my 2 storey, 10 year old house. The tube would need to pass through the fitted wardrobe in the main bedroom to access the ceiling of downstairs. It would have...

My mate (female) was employed helping painters in a house family friends were renovating, an old farmhouse. She was always the last to leave. She had been feeling uneasy in the house for a couple of days having heard what she was sure was the sound of a baby crying, quietly, a sound she...

We are very happy with ours - installation was easy - get a good deal on salt blocks from Easy - we got 20 bags for about half Kinetico's price. It takes about a week to noticeably make the water softer but the difference makes it worthwhile. We only know it is running when it refills and that...

I have a front loading machine I want to dispose of but I want to make sure it's working before forking out £50 for a courier! It hasn't been used for a year. It's currently in the garage. I can wheel it out onto the the drive and I have a garden hose. CAN I see if it work by connecting it to...

Yes, we're putting a staircase in (ladder right now). I think the plans will fall under permitted development.

...if the loft space is to be upgraded and used as a glorified storage space, NOT a bedroom? ie upgraded as in: floored, plaster-boarded walls and ceiling, velux windows but not to be used as a bedroom?[/b]

My son has been given a dartboard for his birthday which we will put on the wall in his room. It is in a cabinet but will need some additional screening- what would you recommend, other than polystyrene as I think that'd look tatty in no time? I am thinking insulating board but what?

We're looking for a small towel radiator for the understairs WC which currently has the above sized ordinary radiator in situ (12 yr old house), which needs replacing now. Sizes are approx. I'd like a chrome one, flat not curved, but where oh where can I find such a thing at a sensible price...

Really? I must say I thought it'd have to be at least 7mm to 10mm! Admittedly, before I weighed it I thought the model weighed a lot more than 4kg!

I need to get a clear glass shelf cut, a quarter circle of radius 360mm, to support a 4kg model. I will attach it to the walls with 4 sturdy glass clips. How thick does the glass need to be? Any idea before I go to the glass shop?! Ta!

We have need of the above on which to place an -ahem- Buddha! It's not that heavy so I'm thinking tough glass or perspex as a corner shelf, a 1/4 circle of minimum 350mm radius, anchored to the walls in the corner. Where can I get such a thing made? What do you look up and where? We're in...

Aha! Could anyone be as kind as to link to a suitable product? Thanks!

Thanks- The 'tank'/water butt we will be using is actually an ex-council wheely bin with a broken axle so we can access the bottom of the inside relatively easily. It is clean! Am I right in thinking you drill a correctly sized hole in the side of the tank, feed part of the connector...

:D No seriously, I want to put a rainwater butt the other side of a wooden fence, up against it, but I only want a small hole in the fence with the tap poking through from which I can fill watering cans. All the standard B&Q type taps are too short for the task. Anyone know where I...

The shed is used for garden tool and wood storage. It is reasonably sound, 7' x 5' and has a single sloping roof. It has evidently been leaking for a while (new house purchase so not our fault!) so we tarped it over winter. Today I pulled all the old felt off down to bare wood and I've...

Bloke fitted our new quadrant base and glass shower enclosure, finishing this morning. Presumably he used some silicon based sealant wherethe metal frame joins the tiles? But he didn't tell us how long to leave it to set or cure before using it. What do you think? 24 hours? 48? He...