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Ive got LOADS of house hold sanding to do I.E. doors skirtings , staircase spindles , are power sandeerrs any good or should I just persivere with old fashioned sand paper , your oppinions please - P.S. I have also posted this question in the painter and decorator section , so all feedback very...

HI I am doing up an entire house , so LOTS of painting and LOTS of woodwork , My question is are these power sanders worth bothering with ?????I,ve got loads of 4 inch skirting and loads of doors and a whole staircase and landing full of spindles , all covered in 10 year old , kicked - chipped...

So its 1982 i,m 18 and in the back garden of mum n dads house , working on my VESPA 125 I,ve dropped the engine forks tank seat everything and am painting the main body shell of my pride and joy ( going to be silver & chrome all mirrors n lights like stings in quadrophenia) So I covered all the...

Doing up a house all going well just decorated main room and it all looks great exept for the big ugly temperature controller that looks like the one noah had on the ark ? how easy is it to change this abomination for a small modern digi set up - or should I just hang a picture over it ...

Hi , I am laying laminate floor right through a lounge -diner , AND a conservatory . The lounge bit is 2 foot wider than the diner and the conservatory is slightly off set on the back of the house - so where, oh where is my centre line ? The idea is the beveled plank flooring was...

What did I say about jobbing plumbers and suprimas ???

cheers garfield..........How quick :wink:

Your not gonna like this mate .............but theyre not good boilers ! , ask most jobbing plumbers and they,ll probably say the same - theyre expensive when things go wrong - and sadly things go wrong quite often - I know its a big expense but maybee you should think about changing out to a...

Hi , I ve always used copper plumbing in the past but am about to go flexi on a D.I.Y. job - My question is - What do I have to look out for with Flexi - What are the rules - Pitfalls - Any advice on Flexi very welcome and also what tools / cutters / clips or crimpers would you reccomend .

on the front or side of your boiler there will be a model number - mines a "40" jsut put in as much info as you can - you,ll be suprised what pops up - the site I found has supplied me with 2 manuals PDF one for the gas fitter giving all the techy speck - and one for the home user. If you get...

Sorry I cant be more helpfull mate but you can download the instruction manual by putting potterton he instructions into google and it gives you a PDF download option.

CHEERS GUYS , any systems you know of a bit cheeper than £350 . 00

GENTS - PICTURE IF YOU WILL.......... A Small ( cold ) conservatory :( built right on to a dining room - theres a 4 foot central heating radiator RIGHT next to the conservatory doors - I want to tap in to the very accessible and close by radiator and feed under laminate floor central heating...

Hi , I have an arch thats about 6 foot it has an RSJ, but I,d like it wider about 7 and a half foot - so how do you swap a shortish joist for a longer joist

Theres a lot of under floor - under tile, heating systems out there at the moment - does anyone know if they are any that are suitable for under laminate floors ??

There are lots of underfloor heating kits available these days , Most of them appear to be aimed at tiled floors - I just wondered if you could fit a system that was suitable for under laminate or wood flooring ???.

£6700 :D done , when can you start and that include,s the drive.

Hi its about a three foot drop road is on a hill. What does "permitted development mean ? . £300 regs ..Ok, so total cost of garage then ????

Hi , thanx for feed back - was all set and confident to do it - BUT FOR THOSE LEAKY ISOLATIONS :x - I just had a look and theyve got signs of previous leaks already ! ( although dry and crusted , NOT actually wet ) Such a pity , On the plus side E-Bay is full of grundfos pumps all...

Hi , my central heating is making noises . And coz of the credit crunch and the fact that PLUMBWORLD sell new GRUNDFOS SELECTRIC UPS 15/50 for 65 Quid I,m thinking of doing it myself what I need to know is any thing I have nt thought of to look out for .......... I thought 1/ isolate main...