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I have a loft ladder, girlfriend in a rage starting push it up for and its gone through the f*cking roof, ripped the felt stuff on the inside of roof and broke tiles off, I can see sky through hole. What can I do as a temp repair, perminant repair is to dump the b*tch !

Was parked up today in my car, when another car reversing off his drive drove into me, not major damage just bumper mainly to both cars. The person who hit my car totally admitted it was fault and said he wanted to go through insurance as he had damaged his car as well and it was a company car...

I did get a few quotes both local and national and Anglian actually came in cheapest. Still a lesson learnt, will give them a month to sort it, to be honest Im pretty tempted to cancel the cheque. I rang them 5 times from 4 weeks before the fitting and on the week of the fitting and they said...

Had two windows fitted, asked and called 5 times said I wanted WOOD window boards put. I came back and found they had put plastic in :evil: they said they would come back and sort, then cancelled day before after I chased them to confirm it was ok, they didnt have the two bits of wood in even...

Cheers thanks for the reply, I rubbed it down and it came up well with another coat. One other question, I read people recommend 3 coats on new plaster, does the third coat have to be the same paint as the miscoat or can I just bang on the colour Im going to have ? :D

Two questions, I bought Dulux trade emulsion to paint over some skimming Ive had done, I diluted it to do the miscoat, but can the paint be used neat it just seems a bit thick ? Secondly one small area of the skim when I paint it the paint sticks but not very well its like the plaster has...

Tell me about :lol: me thinks I will be, but it aint going to cheap for me :cry:

Ive had a room skimmed, have been meaning to do the miscoat but not had time yet. Came home last night from work and my misses said 'oh Ive started painting the room' :( , with silk paint, no miscoat gggrrrrr I managed to rub it off with fine sand paper but just wondered if its done any...

LOL so true :lol: these days I just pretend I didn't hear her ask then quickly change the subject. Same goes for presents I asked my misses what she wanted for 5 years together present, she said 'anything you decide Im not bothered', she was in to writing at the time so I bought her a nice...

Live in West London, Ealing.

Yep I live in the land of massive mortgage known as London :? But parking aint that bad round here anyway, just the bloke on the council dont like buses stopping outside his house. Spoke to my neighbour today seems like he has tried it on before, the guy probably wants another go because I...

Just about to do the same and fit some new skirting board, in my case though the walls have just been skimmed and not totally replastered. If its skimmed can I get away with glueing the new skirting to the wall or will I need to screw them on ? Cheers

Agreed, yes I will miss the parking space if it happens but the reason he wants to do it is so the buses pull in outside my house to left traffic past as oppossed to his. He is pulling a fast one in my opionion, just cause he doesnt want them stopping out side his house he pushes the problem to...

Turns out the person who put the application forward is a councillor who happens to live 4 doors along and doesnt like the buses stopping outside his house :evil: :evil: Hardly fair !

Hi, I live on a semi busy road that is a bus route, I have no drive and depend on parking spaces outside my house, I have a resident permit for these. I have now had a letter from the council saying they want to remove the parking spaces outside my house as the bus drivers find it diffcult...

Sort of the same issue, I have large air bricks around my house, they let in loads of draft into my house and its a big problem plus Im on quite a busy road so they let in alot of noise. Ccan the black hole products be used to replace air bricks as well ? if so who would fit them builder or...

Your free holder sounds quite resonable compared to some. When I was selling my leasehold flat worth £165k last year, 75 years lease remaining he wanted £25k to increase the lease. Didnt bother in the end, he still though charged me £500 to buy a license off him to sell the flat, each time a...

True, my misses ensured me she had seen it on the web as possible :lol:

Is it possible to fit a cat flap into a double glazed door, it would require the cutting of the glass. Searched the web and one place said yeah you can do it to an existing door, but another article found said no you cant do it to an existing door you would have to get a new door made with a...

Hi, Currently all my skirting boards are painted in gloss, I want to put a matt finish on them. Whats the best prep for this, should I just lightly sand the current skirtings to rough then up or do I need to take the skirts back to the wood ?