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Hi, Had a room skimmed late last year, after heavy rain I noticed a damp patch on the new skim caused by leak and I got this sorted. However when I painted the newly skimmed walls the stains showed through. Someone recommended the Stain Block paint which I bought but it looks like gloss to...

Opps may be I didnt see it here, found it on the web, its efflorescense from the salts. Anyone got a good technic to remove it ? Other recomendations are 1. just leave it to time acid ran and all that 2. A hard brush (not metal) or 3. Acid stuff. Cheers :)

Hi, I have a 3ft high brick wall around my drive, Ive noticed this week that a white residue has appeared on the bricks, it appears to be coming up from the bottom. The residue looks kind of like salt staining, the wall is a couple of years old, the staining makes it look really scruffy...

Oh what have I done, picking Anglian has now turned out to be a total fecking nightmare. I really dont know how a company as incompetent as this lot still operate. I was a pr*ck for using them, never again. Anyway to cut a long story short, they fitted 2 smallish windows in Dec 06, I had to...

Cheers :D In the end I went for the Karcher K235 DB from Argos £59 with couple of extra free tools, on Amazon its £99. Its 1600watts, 100bar. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7500022.htm My drive, path and patio came up like new cant believe how dirty they were...

Hi, I want to buy a pressure / jet wash, it wont be used frequently, need it for cleaning the drive (4m x 5m) paving slabs, and patio 3m x 1.5m), and rarely the car. What do people recommend in terms of watts and bar I should be looking for, would 1400watt, 100bar be enough ? I dont want...

Stripped a load of wall paper off last night in a upstairs bedroom. Was doing the bit about the window. Pulled off the paper and the lintel above the window started cracking in the middle, then a chunk fell out. It seems the wall paper was holding it together. I thought lintels should be...

Seems to be a very common problem on this model and year and car. I had the same on mine same year and same reg. I couldnt find a definate solution but found the following worked. 1. There is a fuse for the inj yellow number 20, take this out and start the car, the car should start and then...

Hi, Had some skimming done, when it dried out I noticed what appeared to be a damp patch 7inch x 5inch, but when I touched it it seemed fine, just assumed it was something with the plaster. Next thing I noticed was that during the heavy rain all around the patch became damp. I 'think'...

I aint paid him yet though, he has to come round for money for first, my ladder gets delievered tomorrow so I will be able to go up and have a look myself. Hate it these days you cant trust anyone, gives honest traders a bad name.

Well he said he did the work without me agreeing and it was £150, got home and looks like he has done nothing. He left me his business card, interesting to note he live on a private road in a house that could not of cost anything less than £1 million. Anyway I can look up rouge traders...

Had someone out to look at it, he said yes it was blocked, he said he would unblock it, and paint the hopper thing insome seleant stuff to stop the leaks. I thought ok thats not to bad, 1hrs work max, cant be more than £50 - £75, but he quoted me £200 then when I questioned it £150 :shock:. Are...

I have a semi-detatched house there is rain down pipe that myself and my neighbough share. If you have a look at this link http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-13450634.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=buy its a picture of same style of house as mine, the down pipe we share is the one that drains the rain...

Cheers will go for 6.9m then. I have asked neighbours and none have one, also looked at hiring one but with delievery it comes in at around £55. I might need it again, so might as well buy one.

Hi, Ive got a 1930's house, I need a ladder that will allow me to get upto the guttering at top of the house to clear it out. What size ladder do I need, I see most do a size upto 5.9m extended then go upto 6.9m extended. Not sure which one to go for. Cheers

Hi, Moved into house have been redecorating a room. In the corner of the room at the front was built in cupboards from floor to ceiling, they must of been there 20 years. I ripped these out and then had room skimmed, I can remeber after ripped them out the wall was cr*pper then the rest and...

lol once a month she becomes 'PMT women' big time and its that time, she goes proper crazy. Getting to the point now that Im asking myself is it worth it, not married, no kids, been togeather 7 yrs, joint finances, we sell house though and Im well out of pocket. I patched it from the inside...

Ok when you put it that way I see what you mean.

I rang my insurance company and there dealing with it now :D What I thought was a bit cheeky was the if I went with 'their' choosen repairer I wouldnt have to pay anything up front, yet if I wanted it to go to an Audi dealer I would have to pay and then get the money back. The garage they...

Luckily managed to get someone round, and there was a load of spare tiles in the garage from when the place was re-roofed. I paid through the nose for it but at least its done, he didnt replace the underfelt though just put some plastic over the rip in it before putting the new roof tiles on...