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simple question really, local store has Ronseal on offer, but half my fence is in Cuprinol forest green. Would I notice any big difference between Ronseal FG and Cuprinol FG.

Similar question but for older plaster (60's grey finish). All the old emulsion paint just came right off leaving bare plaster. There are patches of old paint that are still stuck and holes, so was going the use filler to even out the odd paint patch and fill holes. To make my life easier I'd...

Ok, thanks.

could it be made to work with framed cisterns, like Grohe etc? They all seem to come with a normal 90deg bend connection. Could that be replaced with the one you suggest? I have found a wall hung pan that is compact at 480mm. It would be nice to limit the total overall projection to 700mm. With...

!960's house, this is WC soil fitting that goes into the concrete slab. It looks unusual, it's not a 102mm pipe into the slab. It's more like 90mm diameter. Why was this done? Surely back in 60's they used 4" clay pipes. We want to update with back to wall or wall hung toilet, with a hidden...

My neighbour is just having his whole ground floor of our semi-detached done in Quickstep Aquanto. I wouldn't want to say the guy fitting doesn't know what he is doing, he's the carpenter on their extension, overall it seems a neat job, but I noticed at least one spot where there was 'give' in...

Just had a gander at QI, looks a good range of products. Impressive has two thicknesses, but the 9.5mm is quite a lot more expensive. Is the quality that much better? Thanks.

many cheers for the info!! Have you laid QI in a bathroom? Sounds like it would withstand some mild wetting...

Do you lay laminate for a living? If so, do you recommend a brand for laminate and underlay?

Looking around there are several different thicknesses. Is there a sweet spot thickness? I'd assume the thicker ones have less give in them lending a solid feel when you walk over them.

I'm thinking to install one of these instead of a normal type rad. Reason being, only location for the rad is below the dining table, which sits up against the wall. Rather than have the heat rise up and make the table hot (possibly warping the wood) I thought this type of rad would be a good...

just bought an integrated DW to go in new kitchen next year. I have to fit it in a space that once took a stand-alone DW. The height from floor to worktop is 870mm, the DW is 810mm. I don’t want to use any of the brackets supplied to secure it, in case they get damaged or don’t work properly in...

Fascinating Mother JOnes article. Especially when they took it international and conversely took it down to a street level in the USA. I’ll be totally honest and admit this is the first time I have read about the connection between lead and violent crimes.

I’m in a similar conundrum, need to get a newish car. Our driving habit is mostly town driving, with say two longish trips a month, like London or Bristol. I cannot decide if diesel would be a long term problem with that kind of driving style.

Thanks, I think I will use mortar, feel more comfortable with that. Some of the gaps are about a cm wide. I have made up mortar that gets reasonably close to the original mortar, white cement, hydraulic lime and a local buff colour sand, 1:1:5. Thing for me is with mortar, I can always rake it...

Is foaming the gaps then raking out a bit, a good way to get the mortar to stick and fill the gap?

Fitting a recessed gas box and I need to fill in around with some mortar to match the house pointing. The house is constructed from Portland stone precast blocks and the builder used a very light beige mortar. The box is almost installed, just need to squirt some foam in the sides. Then I...

We just had our flat roof dormer re-surfaced in GRP. The guys put Celotex in between the joists as per regs. But could only fit so much to allow for air movement between GRP and Celotex. If I wanted to increase the insulation by fitting insulated PB instead the old stuff, would I need to fit a...

There's me thinking a picture tells a 1000 words... NOT! Here are four more photos that I hope show a better picture! I've taken a measurement from outside wall to the non-door wall in the kitchen...870mm. Up on the stairs, that same 870mm from the same outside wall comes to a point back from...

I don't know anything about staircases and how they are supported. But I have some photos of ours and some questions I need answering... I think the photos are fairly self-explanatory. We want to remove the two walls that you see in the second photo. What investigations could be made to find...