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What top soil should l buy for tulip bulbs please?

I recently had living room walls skimmed. Could anyone recommend the best primer l should use?

Apparently my water consumption is high even though live alone What are the ways to check to see if there's a leakage somewhere please? There are no leaking taps and the pipe sticking out from under the roof is not leaking either

I live in London and want to install fencing such as this with 8 panels? Could anyone give me ballpark figure of cost?

I had a boiler fitted but noticed this string attached around one of the pipes. I pulled a bit off. What is it for and do l need to call out the engineer again?

What do engineers think of Worcester Bosch boilers. I'm hearing that they aren't as good as they used to be ? What are thoughts please?

Around 5 weeks ago l had the living room walls skimmed. I noticed though this small area that l understand is called crazy cracking. Is there a way l can resolve this myself without calling the plasterer in again?

I had walls skimmed 15 days ago but it still doesn't completely dried out. It looks blotchy still. Is it ok to start painting over?

I'm stripping wallpaper of the living room walls but there seems to be glue paste l can't remove. I want to get the walls skimmed and have been told that l need to put PVA on first before it's skimmed. Can anyone advise me on how much it would cost to do this work on 4 walls? Whoever does it...

My partner is stripping off living room wallpaper with a steamer. The problem is not getting it stripped to the bare wall. Any recommendations on how to do this effeciently? And does the wall be plastering once the paper is removed?

This window handle broke off. Does anyone know if there handles are still available and if so, where l could buy one?

I've tried to get a couple of damp specialists to come out and tell me if this is rising damp and give me a quote if it is. Both asked me to send photos and neither have replied so could you good people tell me if it is or not. This paper was coming off and it pealed away like pealing an orange...

I have a Shauna twin lever mixtap but the right handle is very loose. Is there a way to tighten it please?

I need to paint this old tiled fireplace Any advice please on how to go about this?

I'm in the process of removing lino and hardboard. I noticed though there is underlay in the adjacent kitchen that looks like it's crumbling. What is this stuff made of and why is is crumbling like this? Also, is it a health hazard as I need to remove is part before the lino can be laid

I'm getting wildly different quotes on taking out three taps and replacing with the one I've bought. As a ballpark figure what would be a reasonable cost? The taps are here. The tap under the kitchen sinks looks probalmatic though

I had a plumber fix my leaking toilet by cementing around the soil pipe. The trouble is the cement on the left hand side is above the level of the flooring. I can't put marine plywood over the flooring so can the cement be ground down with an angle grinder to make it level?

I found a rotten floorboard next to the toilet. It seems as if the joist on the left is lower than the right one.There also seems as if a chuck of cement has come away from the cylindrical tube at the back. The joists are Sound. Is this a complicated job to fit a floor board?

I keep getting more and more unreadable dvd discs. These are tv programmes that I've recorded but no longer play. They look clean with no scratches so I'm puzzled why they can't be read. I thought it maybe the dvd player conking out so I bought a new one and still the same problem. Any ideas...

Hello I have a Baxi Combi 80e with no hot water. The pressure gauge is at 2.3. The only illuminated light is the power on. Any idea how to get the hot water back please?