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I've just stripped some of that thin polystyrene off a wall in my house to discover the wall behind has about 25 large nails embedded in it. These have started to rust. They are large rectangular 'brads' which have been cut flush with the surface of the wall. The wall is cinder block -...

Firstly - I'm not going to be doing any gas work myself - just trying to make sure I know a bit about this before getting quotes. I'm keen to get a combi boiler installed in our airing cupboard. There is an existing gas supply here, but the pipe work is hidden under the concrete floors for...

I've been a bit stupid and used 2 nearly new Purdy brushes for varnishing a door. Even worse I didn't manage to clean them properly so now they're stiffer than an OAP with viagra. I have a metal brush comb, but don't want to go at them too ferociously for fear of damaging the bristles...

Hi, Having had some building work done, I'm now trying to find some flooring to match the existing in our '60's house. It's the very common 'basketweave' or 'finger' pattern parquet which consists of 4.5 inch squares each of which is made up of 5 fingers of timber. It's approx 3/8 of an inch...

Hi, I'm after some advice from the pro's / those with experience of removing a warm air central heating system. I'm in the process of purchasing a late '60's house which has warm air heating which we will be replacing with a conventional radiator system. In what areas do we need to be...