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Good morning everyone, Hope you can help me out here.... We live in an end terrace house which my partner bought a few years ago, and we are now trying to sort the house out and get it decorated etc. To be honest a lot of the work done in the house previously looks to have been done by...

Hello everyone, Hope you can help me out with a bit of advice... I don't have a clue when it comes to anything like DIY and the likes but I'm trying (thanks to a lot of information on here!!) so be kind :-) Anyway, we are trying to sort out our house at the moment but as my OH lost his...

Hello :-) Hope someone can help a clueless person such as myself.... I'd like to paint my kitchen cupboards to give them a bit of a facelift (please don't suggest buying new doors as it's not an option!) but don't know whether I need to buy special cupboard paint as well as the primer...

Hello :D Can someone help me please? My OH bought his house about 4, 5 years ago. We have noticed of late that our upstairs windows (front and back bedroom) have a problem with the double glazing - condensation in between the panes of glass. We just got a quote off a friend of a...

Hi guys, Hope you can help a clueless person out! :oops: The bathroom window in my partners house opens inwards but doesn't have a catch/latch fitted, so it is a pain trying to keep it open, because we need to stick something on the window sill to keep it slightly open, but not too much...

Hello, I really hope someone can offer some advice/suggestions here... I have a British Gas boiler fitted, it was installed a few months prior to us buying the house (it says so on the casing - 2004) but no manual was left for us. Anyway, we have never had any problems with it (besides the...

Hello, Hope this is the correct place for posting! Our bathroom has absolutely no ventilation (we have a window but it opens inwards and neighbours can see inside when we have it open) and as a result is full of mould all over the walls. We tried cleaning and wiping everywhere over with...

Hello, I have recently given my skirting and window frames a coat of Dulux Trade Undercoat in brilliant white and now need to gloss them, can anyone recommend which brand to use? I was hoping I could get away with something *whisper it*...cheaper now that I have used the good undercoat? Any...

Hello, Hope someone can help (as me = clueless :roll: ) Anyway, I have been advised to get some push catches for some hideous built in cupboards in my bedroom to minimise the fact that they are cupboards (as they are asymmetrical) but I don't really know which ones to choose, or how to...

Possible stupid question alert! I need 2 new internal doors, urgently. I'll be buying the doors and paying a local joiner to fit and hang them but I don't really have the time to get the door prepared and glossed before hanging....is it imperative that I do this? Or can I just get the doors...

Has anyone used this? If so, can anyone compare the original 'Wickes quick dry undercoat' http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Quick-Dry-Undercoat/invt/163402 to this? the 'Master undercoat' http://www.wickes.co.uk/Master-Undercoat/invt/605158 The only thing I can see is the drying...

Has anyone ever done/seen this? If so, what do you think? Seriously considering ceiling to floor curtains as a feature wall to cover up some hideous built in cupboards rather than sanding, painting and trying to minimise their appearance with press catches as suggested previously by someone...

Hi all, In the midst of decorating our new(ish) house. We noticed in the bedroom there were blobs of something all the way around the top of the wall, so we assumed this was border glue, however upon stripping the wallpaper and paint and having a good go with a sheet of sandpaper and then...

Hello everyone, A while ago I posted asking for some decorating advice and I received some very helpful replies. I am now getting round to sorting this, but I have a few queries/questions on preparation: We have stripped the wallpaper off the walls using a steamer, and found some uneven...

Hello everyone, I hope someone can help me....I am wanting to decorate my spare bedroom but have no idea what to do due to the back wall - it is almost all wood due to built in cupboards and wardrobes - only the small alcove is actual wall. What we are wanting to do is make the room a kind...