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    Best Wood for Boxing in Bedroom Wardrobes

    Hope someone can help me. Have recently built some bedroom wardrobes sourced from B&Q (the tall modular ones). Now looking to box these in to give a fitted feeling so will be adding 2in pieces of border around the cabinets. Any idea on the best type of wood to use - it will need to be...
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    Edging Sander? Will it do?

    Many Thanks. Will look into the cost of hiring both. Hallway isn't very large (2.5m v 6m) - something like that possible in one day or would I really need it for the whole day? Cheers
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    Edging Sander? Will it do?

    Hope someone can help. Looking to sand the hallway next week and was considering hiring the edging sander rather than the traditional, larger, floor sander. Will it do the job? Reason for using the edging sander is that the area isn't very large. Thanks in advance. H
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    Hanging picture on wall with plasterboard

    Thanks - they look ideal!
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    Hanging picture on wall with plasterboard

    Hi All, Hope someone can help me. Need to hang a large picture on a wall which brick and covered in plasterboard. What would be the best type of screw/fixing to do this? Thanks in advance H
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    Newly skimmed walls, what next?

    Thanks Richard
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    Newly skimmed walls, what next?

    Thanks guys. Plaster has done a brill job, however, he suggested a fine sanding as the walls are like glass. Cheers
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    Newly skimmed walls, what next?

    Hi All, Hope you can all help me. Just had walls skimmed so wondering which order I should tackle the painting. Was thinking the following: 1. paint ceiling (not skimmed and has wallpaper on) 2. paint coving 3. paint skirtings 4. then wall How does the order look? In terms of...
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    Boiler pressure dropping

    Hi all, Have just moved into a house and have am attempting to get the boiler running, however, the pressure keeps dropping once the program is ended. Thinking there could be pressure leak somewhere plus am noticing drops of water coming from the overflow pipe. Friend mentioned it...
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    To skim or not to skim?

    Hi All, Hope someone can help me. Have just stripped the wallpaper off or new house and am not sure whether to skim the plaster or not before I paint. Plaster is relatively smooth with no bits falling off. Plaster is, however, very old so should I get it skimmed before painting it...
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    Conservatory Roof

    Thanks. Think its the Leanto type, so relatively flat across the top. I did stand partially on it and it seemed to be ok. Will probably stick to standing on the frame bits only though! Cheers
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    Conservatory Roof

    Hi All, Hope someone can help me. Is it possible to stand on conservatory roof? I need to repair some gutters but will need to get out on to the conservatory if poss. Thanks in advance
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