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Hi all, I need to clear a load of old bushes/trees from the back garden and I'm going to rent a chipper/shredder to do it. The chippings will be buried in part of the garden that is currently too low. However, I have no idea what the difference between a chipper and a shredder is and...

Hi all, Just a quick simple question, Is it best to emulsion the walls and ceiling first before undercoating/glossing the paintwork or is it best the other way around? Thanks in anticipation FK

Hi all, Just in the process of fitting a kitchen in the house and I've discovered that one of the walls is approximately 25mm out over 1500mm. This means that if I join the worktops at 90 degrees that I will have a 25 mm gap at the back of the cabinets to deal with. The other option is to...

Hi all, Just done the kitchen floor with self levelling comound and it's lifted/flaked in patches. :evil: It was laid over a mixture of concrete that was stripped of ashphalt tiles and old self levelling compound. I swept it out and mopped it then coated it with watered down pva. Where...

Hi all, Just fitted the new shower and I've got a slight problem. It's a tec 8" fixed head shower. It's basically a 450mm long pipe sticking out of the wall with a large 8" diameter shower head attached. The end of it is attached to 15mm copper pipe with a normal compression elbow...

Hi all, I'm looking to dry line my porch walls but I'm worried about denting the board every time I knock it with anything. I asked the plasterer who said with the utility boxes in there it would be difficult to skim neatly and it would be better dry lined. Has anyone done the same thing...

Hello all, Just had a new boiler fitted and now getting to the stage of plastering the walls. To do this I've taken the old radiators off and I think it's time to replace them (no fins, need painting etc). I've measured them and they seem to be odd sizes and I'm not sure if the standard...

Hi all, I've just traced the outside light wiring back to the ring main (even though it's on a two way light switch with the hall light!!). Luckily I turned the electric off completely and not just the lighting circuit. I checked the light switch (and others in the house) and it's wired...

Hi all, Quick question, I've got to replace the lounge ceiling (20sqm) and I had a quick look at the plasterboard, should I use 12.5mm or 9.5mm for this? The price difference is 30p but I think the noise insulation would be better with 12.5. Thanks FK

Hi all, After finding lots of plaster that's falling away from the brickwork and having chipped it away I'm going to bring the level of the plaster to original in preparation for the plasterer to skim. However I've got a couple of questions that I hope you can answer. 1/ Is it best to...

Hello all, Part way through a house renovation and I keep finding odd electrics round the house from bare live wires on top of cupboards and in stud walls. Currently I'm trying to trace all the wiring but I keep finding cables twisted and covered in insulation tape rather than proper...

Hi all, Getting round to deciding what to do with the walls now that the dreaded lining paper is off. The walls are gouged and have been abused by someone who had a heavy picture fetish!! Seems like instead of normal picture hooks they decided to use rawplugs!! I'm thinking of getting...

Hi all, I'm busy trying to renovate a house to move into and I'm stripping the walls in the whole house. Some of the rooms are wallpapered and the trusty steamer is doing a marvellous job of stripping it. However, some of the rooms have had lining paper thrown up (Not put up judging by...