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    Tilling machine keeps catching on roots and jamming

    I decided to buy a tiller machine to turn over our entire garden as it's heavy with clay under the surface, the lower end of the garden towards the house is fine but the bottom end where there's a few trees and bushes have heavy roots and it keeps jamming up and I have to spent a good bit of my...
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    No heating throughout / no water upstairs

    I bled 3 of my radiators earlier as they were cold at the top and hot at the bottom, after bleeding the radiators the house got really cold so i checked the boiler and it was flashing error code 04 (vokera) so i tried the usual filling loop to try and put pressure into it but its not budging...
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    Tile cutting quickly

    Is there anything at B&Q, Homebase, Screwfix etc in UK that stock anything like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zlIygRnLSA Or anything else recommended would be great! Thanks
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    Vokera Boiler Problem

    I have a Vokera Combi Boiler in the house I have just bought, but I noticed the pressure kept dropping to below 1, so I kept topping it up to around 1.5 After a few weeks of doing this daily, I had a plumber come out who replaced the vessel, with no luck it kept doing the same, by this point...
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    Venetian Wooden Blinds with Inward windows

    I am looking for some advice on how / where to fit venetian wooden blinds on a window that opens inwards, there is wooden frame round the wall that is about 7 inches between the lip of the windowsil and the actual window. When opening the window from the top (tilt) it opens to almost the full...
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    Places for cheap laminate flooring

    Does anyone have any suggestions on places to shop (offline or online) for cheap laminate flooring (or reasonable priced) - looking to get a fair amount for livingroom and two bedrooms. Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks
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    Advice on DIY staircase

    Hi Guys, Moved into our first home and taking on the challenge of building a new stair case as the old one was a little 'old fashioned' shall we say - you can see what I mean from the pics. We have removed the old style staircase wood and left the foundations. Now we are stuck at what to...
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    Door Help - Built in Wardrop - 24x73" door?

    Hi all! Haven't been on in a while but getting back round to developing the house! I have a built in wardrope and it has old doors I want to change but they are 24inch & 1/4 across and 73 & 1/4 inch down. Any ideas where I would get doors like this? Thanks in advance
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    Property Without Deposit?

    I am looking to get into the buy to let market but I havent got the cash laying around to buy properties. I heard someone mention the other day there is a few handful of companies that pay your deposit for you? with shared equity? and some who don't even take a share of the equity. Does...
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    Stop chipping of spray paint on acrylic (plastic)?

    Hi - I am trying to experiment with drum sticks - I use acrylic (plastic)sticks and I have spray painted them but if they click each other the paint chips easy, I have used clear lacquer on them which has helped but still on the occasion they chip - is there anything else I could try? Thanks...
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