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I've just decorated our new nursery. It's taken me an age as I had various cracks and other issues to deal with. Now I've got the walls lovely and smooth and painted to perfection. The wife has a vinyl self-adhesive border that she wants to put up :x I have hung a regular border in the...

Hi there, I have almost finished my garden project but have one last question. I have removed and old patio and path, rotovated and put down 4 tonnes of top soil to bring it level with the lawn. I am then seeding the new sections of soil. At the moment the new soil is perfectly level...

Sorry for all the questions recently :oops: I have dug up a flower bed and path (as per another post) and am topping them up with around 4 tonnes of top soil ready for seeding. This is going to require around 3 inches of top soil at the shallowest points, and up to 12 inches in other...

Hi there, I have dug up a flower bed down one side of the garden and the path down the other. I am rotavating the ground and then topping up with top soil before seeding to extend the lawn right up to the edges. An aggregate supplier close to me where I purchased millwaste from is selling...

I am currently re-doing the garden and patio (the patio is covered under a different thread). At the moment I have a lawn with two weed infested flower beds down each side. I am in the process of digging out all the old flowers, weeds and shrubs down the side. I am going to fill the void...

Hi there, I don't post here often but the advice dished out is usually excellent. At the moment I have an old patio that wasn't laid very well - I suspect the ground wasn't compacted properly and there probably wasn't enough sand laid down. Anyway, I am disposing of the old slabs and will...

OK I realise many people here are either tradesmen, perfectionists, or both. So please excuse the question. At home everything has to be perfect. I have in the past had entire rooms re-skimmed to get everything just right, and when I've not done this I've spent weeks on preperation instead...

Recently had my bathroom refitted and sadly an extractor fan was overlooked. I am thinking of having one fitted now, but I don't fancy kicking up a ton of dust by making a hole in the wall. An electrician is going to quote me for installing a vent above the shower with a fan in the loft...

Just had the bathroom re-tiled. The tiler said his grout is waterproof and there is no need to seal it. I've done a search and there seems to be 4 schools of thought: 1) Grout should always be sealed because it's porus. 2) Grout doesn't need sealing right away and can be left for a while...

Hi there My first post. I have read these forums with interest and seen various related topics, but thought I would ask for advice on my specific problem. A few months back a came to decorate our spare bedroom - upon stripping the wallpaper I noticed that under humid conditions the...