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I did do a search but just got myself confused :oops: I have 600mm x 300mm x 10mm thick porcelain tiles to fit in my bathroom. I'll use these for both shower and floor. Some of the cuts I need to do will need a really neat (no chips) straight edge. Some cuts will be along the 300mm edge...

Recently had 2 patio doors and a new kitchen window fitted by a long established local window fitter. However, these new units "mist up" (or get condensation on them, whichever description is the right one?) on the outside on mornings like we have today i.e. cold and damp. This does not look...

Recently had 2 patio doors and a new kitchen window fitted by a long established local window fitter. However, these new units "mist up" (or get condensation on them, whichever description is the right one?) on the outside on mornings like we have today i.e. cold and damp. This does not look...

Hi all, refitting our en-suite and found an AAV "hidden" in the fitted units. As you can see in the picture, it's fitted pretty low. My question is, can I leave it alone or would you recommend extending the pipe upwards and boxing it in? Given that we've been in the house for 9 years and have...

Doing my hall, stairs and landing, a big job. Stripped off paper, washed walls and scraped off glue. Filled any damage with Polyfilla and rubbed down with orbital sander. Repaired areas ranging from a small "ding" to longer hairline cracks that I assume have been there for a while. Applied...

I'm looking at a bath that from the specifications weighs 85KG empty and up to 400KG when full to the brim. These weights exclude any occupants :D I'm a competent DIY er having fitted 4 bathrooms previously. However, I'm not sure if a bath of this weight would require the floor to be...

I have a Worcester Bosch R28HE installed in the garage There is a separate Honeywell T4360a frost stat, I also understand that the boiler has its own frost stat. I am using a Digistat RF3 and SCR receiver, this appears to be operating the boiler as it should. The pressure shown on the...

I have had a similar problem with my RKP and Accenta 6 as described in a recent thread i.e. no power light on the RKP although the keypad buttons are lit. The conclusion on that now locked thread is that the battery is likely to be the problem. My question is what sort of battery is used and...

I have been having my lawn treated by one of those "professional" services who promise a nice green, weed free lawn. I'm not overly impressed with the results and yesterday they phoned to say that they want to come round and apply a fertiliser. Now I'm no expert but I would have thought that...

We live in a house that has a large quantity of dark stained wood, think mahogany type colour. This includes built-in storage cupboards, panelling, skirting, internal downstairs doors etc etc. I don't mind it as it is and would certainly not want to rip it all out (the prvious owner spent £34k...

I have three double glazed units that have started to mist up inside the unit. There are a number of companies locally (Reading area) who can either supply and fit or supply only the replacement units rather than replace the whole window. My question is, what's involved in removing the old...

My cold water tank in the loft is very wet on the outside at the bottom, ie the platform on which it sits is wet. I thought there may be a leak, but a week ago I removed the insulation from around the outside of the tank dried everything up and on checking last night noticed that all joints to...

Not sure if I'm using the correct terminology but here goes. I currently have an indirect vented hot water cylinder (i.e. water heated from boiler with coil in cylinder, the indirect bit?). I also have 1 bathroom shower fed by an old and noisy pump to give a decent shower and a further 2...

Having stripped the old wall paper off the walls I was left with lots of bare patches of plaster where the paint also came off with the wallpaper/scraper. I've made good the walls by filling and/or sanding these areas and I now want to paint the walls. My gut feeling is that in order to get a...

After the thread regarding wall papering in the cold, I was wondering if it's OK to apply gloss paint to skirtings etc when the temperature is low. We currently have no heating in the house (long story but being fixed now) and I want to do some painting but not if problems are likely to occur...

I know that as far as part P is concerned that the bathroom is a "special" area and i'm not supposed to do any DIY electrical work in there. However, our current family bathroom has 3 wall mounted lights which as well as being ugly (previous owners choice) are probably also unsuitable for their...

Bit of a cheeky question. Can anybody give me an indicative cost of supplying a 6 inch class 1 stainless steel liner for a wood burning stove. I have a quote that I'm happy with with one exception, I'm being quoted £74.17 per metre, plus VAT to supply the above. Fitting is extra but I'm happy...

I normally buy what I would call mid priced paint brushes (about £3 for 25mm) which seem to do the job perfectly adequately. I have noticed that you can pay a lot more for a brush. My question is, what is the benefit, if any, for a DIYer in purchasing such brushes when on the face of it they all...

I moved into a house which has what can only be described as a lavender hedge. It has been planted between the edge of a patio and the lawn to a length of about 40 feet, supposedly to soften the transition between patio and lawn. The patio is approx 30cm higher than the lawn. This lavender is...

After fixing a number of tiles to the wall I've noticed that one of them has a number of relatively light scratches on its surface. They can only really be seen at the right angle but I find it very annoying. The tiles are ceramic. My question is, what could I use to polish out these scratches...