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Hi, I'm after a little bit of advice. I did a job around nine months ago for a friend of a friend. The bloke lost his job while I was halfway through doing his bathroom. He told me he was still going to get a final months pay and that he'd give me half the total for my work (£550) and...

I am going to help a friend decorate his house for him in the next couple of weeks. He moved in about 18 months ago and I installed all new woodwork and left him to paint it all. He used a combination of all sorts of differnt gloss, one coat, quickdrying, no runs etc and now it's really...

http://www.silvertrowel.co.uk Am thinking of doing the £350 course. Have got a good basic grip of most trades. Done my apprentaship in Carpentry and have since worked as a handyman - decorating, bathrooms, gardening, tiling etc Anyone have any experience on a course like that or...

Any tips? Can imagine it's quite hard. Need to do a small kitchen in a week or so.

My mum has recently moved into a new house and has a rather small kitchen, it's a very strange lay out and has two door ways - one from the hall way which is fine and one from the dining room which is pretty pointless. To create a little bit of extra worktop space my mum wants to put a bit of...

Just recently started my adwords account and was wondering which words people get the most clicks and views. I'm in the maintenance game - do carpentry, decorating, kitchens, bathrooms, gardening, brickwork, fencing, decking etc everything really

I recently bought the 10.8v bosch multi cutter and love it, one of the best tools i've ever bought easily. Was wondering if anyone has ever used the impact driver as you can pick one up body only for £60 or so. What sort of jobs can it do? Seems like it lacks power to do much?

Hi, Am looking for 15 fence panels for a project and have no idea where to go apart from Wickes and they seem quite expensive. Also is it worth picking up either of these : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithfull-FAIPHD-Post-Hole-Digger/dp/B0001IWN6A/ref=pd_sim_diy_5...

Looking for a cheapish mitre saw mainly for cutting skirting and architraves. Been having a look around but not really sure what the best would be so I came here to ask the experts. http://www.itslondon.co.uk/p2_PT_Power+Tools_MITRESAWS_Mitre+Saws.htm Looking at those, sort of hoping...

Have a fairly big space around 2.5m wide and 500mm deep that I want to turn into a fitted wardrobe. I am fairly handy and should be able to knock up the frame easily. The only problem I have is how do I go about fitting sliding doors? what sort of tracks will I need? Preferably want...

Have came across this video for the Chamar Scribe. Can't seem to find a stockist? Anyone know where I can buy one or a similar jig? Have alot of skirting to fit and this would be godsend.[/youtube]

http://www.itslondon.co.uk/pd_BOSGOP108LBOXX_GOP108LBOXX_Bosch108vLithiumionProfessionalMultiCutter.htm vs http://www.itslondon.co.uk/pd_FEI110SELECTPLUS_FMM250QSELECTPLUS_FeinMultiMasterSelectPlusKit.htm What's the consensus about these two? Slightly edging towards the bosch because...

Replacing a few very old doors in my kitchen. They're a rather odd size 1930 x 710 and 1900 x 700 I just want to chuck in a couple of cheap moulded doors and can't seem to find anything this width. The height isn't a problem as it should be easy enough to cut 40mm from the top and bottom...

I have been reading these forums a fair bit since I've joined up and had noticed quite a few people talking about heat guns, basically I was wondering are they worth picking up? I don't do a massive ammount of decorating jobs but if it would save me a bit of time here and there It's got to be...

I have recently moved into a new house. None of the rooms had aerial sockets in but they where cleary in there at some point but it was a bit of a bodge job, you can see little bits of coaxial cable running through the corners of some of the windows. There is also an aerial on the top of the...

I have a job coming up and it involves painting some window frames in a dark torquoise colour. The customer wants Weathershield Exterior Gloss, will they do a dark torquoise colour? Is it just a case of picking the colour from a sheet and getting it mixed up or can they only do certain...

I have been asked to do a job for someone who has a white plastic front door which has been painted red (for some strange reason every other one in the close has been painted red) and he wants it painted white. Obviously a bit of a bizzare one so thought I'd post here, I've read plenty of...