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Hi chaps, We have a concrete floor in our out-house (soon to be christmas food room for when the screaming hoards arrive). Oddly, the right hand side has been leveled in the past, but the left hand side hasn't. No idea why. Both sides have a water proof layer, though the left hand side has...

Hi chaps. Doesanyone know where to get (in the UK) fence posts with vertical groves on each face ? What I want is a collection of posts, lined up, which i can then drop in wooden panels in between, and lift those panels out when i want to open up sections. If you imagine taking a router...

I have just finished painting my new study in my new (old) house. About a week after I finished, in the thunderous rain that we had in November, I noticed that a damp patch was appearing on the wall, with smaller ones dotted around it, all coming in from the south facing external wall. They...

Hi, Finally moved out of the house of the noisey neighbours. My new house had a gas fire, linked to a gas boiler. Thats all been taken out, but we are now left with a 5ft high and three feet wide hole in teh chimney breast in the lounge. Clearly, to be used as an open fireplace, it needs...

I have just spent two days trying to put curtain poles up, and blind hooks, in my new house. However, having gone through two drill bits all ready, and going and buying a new massive powerdrill, I'm still no more than about 1cm deep. I thought the lintel would be concrete and was prepared for...

Hi, I have bathroom tap thats leaking badly and I have finally realised that I need to change the washer once and for all. Thing is, I cant get the so***ding tap apart to get at the washer. If you imagine an old style tap that you might find on original iron bathes. It has a chrome cross...

Does anyone know where i can get an old style cooker switch cover from? I have an old one here which is pretty battered and needs replacing. I dont want to replace the entire socket for a new one, as that would mean a lot of filling as the old socket is far larger than the new style ones. The...

I have front and rear uPVC doors that are a pain to close. They are the type that force you to pull the handle up on the outside in order to be able to turn the key to lock. The thing is, while the doors close, and the catch fits in ok, its almost impossible to pull the handle up to force the...

Can anyone tell me if there is an easy way to increase the water pressure to the taps in my house? I have one of those combi boilers. When i turn on the hot water tap, i get a reasonable amount of hot water, not a massive amount, but reasonable. However, if anyone touches the cold water tap, it...

I have moved in to a fairly basic old terraced council house. The bathroom suite seems to be an original, or at least a fairly old, affair, with lovely square edges, thick sides and is very "retro". Thing is, the cistern is a horrid bake-a-lite affair, though it is a high level one which is...

I have just moved in to an ex council terraced house. Its from the 40's or so, and the walls etc are very well built internally. I have a problem in that I can hear everything that is going on next door very clearly. An old couple live there, and they are a bit deaf, so their TV is louder than...