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    Painting Outside With No Undercoat

    hi - we used gloss on previously glossed woodwork and it was an oil gloss - leyland exterior gloss Only one coat was used and we now are not sure of whether to add a second gloss coat or to put undercoat on top and then gloss Do you have any advice?
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    Luckily I do not have a car - Just a bicycle which is kept indoors.
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    Getting quotes for a house you want to buy.

    Will that 30K basically cover everything - like replaster in and out of house, paint and decorate, fit kitchen and bathroom and new boiler etc? If so then that is actually very reasonable given the size of the house
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    Would you be so kind and explain how. The worst that you could do is put a brick in the window - That would be covered by the house insurance.
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    Quite easily - Before you can get a charge you need to go to court and get a CCJ. The defendant is free to plead anything he likes including faulty workmanship, damage caused to an expensive vase or terms and conditions that he did not agree. If he does this it will need to go to trial. Quite...
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    Getting quotes for a house you want to buy.

    Can I just ask - You reckon it will cost 30K to rerender the walls and fix the gutters on this house?? Or do you mean 30K to redecorate all the rooms and install new electrics, plumbing and tidy up each room?
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    It would be my pleasure to show you and be the first when can you start the job and can you provide all materials please - You may charge 50% markup on the materials no problem at all Saturday is best for us Dont forget to send us your insurance documents as a claim for damage to our...
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    HERTSDRAINAGE2010 I am delighted to tell you the job is yours - I will give you a cheque for 800 once job is done Then the cheque will bounce and you can file a claim in county court which we will defend on false grounds. See you soon hopefully - Thats the way to get cheap work done...
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    This forum is becoming more and more patronising - I came here asking for advice and offering someone a bit of extra work cash in hand £120 in cash for a days work is I would hope quite substancial - I am starting to regret ever posting here and calling up a big firm who pay their actual...
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    And paying more guarantees a good job does it? I always insist on a day rate from a tradesman - If the job is difficult with good reason then it is clear that I will pay him more
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    I expect him to have his tools and that be included - In the same way that I wear trousers and shoes when I go to my job Its quite amusing how a simple job like adding ONE radiator to a system causes so much ifs and buts to come up and a quote of 800 from one poster. God knows what the...
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    I have materials - I am looking just for labour quote
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    i am asking for a breakdown and explanation of what is involved - quite reasonable i think Would you write a blank cheque without question?
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    Eh? Is it not drain system, run pipework and refill system??? The floor is up - was hoping it would take one day max and therefore £120ish
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    Anyone In London Looking For Work? Easy Job - Pay Cash

    Hi I just need a radiator fitted in one of our upstairs bedrooms - we would need to run new pipework and drain the system what should i expect to pay and is anyone available to do the job? We live in north london
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    Sealing External Brickwork

    not painting wall no - I want to seal it to ensure it stays water repellent why would they sell this item if it was useless?
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    Has Anyone Submitted Larger Extension Applications

    Thanks - What format are these plans in exactly? Do they have to be elevation and side plans?
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    Has Anyone Submitted Larger Extension Applications

    What I mean by this is greater then 4M - Its the new permitted ddevelopment process for large extensions coming into affect today
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    Dulux Non Trade Weathershield Or Leyland Flexible Gloss

    The only satin exterior paint for wood I could get hold of was Dulux weathershield satin This was not the trade paint and I am a bit hesitant to use it The other alternative is to use Leyland flexible gloss which is a trade paint and should be good quality Which one would perform...
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