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Christmas was going well until we had a chip pan fire in our 10 month old kitchen on boxing day. The cooker and units either side of the extractor are gone, and the rest of the units are black, as are the walls and ceilings. does anyone have any experience of how this should be tackled, we...

Ok guys thanks for the advice, i will go down the pressure washer route then. Cheers Paul :D

Is it worth adding some sand to an exterior paint stop it becoming slippy. Paul

Hi, I have a concrete path from my back door which is about 10ftx3ft. Its between two single story extensions and is north facing so never gets any sun and is often damp, so always goes green and horrible. Can i paint it with something that will help to keep the green away or make it easier...

True but he wont tell me how much over the phone, i could have saved him a trip if he would.

I thought as much, we both dont need to be there because weve already told him what we want so he could do his drawings in the first place, and i wouldnt tell him what the other quotes are, if he says he want 25k to do the job abd i show him a quote for 20k and he then says he will do it for 19k...

We are hoping to have a loft conversion done and have had a couple of quotes from builders and loft conversion companies that i phoned. I also registered with a 'find a builder site' where you put in details of the job then builders contact you if they are interested. We had a call and...

Sorry, meant anywhere online that you can print off a standard sort of agreement to sign rather than just having a verbal one. cheers Paul

Not sure if this is in the correct place but we are going to have a loft conversion done and wondered where is the best place to get a contract for me and builder to sign so we both know where we stand etc. many thanks Paul

Use a tanking system round a bath that has a shower over one end :? . I'm in the process of fitting my new bathroom with has been re plasterboarded and skimmed and i will have a shower over the bath. many thanks, Paul

Here goes, my kitchen is a 30yr old single story flat roof extension which is 5 inches lower than the house, and there is no heating at all. I am having a pitched roof put on and a new kitchen, and at the same time the floor raised to meet the rest of the house. I want to have a wet...

Thanks for your help cheers Paul

I've already used a heat gun to remove the cork tiles and get most of the glue off, but there is still a tacky residue left, was thinking more of a liquid such as meths or white spirit.

Whats the best to remove glue from wood floor, its like contact glue or evostick,used to glue cork tiles. cheers Paul

Cheers, floor down first then thanks Paul

Just started to completely rip out the bathroom so it will be an empty shell. Going to have vinyl floor, but should the vinyl be layed before the new toilet and vanity unit go in and them placed on top or after they have been fitted. cheers Paul

Thanks for all the replies, i had a feel of the pipes under the sink when it was filling and it was diffinately the mains pipe with the stop cock that was clanking, so i opened the stop cock another turn and that has cured it, is this because too much water was trying to get through too small a...

Not sure if this should be in here or the appliance section, but it concerns both so here goes. When our washing machine is filling it causes a pipe to knock somewhere as soon as the filling stops. When it fills with short bursts you get several knocks in a row as it fills and stops several...

I asked a similsr question //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=43045, Topps Tiles do a free tiling DVD which also shows how this tanking system is applied and it looks very easy. hth Paul

Cheers for the info, will definately use it, got a free dvd from topps Tiles which shows how to use it and it looks easy enough. thanks Paul :D