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Hi A while back I removed the carpet from my stair case and now I wish to paint the stairs (I'm aware it's going to be noisy without carpet but the wife's not bothered about that!). I was planning to gently sand down the treads and risers to remove all the dirt and then paint. I wanted...

I apologise if this is the incorrect forum but it's unclear to me where else it should be posted. Anyway, my main telephone socket comes into the house at the side directly into my downstairs landing. On the outside of the relevant wall there is a small grey BT box. I assume this is normal...

I have a long gravel driveway which never had any weedprotection put down under the gravel. Every year I get hundreds of weeds growing though. I realise I can get off the shelf weedkiller for this (path clear or something) but is there something out there that is better than this suff. Ideally I...

I think i've heard it mentioned on this forum that Dulux trade paints are far superior to the equivalent non trade versions you can buy from places like B&Q in terms of coverage and look. My question is why one would then choose to ues the non trade versions... Is there some advantage to the...

I have a textured artex celing and coving which is already painted in some sort of shiny white paint (i'm guessing it's vinyl silk) as the light really reflects off it. I wish to repaint both the celing and coving. I want more of a dulled look so thought I may go for vinyl matt or vinyl...

Hi, I have been into a number of flooring shops to ask about real wood flooring that I want to install in my lounge which has a concrete floor. All the shops have told me that real wood flooring has to be glued down to the floor because it is too "unstable" to have it as a floating floor. Now...

I plan to lay a floating wooden floor in my lounge and passage way. I have seen some oak wood engineered flooring (around 15mm thick with 4mm oak veneer) at B&Q that looks pretty nice. It's availiable in the click system (like laminate flooring). Since using this stuff would mean that I don't...

A while back I had all my architraves and doors replaced with new ones. I repainted all the door frames using Dulux water based satinwood paint. However, since this paint was difficult to use (because it is so quick drying), I decided to use Dulux oil based satinwood for the doors which I just...

I have a concrete floor in my lounge and passageway. It has a liquid DPM painted onto the surface of it and also solid black vinyl tiles ontop of that. The vinyl tiles are breaking away at various points around the edges where carpet grippers were nailed through them. I now wish to remove the...

I wish to pain over my wooden door architraves. They are currently painted with a shiny gloss which I assume is oil based. I wish to pain over it using water based satinwood finish. I was simply going to sand the architrave to remove the shiny gloss sheen, apply a water based undercoat and...

I've just had a carpenter in to fit new skirting boards (amongst other things). He fitted them using quite large screws. I need to fill the holes with the screw heads but don't want to use anything like pollyfilla because I want to stain the skirting with a clear stain and the pollyfilla would...

I have a question regarding laminate flooring. I have installed it in all the upstairs bedrooms and will now be doing the upstairs passage. How do I finish it at the top of the stairs? Do I simply put a normal end strip at the edge of the top stair so the laminate comes under the strip. I...

A while back I had all the radiators replaced in my house and had TRVs installed on all of them. Then subsequently when I was having the boiler replaced the plumber mentioned that I should not have TRVs on _all_ the radiators (especially in the same room as the thermostat). Anyway, I am...

I had a potterton performa 28i combination boiler installed last xmas and it is coming to the end of the warranty period soon. The company heatteam are a part of Potterton and cover any work that needs doing doing the warranty period. They also offer further extended warranty for £99 a year. I...

I am shortly having some work done on a couple of radiators which will require a drain down of the CH system. I have a combi boiler Potterton Performa 28i. I understand that I have to put some form of protector into the system. I have bought "Fernox Superconcentrate Central Heating...

I recently had all my radiators replaced with new ones and had TRVs put on all of them. They are all siemens TRVs. The TRVs are beginning to annoy me because when they are not fully open or closed you get a constant whining sounds as the radiator comes upto temperature and the TRV is about to...

Hi, I plan to install engineered or real wood flooring in my lounge. It currently has a gas fireplace with a wide marble hearth. I'm planning to replace the hearth with another marble one of shorter width. The new hearth will run the full length of the chimmney breast. Should the flooring...