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Hi all - I'm hoping to render over the whole of this wall. I know it would be better for me to knock out the patterned blocks and replace with solid, but in the interests of time (and effort, and money) I'm hoping to fill in the gaps and render directly over. What would you use? My thought was...

I had gerbils in a fish tank when I was a student. I remember we fashioned a cover for the tank out of a bit of chicken wire, the attached a free-standing wheel to this (upside down) which seemed to work. Can't remember what we did about the water bottle - probably a similar method, or maybe...

Hello folks - last year we had a bit of work done to the house - we replaced a window with patio doors and knocked a wall down between kitchen and lounge. We're now thinking about getting a floor in, so want to tidy up some of the 'scars' of the building work. Is it just the case of filling...

I've gone through about 70 litres of Leyland contract paint in matte white over the last 3-4 months, although I use a ratio of 50/50 for my mist coats. We've had every room in our house re-plastered, so I'm totally sick of it I find that fresh plaster is so thirsty I usually apply 2 mist coats...

Me too! It's very annoying. The plasterer did this room more of a favour though, so I shouldn't grumble (luckily he has removed sockets in the other room!) Purchased - all for just shy of a fiver! Thanks for this. I didn't even know these existed - what a great idea! We had an electrician come...

Thanks for the recommendation, but oof, just shy of £20 once you add P&P! Any ideas on anything more affordable?

Hi all - new user here. I've just spent the last 12 months or so renovating an old house. I wish I knew about this website back at the start, as I'm sure you would've save me a few £! Please look at the pictures below. Believe it or not, these plugs were sat under an unsealed shower tray! :eek...