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Please can I get some advice. Scaffolding goes up today for new windows and roof repair, so I thought its a great time to clean up the front of the house. Its render and timber - looks like its masonry paint and gloss, but its all peeling badly. I was going to wire brush off the loose stuff...

Hi, We have a washroom, toilet and boiler room which have these hard floor tiles. The house is a 1930's interwar, its not been renovated, so we presume the tile are original, but might have been added in later, probably no later than the 70's though as most of the house dates back way before...

Hi, we have recently refurbured one of the bedrooms and are now moving on to decorating. I've used all different types of paint, from B&Q own, Crown, Dulux, Johnston (? from Screwfix), Wickes, some case good, some bad. I don't want to be re-painting the ceiling & walls every year or so, rather...

Hi all. Not been here for a few years, but glad to be back..... We have just moved to our new house, a 1930's cavity, half rendered red brick house. The chimney in the bedroom is wet, as is the dining room below. We are pretty sure its gyroscopic salts as the chimney has had a damp course...

Hi, have a Vokera Syntesi 35 which must be 18 months old. Its been running okay since we moved in although the DHW is not red hot and runs cold if you turn the tap/shower on too fast. Trouble now is the DHW won't run. It will fire up and then within 15 secs drop down to an idle burn (if that...

Well, the winters coming on strong and I need to service my Aga Anyone have and advice tips on this please? Its probably 10/11 years old, is a lovely stove enamelled Blue and is deff an Aga, not a Rayburn! The gas burner seems to be running fine, will need to remove the debris under the...

I live in the north west (of England, not London!) - anyone any contacts for digger hire? I've been quoted £180+ Vat for a weekends hire, inc delivery. Is this expensive? bloody daylight robbery it seems? If anyone can point me towards one I'd be more than pleased!!

Just bought a stack of rolls for the (new Sept03) kiddies room (From ToysRus as it fits in with the theme (apparently - ask the wife!!)). Its all pre-pasted stuff. The destructions on the reverse are for normal paste paper Do I just sumberge the Pre-Paste stuff in a trough of water? Does...

Need some experience here if anyone can help please! Building a low supporting wall, 60m long. Going for the Flemish (?) bond, which I believe is 2 course of stretcher followed by 1 header, repeated. If the walls 60m long and 1m high (form footings), how many bricks will I need. (Did that...

Hi guys, nice weather at last eh!! Just bought one of these from Screwfix 66228 SINGLE LEVER BATH/SHOWER MIXER . Fitted it to my new shower bath. Supplied off the 15mm feed to the cistern, basin shower cube and now bath. The flow to the basin and shower is great, however the flow to...

bought some wall paper over the weekend. (Usually use the paste the wall as its far easier; however..) Anyone have aay tips on trimming the paper for skirts etc without the paper tearing. I have been given one of those Harris rulers (two planes, one set at 30Deg to the 1st). I use a stanley...

Any sparks in the forum? I'm installing new soffits and fascias. The felt has been renewed (two runs) and 6mm ply has been installed to support the last 12" of felt. My soffits are 450mm wide, so I'm installing so chrome down-lighters to smarten them up a little. Void is 450mm wide and...

Anyone else been stung by this EXTRA handling charge put in place? Is it only web orders or does it transpire on to phone orders too? Bloody cheek! Make the auction site look cheap!

any one any handy tips about fitting a bath? We've extended the bathroom to accomodate the new unit, and the bath will ba surrounded by a stud wall to one long edge and a solid to the end (where the taps are) - the other two are free standing. I have (in the past) fixed some 2*1 to the (3)...

(This referrs to a previous subject) Given that I've asked 4 builders for quotes, two turned up and still haven't bothered to quote, or even give me an idea of price, so blx to them, I'm doing it myslef. I am going to use the building regs too. \Its too complicted and too much of a gamble...

Outstanding info from you guys before, thanks. Here's the next one. Converting the loft. I did the drawings etc and PP has been passed. Does anyone know how to work out the steel size, from width? I assume that the roof tyoe will also need to be taken in to consideration - its concrete...

I'm building a conservatory on the back of the house and some one mentioned cavity trays. Not wanting to sound thick I didn't question their talk. Now I'm stumped. Are Cavity Trays just the stitched in lead falshing between the pitch of the connie roof and the recieving wall? Anyone have nay...