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Hi im in the process of buying a 2 bed house which my surveyor mentioned had "suspected asbestos" in - i arranged for a asbestos surveyor to confirm if this was the case - as i had tiling to the hallway - he confirmed that these were asbestos but with a low amount of asbestos in them and another...

hoping theres an easy solution - just put up a 8ft wardrobe and due to sloping floor i connected it to the wall in case it woudl tip over once i filled with stuff. only problem is - now the wardrobe is level the front part sits about 1.5 ins of the floor - and the adjustable legs arent touching...

Hopefully i've come to the right forum...! Im having to replace my 60 litre fishtank which is on my kitchen worktop as its just sprang a leak :cry: . as i'm having to replace it (as friend is taking it off me to see if they can fix it if they can find the leak) i might as well go for a...

My builder has installed a 100 litre waterbutt in my garden. he used the package that came with the waterbutt to connect it to the downpipe. With the recent weather we have had it seems that when the waterbutt is full water the rest of the water is not diverting back to the downpipe but...

Im getting a list of things that need doing to my property and was just wondering the following: i have insulated the main part of my loft but there is another part which is basically in the shape of a half pitch - hopefully thats the right word. To get through that part it would mean either...

just wondering if you knowledgeable lot can help me with the following; my garden is nearly completed - just had it concreted and decked with new fencing. Garden looks lovely - as i now have new fence panels in that newly orange tone ( :cry: ) with concrete posts and gravelboards i was...

Ive just had an Ikea Pax wardrobe 50cm width by 58cm depth by 236cm tall wardrobe put into my spare room - the flooring is not level so this has been connected to the wall by a baton. The front of the wardrobe by the plinth look like it is slightly floating as there is a gap between floor and...

i had my bedroom replastered in November and then painted most of the walls white - one wall showed yellow so i put this done to the fact that i had old windows replaced and there was water damage and it had travelled to the wall as the plasterer bascially hat to take off the walls as it was in...

i had 6 new solid clear pine doors put on and thought id try the Danish Oil product but after doing a couple of doors i didnt like the effect :oops: these were painted November 2007. I have now decided that i should do something with the doors as most of them are natural and have now decided...

the last 2 weekends i have various builders/gardeners coming otu to quote on my garden work - i think im now have seen around the 12 or 13 so far - how long does it take for you to quote on work - only 2 have come back within 3/4 days - as im taking it that they are not interested in the job...

back again with more confusion. just want to see what the general opinion is out there. i have a tree which im thinking of taking out before garden works starts and that area will be concreted over. i was under the impression that if you take out the tree you must take out the roots. as i...

My garden has now been taken over with brambles, bindweed and japanese knotweed and i have enough of seeing slowly being devoured with none of teh plants ive grown for years gone. As its coming from three sides - neighbours and an allotment i feel like im on a losing battle. :cry: so i got...

I am having work done to my outside wall which is basically the wall down into my garden where a small shed is (probably an outside loo in the early 1900s. i have had a few builders in (10 to be exact) to comment on work that need doing on my garden. I have asked them to quote on taking off the...

i am having work done to my outside wall which is basically the wall down into my garden where a small shed is (probably an outside loo in the early 1900s. i have had a few builders in (10 to be exact) to comment on work that need doing on my garden. I have asked them to quote on taking off...

im getting my property ready to rent out to lodgers but am slightly confused with what locks i should put on my solid pine doors - is there a difference between a 3 or 5 lever mortice lock - i know i dont want a sashlock as that doesnt offer much in the way of security.

I have a double glazed door which has the type of lock that once you close it it is locked (without using the key) so if im in the garden and i havent got my key and it accidentally blows shut im stuck.. - not that that's ever happened but im now worried that this could happen - is there a way...

Hi I am in the process of getting my garden done and was just wondering if there is such a thing as having concrete with with coloured gravel ebedded down into it a bit like pebbledashing on walls - is there such a thing or is there something similar. I did think about have pebbles/cobbles...

Hi there Ive got a dilemma not sure what to do. Ive got a single wardrobe which is sitting on an unlevel part of the floor. the bottom part is 2 inches away from the wall and the top part (which i was going to connect to the wall is just over 4.25 inches away) - i know i have to put a baton on...

I thought I wasnt too bad at the flat pack procedure - managed to put up things like TV cabinets, chest of drawers etc. but unless ive lost my "magic touch" Ikea's Aneboda has got me stumped. I managed to put the frame together - no problems - actually thought what a doddle but that good...

I've had some plaster coving put up in my lounge by a builder who used Coving Adhesive. Is it normal when putting up coving that on one length of the wall that 2-4 pieces might be used as I think they were offcuts from my bedroom. As the problem I have is that where there is a join you can see...