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I have just put up lining paper for the first time in my life and although i have butt jointed all of the joins i couldnt avoid having some slight gaps. Can somebody please advise me on a type/brand of filler i could use that will fill these gaps but also not ruin the finish of the paint. Alsi...

Good Evening, I have a hole in my bedroom wall for an airvent that measures 10x9inches. I am having trouble getting hold of a vent to cover this hole. The biggest vents i can find measure 9x9inches. Does anyone know where i can a big vent from to cover this hole? 12x12 or similar? Cheers Danny.

Good Morning, Im in the process of decorating my flat and have found that it has metal door frames! I have stripped the old paint off (about ten layers) and would like to repaint them. Could someone give me advice in to how to go about painting them so that i get the best finish. Thanks...

I recently had a problem with my potterton puma 80 where the heating was getting hot with the hot water running. Also the central heating barely got hot and was very slow in operation. I replaced the wax capsule and now it seems fine the central heating gets nice and hot and the hot water...

Hi, I have a potterton puma 80 and when i run a bath the central heating starts getting hot even though the central heating is off a the main switch on the boiler. I have been advised that it may be the diverter valve but when i looked the part up it comes in two parts, the complete valve part...

I am currently in the process of redecorating my daughters bedroom in my new flat. When i stripped the old wallpaper it came down with no effort at all but has left flaky pieces of old paint all over the walls? The walls are plaster underneath the flaky paint so there was only one layer of wall...

I fitted up my brand new towel rail radiator last night and repressurised the system to find that the radiator valves fitted to the bottom are leaking where they screw in to the radiator. I used PTFE tap on the thread when fitting these but this has'nt sealed it obviously. Would jointing...

I am in the process of redecorating my bathroom, I have retiled the walls and replastered the ceilings. I would like to fit gypsum coving but have never done this before and would like some experienced advice please, i have read that you can secure them up temporaily with nails to allow the...

I need to tile onto plywood, Whats the best way of doing this?

I have a potterton puma 80, The hot water works fine although the central heating takes quite a while to heat up. I have flushed out and removed any dirt from the system. I have been told by a friend that it could be the diverter valve, Does anyone have any other ideas?

My Boiler keeps overboiling and shutting down intermittantly. If i reboot it and put the CH on it works fine and then if i operate a HW tap it will start to boil up and then pressurise to maximum and then shut down, After reading the forums i believe it may just need recharging, Does anybody...