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Well I would love to take pictures - but some low life stole my bag containing my camera / wallet / phone / car & house keys !!! I hope they feel guilty looking at the pictures of my daughters 2nd birthday !!! sorry nothing to do with DIY Mike

well I'm picking my green bin from the council this week (£10) not a bad price - I will let you know how it works - thankyou everyone for your comments

rob / cobweb - thanks for your excellent comments - I've decided to sand back the beams by hand and then oil with a product from rustins. I'll take a few before and after pics to show you the results :) again thanks for the help.... mike

that pva idea is cool ! never thought of that ! - the beams are quite old and I was going to ask about how to tidy them up - they are of a regular size (not lunking great tree trunks, I'd say 6 by 4 - and not a special wood like oak or anything) BUT they are really dirty - I was going to give...

just veggie type waste huh ? I suppose if I threw in my sunday roast remains i'd mess up the whole eco system and encourage a stinking pile of pulp ? thanks all.....

Sounds just like my ex-wife ! but thats another story... Thanks for the green advice - I'll certainly get one sorted - I suppose I can bung all garden waste in there ?? Mike

Thanks for the advice, it's my own fault so I'm not going to take the easy route out - it's hard work and sun burn for me... is it called a scarifier ? or something like that ? to do the raking. plus what to do with the small mountain of grass clippings I've amounted, and there really is a...

cheers for the advice cobweb - I'll give it a try ! - one more question if you don't mind... what would you suggest I should use to fill the gap between plaster board and the side of the beams (between 2mm and 10mm in places) - mastic or just slap the plaster on ? - and I suppose I just slap the...

cheers masona, I'll have a look.....

That sounds great ! would I be able to brush it on ?? or use a float ?? thanks mike

Help ! I have destroyed what was once a nice lawn mainly due to laziness and the thought that "I'd mow it next week" - well next week turned into next year and then another year !! - I've just ended up with sun stroke after spending the whole weekend strimming and mowing ! and it looks a mess...

I can vouch for nippon - I had a colony of black ants inside a wall cavity inside my house ! - and the little fellows were pouring out of the electric sockets and skirting boards !! - I hoovered up most of the flying ants and then laid little blobs of nippon to finish off the nest ! Mike

Hello all, I have taken down my old decrepid lat and plaster ceiling and decided to reveal the beams by letting in plaster board between the joists - my question is this - once I have the plaster board in with what should I skim the surface ?? - I'm trying to main a cottage feel of the...

Hi folks, When I turn on my upstairs cold water tap on my sink I get a hugh banging noise which I believe is called water hammer ? - it continues until I open up the cold tap on the bath - any ideas how to solve this ?? I have a combi boiler system - but obviously these taps are fed from...