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Are Bosch SDS drill bits supposed to break after drilling less than 30 holes in brick? The 5mm drill bit got stuck in the whole and broke off this morning... I was dissapointed as I thought a Bosch item would have lasted much longer... I've had the drill with the bits that came with it about...

I'm renovating an upstairs room and thinking about installing electric type under floor heating. Is it expensive to run? How easy to install? What floor coverings can you put over it? - would laminate be ok or will the heat damage the floor? recommended brands/suppliers? thanks :)

I'm planning to refurbish an attic bedroom in an old, poorly built, victorian terrace (1890). The plaster in the room is lathe, which is all cracked and crumbling - I want to get rid of all this and replace it with plasterboard - I already did a similar thing in another room (non attic)...

hi thanks for replies. I had a mate round to look at it and he said really it does want rippining out and replacing with new joists and floorboards... but for now i can support the existing joists with some brick piers and bits of wood sitting ontop of the wood underneath - ive done this and its...

So now I've managed to get the floor up... The left side is supported and seems fine, the right side is really bouncy and un supported. I'm trying to figure out how its ended up like that and whats the best way to fix it...?

I have suspended wooden floors on the ground floor of my approx 120 year old terraced house. The floor just inside the front door is very bouncy and has had problems with damp in the past. We had a new door fitted to solve the problem of water coming in due to the old door being fitted the wrong...

hmm its just doesnt seem that expensive anymore - think i was just comparing it to wrong things. thanks for all comments... think i might go for it :)

thanks for the link :) I'm planning on taking the instument panel out tomorrow and seeing if it is just a loose connection... worth a try. I really need to get it fixed before going on a long journey next weekend. thanks again kat

Hi I have a fiat punto... 2000 model ... the newer style but not newest. The speedometer has been playing up for a few weeks... sometimes it works but more often it doesn't - it sticks on 0 mph when I'm driving along. I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with it so I can fix it. I...

i've compared it with other adult learning courses and they are no where near as expensive, and its only a diy course, not professional one. i think i'm also worried about losing my money as i know the college is rubbish with poor management n the staff are unhappy and tend not to care. im also...

Hi How much would you say is reasonable for a DIY plastering course? The course is a 3 hour session one evening each week for 10 weeks at the local tech. They said the fee is £220 which I'm thinking is a bit of a rip off - its only DIY standard and there is no qualification for...

hi I wouldnt try to put full size boards on the ceiling - plasterboard it quite fragile and will bend and snap where you dont want it too... its also quite heavy, especially when ur tryin to hold it with stretched arms above ur head. you also may have a job fittin a full sheet in ur car, i...

i recently took down old lathe and plaster ceiling then replaced with 12.5mm plasterboard. i'm complete beginner and managed ok, if you got balance, patience n can juggle a bit u can do it on ur own up a step ladder without a prop. if you want a prop though you can make one by nailing a flat bit...

i had a smallish bedroom with old lathe and plaster that was all cracked and rubbish... so i took it all down, plasterboarded, and got someone to plaster, now its all nice and shiny new :) takin old plaster down is a messy job and its hard work doing the ceiling, we did it ourselves... got...

thanks soaker hose probably wouldnt work for me... ive got pots at the moment. i have limited space which is why i was considering custom built-to-fit things, but might buy a water butt if i could get one that would fit ok - still got the problem of building a suitable compost bin that can...

hi, thanks for reply the yard is very enclosed, house, brick shed and at the bottom there is another building... so if i'm going to build one it would have to be in a corner so its out of way and its going to be against at least one building wall. i thought if i had air gap or something it...

i have a big black plastic compost bin in the corner of my rather small yard. i'm thinking about maybe building a brick compost bin with a rain water store tank above (was feeling guilty about watering plants with litres of tap water). the black compost bin doesnt fit well in the corner as...

hi, thanx for reply house is victorian so fireplace would have been used at one time - there is supporting brick arch above it. it looked like previous owners had blocked it up without bothering to add an air vent to it... so i was going to add one, i took out a brick which i was going to...

hi I've stripped a first floor room back to bricks so i can plasterboard n get it skimmed for nice finish. the fireplace which had been bricked up didnt have an air vent.... i thought i should add one... i've knocked 1 brick out but have found there appears to be another line of bricks...

coz i would like to make nice feature out of it :)