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    it all started with a leaky radiator

    Hi, A few weeks ago my husband removed the radiator from the wall to do some decorating. Before removal the radiator worked perfectly fine. He then put the radiator back on the wall and it started to leak. A week later, him and his mate (who both know nothing about plumbing grrrr!!) decided they...
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    Plastering Help

    Hi all, we had a damp proof course done in our front room a few weeks ago and, to cut a very long story short, we had two plasterers let us down so my husband has decided to embark on this job himself. This is of course much to my disgust!! Any tips?
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    Paint on the patio

    I was painting my kitchen cupbords yesterday outside and have, much to my husbands disgust, spilt paint on the patio, and a fair bit too. I tried to get it off with white spirits but without any luck. Any ideas??
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    There's a fox in my garden. what am I going to do?

    This thread is pretty self explanatory. I have a fox in my garden that likes to sunbathe and eats the raspberries and strawberries I am attempting to grow. grrrrr. My garden backs out onto the local woods where the foxes live. I have tried fencing up the gap but they keep coming back. How can I...
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    Plant Suppliers

    Hi all, does anybody know of any decent plant suppliers that will supply to the Manchester/Cheshire area. I've tried Gardening Direct and just ordered a Bakker catalogue but my mother in law is looking for a supplier of Camelia (hope I have spelt that right!!).
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    Laminate floor appears to be shrinking!!!!!!!!!

    Hi all, I had a laminate floor laid in my kitchen about two years ago. It was that stuff where you click it and it fits in place but the person who laid it also glued it together. Anyway, about a year ago I noticed a gap in the flooring running alongside the length of the units, it looks like...
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    Plastering Help Needed from Damsel in Distress!!!!

    Hi, I have a few questions about plastering. We have just had a damp proof course done in our front room and so the walls are being replastered from half way down. We are hoping to decorate as soon as possible but have heard on the grapevine that you have to wait six months, is this true...
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