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Hello All Had a 1200 x 760 shower tray fitted in a corner space and tiled. After identifying the frameless enclosure we want I noticed the adjustments allowed for the main door are 1165-1215 and for the side panel are 725-750. Before ordering I measured the dimensions of my tray with the...

Hello all Our setup at the moment is we've got a Sky dish - the cable runs into the Sky box. From this a scart runs to our adjacent Sony Bravia TV and we access the channels via the AV. Also from the Sky box a cable runs from the RF2 outlet around the house to the kitchen to a small 17" TV...

Hello all I'm trying to fix a heavy coat rack (solid wood back and sides, four hooks and with a shelf on top) to a hollow wall. The wall in question was where the old pantry used to be so it must be some sort of stud wall with a ply/plasterboard covering. I was hoping to fix it using...

Hello all After getting sidetracked on various other jobs around our home I'm finally about to start the sanding of our parquet floor. I had to replace a number of blocks where the hearth used to be and this has left it slightly uneven in this part. I have read Wood You Like's excellent...

Hello all After repairing our uncovered pitch pine parquet floor using reclaimed blocks I'm now at the sanding stage and thinking of the finish. I will fill with filler gel - is there any difference between the brands? (I'm thinking of using Jenkins.) Lacquer v hard wax oil has been debated...

Hello All The top half of my house is rendered and painted white. It was last painted some time before we moved in (4 years ago) and is starting to look a bit weatherworn. My question is what preparation do I need to do before painting - does it need a wipe down, removal of cobwebs etc or...

Dear All I'm currently in the process of tiling our new downstairs shower room and hallway. I'm using 30cmx30cm porcelain tiles and so far my tile scorer - the score and snap type has been fine for straight cuts and my diamond wheel wet saw has been fine for double or L-shaped cuts. The...

Dear All We've recently had an extension and part of the old dining room wall was removed. This has left gaps in our pitch pine parquet floor which I've now got to fill! The floor is original to the house (built 1929) and I'd like to get it matching as close as possible. I've tried...

Dear All I'm in the process of tiling the floor in our new extension using porcelain tiles. The new hallway has a screed floor and where the floor meets the external wall and doorframe there is about an inch/ inch and a half of kingspan foam insulation. My question is how far should I...

Dear All I'm in the process of tiling our new downstairs bathroom and hallway. The tiles I'm using are 30cmx30cm beige (ochre) porcelain. My other half wanted to use an ivory grout and the tile shop supplied us with granfix limestone grout which I'm assuming is an ivory cream colour? One...

Hello I have a Potterton Performa 28 located in the bathroom (upstairs) - the bathroom contains a bath with a shower over. With the kids getting bigger (and the morning bathroom queue likely to get longer) we are thinking of extending downstairs and creating a shower room. My question is...

Hi All I've removed our MDF fireplace surround which has a wood veneer - it's stained in a mahogany colour. Anyway, we're in the process of decorating the room and my question is (before I attempt to do it) is it possible to remove the veneer woodstain with paint/varnish stripper and if so...

Hello All As the title says my bathroom basin is taking an age to drain. It's been in about a year and for 9 months worked fine however the last 3 it's started to drain slower and slower and slower. A blockage I hear you say. Well I've chucked various cleaning products down it with little...

Hello All Fairly recently moved into a new house (old house but new to us). The garden is well established with mature shrubs, bushes etc. I found out from the neighbours that until recently the garden had an old eating apple tree but the previous occupiers saw fit to chop it down. I...

Hello all I have a Potterton Performa 28 which can't be more than 6 years old at the most. I'm with BG homecare and the boiler has recently had to have a new PCB. If I dug out my old Sinclair Spectrum (circa 1981) I'm pretty sure it would work without a problem. The printed circuit...

Hi We have recently moved and I'm in the process of decorating our bedroom. I removed the radiator in order to strip the paper but now part way through decorating I'm wondering if the radiator is big enough to heat the room effectively. The radiator I've taken off is a curved one under the...

Hi I've stripped all the paper from our bedroom walls and ceiling (it had a variety of painted textured papers - and paper) using a steamer. Anyway, I'm now down to the original plaster. The house was built in 1929 and the plaster is obviously cracking in places. We are going to re-paper...

Hi I know BG is looked on with disdain by a lot of people on here but does anyone rate their homecare service for boiler maintenance/repairs? I've got an intermittent problem with my Potterton and am quite tempted by their £9 a month, £50 fixed fee per problem deal. I know it'll be £158...

Hi I've got a Potterton Performa 28 combi. I had a pressure problem with it which I've sorted (it was a leaking draincock.) However, a couple of weeks ago it failed to work and the fan/flue neon was flashing - I reset it and all seemed okay. The same thing happened again last week and again...

Hi I've got a Potterton Performa 28 combi boiler. We moved into the house about a month ago after several months doing it up. I'm not really confident enough to attempt a boiler repair myself but would like a better understanding of what the problem might be before I call someone out. It...