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    Instantaneous or Storage Hot Water Heaters

    I have a small industrial unit that only has cold water. I'm putting in a domestic kitchen sink and need hot water in reasonable quantities at reasonably hot temperatures - about what you'd need in a typical household kitchen (sorry can't be more specific). Looking to buy an electric...
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    Cutting Laminate Worktops

    Many thanks Symptoms. Sounds like good solid advice there. I will follow it!
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    Mice in the loft

    Mice are fine. They cause no health or other problems at all, unless you leave discarded food around. They tend to come in in the autumn/winter and make small nests in the spaces between walls/roofs. They won't bother you at all - except for a few scuttling noises. They will over-winter...
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    Kitchen splashbacks

    Clearly you have a plan here - so maybe explain it more. If you're trying to recycle or reuse material, that's all good, but you need to bear in mind the practicality of it all. Glass is expensive, but acrylic is too. Anyway, you can get your glass for far less than £63/m2, that's for...
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    Kitchen splashbacks

    I would never use perspex in a kitchen - ever. Perspex (i.e. clear-cast acrylic sheet) scratches and fogs if you even dare to breath upon it. It looks magnificent when new, but soon degrades with wear and tear. Clear cast acrylic is a beautiful material, but it's not designed to stand the...
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    Kitchen splashbacks

    Hi Linlin, I think it would be far cheaper and simpler to obtain new glass splash-backs rather than dismantling bits of old double glazing and re-assembling them for the purpose. The materials needed for double-glazed windows and a kitchen splash-backs are completely different. Also...
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    Cutting Laminate Worktops

    Hi, This is my first post here. Great to find a site with loads of good information and solid expertise on a wide variety of subjects. Anyway, I find myself needing to cut loads of 40mm thick laminate kitchen worktops to fairly precise lengths, with a good(ish) edge finish. Whenever...
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