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It's not block work so must prefab. It sits on a concrete slab, around the slab is soil / grass No rain watier through the door

Hi all, any advice would be very much appreciated. I have moved in to a new house that has a stand alone concrete built garage. I am trying to convert this into a gym, however after a night of rain I notice that there are a few wet patches inside, it seems that when the soil gets wet, water...

Hi, Over the weekend I put up some medium weight wall paper in the bathroom. I used solvite wallpaper adhesive (powder mixed with water). Two days later and some of the edges are peeling back. I am wondering if there is a stronger/more sticky adhesive I can use specifically for the edges...

One firm did the vandex (which went on the wall under the plaster) and the same firm did injection. A different firm did the plastering, and used a waterproof mix when i mentioned the issues with damp. I think the problem is the age of the property, built in around 1850, all the houses in the...

We had DPC injection and also vandex treatment on the walls. The plaster we used had some waterproof mixture added (can't remember exactly what it was that was mixed in). This was all over 12 months ago. The anderton paper is foil backed, it has 3 layers of stuff, one which included the foil...

Has any one used this before on their walls? We have a bit of damp coming through on our kitchen wall and despite the wall having been treated, the damp is staining the wall paper. Apparently this 3 in 1 lining paper can help, but my concern is that the damp will need to go somewhere, and...

Job finally done, in the end i bought some grass cutters and manually cut the grass about 2/3rds shorter, it took forever and exremely painful on the arms, finished the job with mower, took forever. Won't be letting it get to that state again!

I've left cutting the grass in the front and back for too long, predominantly due to us having no summer and it's always raining, and because i havent got round to buying a lawn mower. The grass is probably about 10 inches long now, whats the best way to cut it down? thenks :roll:

Nice one thanks, the mirror screws will do the trick ta

Probably a very simple answer to this, but how do i go about fitting a mirror to the inside of a wardrobe door? thanks

I want to put a plasma screen TV in the bedroom, does anyone know what is involved in order to get an extra tv ariel to go in to a bedroom.

We have an old out house in our back garden, we are looking at having it removed for the summer and extending the back garden. We've been told there is asbestos in the roof, is it worth getting a specialist to knock down the out house or can we do it ourselves and just wear masks?

good point i'll check over the weekend

The catch has gone on the door of my tumble dryer, rather than buy a new one, is there any way to get hold of a new door or a new catch?

Hi all, I have a problem sealing my bath tub. Basically the problem is that the gap between the tiles and the tub is too big, normal sealant isn't working as the gap is too wide. I bought some white sealant tape from b and q but it wouldn't stick to either surface and ended up coming away...

cheers for all the advice, it was in the end the valve. The old one was taken out and when it was tilted upwards there was a load of black sh1t in side it. I can't relaly describe it, looked like black metal shavings of some sort. Anyway, new valve in, and hey presto Thanks

does the fact i can hear the ingition but it isn't lighting help get closer to the prognosis?

No idea when the boiler was last serviced, nor where the previous owner left the manual Turn off and on. Press the lockout button (again). Tried that, still doesn't work To light it needs gas, ignition sparks and to detect the flame with electrodes. SO the fault could be to do with the...

Hi, I've been moved in to my new house for a week, the boiler has been fine until yesterday evening. I noticed that the radiators and hot water were all cold. Had a look at the boiler and it was on, and water and heating switches were on too (according to the dials) The blue flame (not...

The kitchen is a Clevendon, they could very well be dowels I am not sure what the difference would be? I've just spoken to them now and they have managed to bring the delivery date forward to next week. Not very happy though, I was waiting 8 weeks for the kitchen, and then the day it was...