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Does anyone know of an outlet in Greater Manchester where I can hire a Trio floor sander? They seem to be widely available in London, but ringing around the Hire shops in the North West has brought several variations on 'what's one of them?' It's to strip a parquet floor and I gather that...

I now have a gravel driveway, not huge, but enough for the 2 bangers. The gravel is about, maybe 4 inches deep, at it's deepest. But the cars sink lower than an England fans face after the Portugal match. I hired a wacka plate when prepping the area after digging out the top soil. Then I...

I know, that's what I thought when I read about it....But, has anyone heard of it, used it, have an opinion on it? The one I've seen, although there may well be others, is reported to reduce heat loss through the walls by as much as 40% It's basically a ceramic based additive that's mixed...

Nice new adition to the forum first off. And how about the timing? My Daewoo Lanos has a problem, the heater blower has stopped working, only on the windscreen, it blows hot and cold (must be female) in all other directions, but I can't get a peep out of it onto the windscreen, it worked fine...

I need to adjust the pipework on a rad' to accommodate cladding. My question is this: Can I replace the copper pipe which runs from the rad' to the adjacent wall with push fit fittings and associated pipework? At the adjacent wall, the copper pipe joins push fit, and plastic(?) pipe work, so it...

I cracked a nut on the microbore pipe leading to a rad' and need to drain the system. I don't know how to do it, can anyone advise? It's an Ariston Genus combi. No water tanks anywhere, mains fed. I am greeted with this array of pipes underneath the boiler but don't know what's what. Once...

The french doors that have been fitted catch at the bottom following the rain. (I hadn't glossed although I had primed and undercoated) Are the doors doomed or can I get around this nightmare? :?

Breezer, I went to take a live feed from the rose but although there were 3 neutral and 3 earth, there was only one live (switched at that) so I'm not sure what to do next. I tried to connect my downlighters but of course they would only work when the main light (rose feed) was on. Any advice?

For my next trick in the kitchen/D room refurb. I'm adding 3 downlighters in the ceiling over a work top. My question is this: Should I link the wiring into the existing light at the rose (although I want it to operate from an independant switch) or, run a new cable linked into the existing...

Anyone had any experience fitting them? (Hard wood) We got the set with 2 french doors and 2 demi panels. My problem has ben fitting the demi panels. The instructions say they must be hinged on one side (outer frame) and then screwed into the inside jamb. EXCEPT when I hinged the first one...

Need a joiner? yea well, ring back in June..... So now I have to fit my exterior french doors plus 2 demi panels all on my lonesome. Can anyone give me an idiots guide to hanging them? I hear that a stringline is employed to ensure that the frame is square, is that so? and how do I do it...

When we had central heating fitted, the plumber used some sort of 'plastic' hosing from upstairs down to the ground floor radiators, the pipes feeding the radiator run down the wall in plastic conduit (solid ground floor) Can I bury them, plaster deep, into the wall? Cheers

Not a DIY disaster as such this one but, carrying on in the vein of cheeky relatives. My sister (who is not averse to a light 'flirt' when she wants a job doing, now that's scary enough in itself!) let it be known to my wife that she had ordered a new kitchen from xyz shop and they were going...

I would just like to say thanks. To everyone who posts questions, and especially to all who have the 'knowledge' and experience to answer them. I joined this forum over a year ago and was lucky to see one posting a week, now it's turned into a vast and fascinating, resource of knowledge...

I'm knocking the wall between the kitchen and dining room out to make for the one larger room. However, that's not really the issue. I've had the idea of part exposing the joists in the ceiling by removing the old boards (which has to happen anyway, thanks to the dreaded artex and general...

I'm doing some work on a party wall and want to take the radiator off temporarily. I'm not clear on how to do this as when I've tried to drain the system in the past, it just kept on running for hours, suggesting that I'd not stopped the flow into the boiler. It's an Ariston. Can anyone advise...

Well ok, they're not that bad, but next door the internal doors are the big heavy fire doors, and they close with such a bang that things rattle through our house that shouldn't rattle! My concern is that we could get new neighbours who add to this audible delight with a bit of boombastic...

Well ok, they're not that bad, but next door the internal doors are the big heavy fire doors, and they close with such a bang that things rattle through our house that shouldn't rattle! My concern is that we could get new neighbours who add to this audible delight with a bit of boombastic...

The 'advice' for doing internal walls....not very comprehensive is it? What size battens? estimated cost? effectiveness? etc. Also, for external (cavity walls) can this be done on a DIY basis?